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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1998
Hilti AKtiengesellschaft, Schaan, Liechtenstein, US;
Abstract
Apparatus for driving fastening elements (9), such as nails, bolts, screws, clips and alike, includes a magazine (3) extending laterally from a guide (1) from which the fastening elements are driven. A transport slide (4) is mounted on the magazine (3). A guide channel (31) in the magazine (3) opens into the guide (1) and is open at its opposite end located at a free end of the magazine. The transport slide (4) is movable along the magazine (3) towards its free end into a release position and in the release position can be fixed against movement toward the guide (1). In the release position, the transport slide (4) has a transport latch (41), and a retaining element (6) is positioned on the magazine (3), and both are displaced out of the clear opening in the guide channel (31).