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I always have this vision of some guy at the factory with a huge comical oversized Swingline stapler assembling these back in the day.
Actually, you're probably not that far off with such a vision.
Electric-powered staplers have long been available and still used for many purposes: binding books and catalogs, securing cardstock headers to poly-bagged items for retail display, etc. Basically, the work is supported by a "anvil", and the stapler head is activated by either the work as it contacts a pressure switch or the operator by a foot pedal switch.
The simpler units are loaded with staples just like a desktop stpale, but with heavy-duty staples. More complicated, automated systems feed straight wire off a spool to create a staple on the fly.
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