staple removers

Extracts metal fasteners

Staple removers are small tools designed to extract staples from paper without tearing it.

The most common type has two curved metal jaws that slide under the staple's bent legs and pry them open when you squeeze the handles: I keep a staple remover in my desk drawer.

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junk drawer · supply closet · paper · pry · unbind · extract · release · spring-loaded · detach · lever-action · disengage · documents · paper jam · withdraw · office supplies · school supplies · pluck · document management

Opposites
fastening action

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Wire-driving paper fasteners

staple guns · paper fasteners · binders · paper clips · binder clips

paper manipulation function

staple removersstaplers

Wire-driving paper fasteners

paper clips · binder clips · rubber bands · bulldog clips · ring binders

paper fastening method

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Wire-driving paper fasteners

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G