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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1981
Raimonds Grikis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Bernard W Geist, Melrose Park, IL (US);
Edmund Frank, Chicago, IL (US);
Duo-Fast Corporation, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An assembly for loading a tool for driving uncollated nails. The tool includes a body with a driver blade for driving fasteners supplied from a magazine carried by the body and supporting a row of nails. A pusher urges the nails along a feed path in the magazine. Individual nails are advanced from the magazine to a drive position in the drive track by an escapement mechanism, and an advanced nail is held in the drive position by a magnet assembly. The tool magazine is quickly and conveniently loaded with nails supplied in an oriented condition from a loading chute. The loading operation is automatic in response to engagement of the magazine with the chute, and does not require awkward manipulation of the pusher. Coupling members on the magazine and on the chute are mated by means of ramp and guide structures. In the mated position, stops in the nail path are opened to permit nails to slide from the chute into the magazine.