Reverse Engineering: Mechanicnal Product - Functional Analysis

Perform an analysis of the Mechanical Product you selected for your Reverse Engineering efforts. Use the following procedure:

1. What is the purpose or primary function of the object?
To put or round up papers.
2. Make an educated guess as to how this product operates. Use simple machines’ terminology to explain the object’s sequential operation.
When the stapler is pushed down, the staple gets pushed out, and goes through the papers, and when the stapler trespasses, and hits the metal, it gets twisted, which makes it strap the papers together.
3. Identify the system inputs, intended product function, and outputs. Use power point to create a "black box" graphic like the toothbrush example discussed in class. Save the slide as a .jpg image and post it to answer this question.

4. What mechanical components are visible?

• The lever arm
• Staples
• Staple advancer

5. What is it about this device’s function that you cannot identify, because the mechanical components are hidden from plain view?
The only thing that is not visible it the spring that grabs the stapler advancer.