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Staple (fastener) facts for kids

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Office-staples
A pile of staples commonly used in the home or office

A staple is a fastener that is usually made out of metal and is used to fasten paper to other paper or paper to special walls called bulletin boards. Some large staples may be used for industrial uses, such as masonry, roofing, corrugated boxes and other heavy-duty uses.

Images for kids

  • Staple (PSF)

    A staple (from which the paper fastener was developed)

  • Tacker1

    Using a staple

  • Staple 1775

    A 1775 definition of the English word staple

  • U Shape Insulated Staple 01

    An insulated staple

  • Leitz stapler

    A common stapler with a dual-function anvil that can bend legs inward or outward

  • Booklet stapler rotate 1

    A stapler with a body that can be rotated for booklets

  • MEK II-399

    A stapler from the German Manufaktur BUKAMA typ Knirps A 24/6, currently at the MEK

  • Cdm hip staples 376

    Surgical staples used on a hip

  • Pasargadae Swallow-Tail Staples

    Dovetail Staples from Pasargadae

  • Underside of a Meissen plate, with c.C19th staples

    Staples used to repair a Meissen plate.

  • Drei Klammerstäbe

    Staple strips used in modern staplers, with a coin for size comparison

  • Three staples

    Staples in use, showing the front side (center), and two examples of the back side: the legs bent outward on the left, and inward on the right

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