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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Gunter Rohrmoser, Meiningen, AT;
Ulrich Rosenbaum, Buchs, CH;
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Abstract
A nail magazine including a plurality of guide sleeves (2) for receiving each a nail-shaped fastening element (1) and arranged next to each other in a spaced relationship toward each other, forming a row of guide sleeves (2), with each guide sleeve (2) having two end regions (E.sub.1, E.sub.2) and central region (Z) having a radial extent smaller than a radial extent of both end regions (E.sub.1, E.sub.2,; and a plurality of connection webs (3) for connecting the guide sleeves (2) with each other, respectively, with each connection web (3) having a region (8) for connecting two adjacent sleeves (2) with each other, each connecting region (8) being spaced from a longitudinal axis of a respective guide sleeve (2) by a radial distance which is greater than a maximal radial extent of the guide sleeve (2), and having a height (H), which is measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide sleeve (2), smaller than its width (B) measured in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the guide sleeve (2) and transverse to the longitudinal extent of the nail magazine.