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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Todd a Hagan, Windsor, PA (US);
Glen V Steinbrunner, Forest Hill, MD (US);
James R Niblett, Columbia, MD (US);
Andrzej Wojcicki, Rosedale, MD (US);
C. Kerwin Braddock, Bel Air, MD (US);
Todd A Hagan, Windsor, PA (US);
Glen V Steinbrunner, Forest Hill, MD (US);
James R Niblett, Columbia, MD (US);
Andrzej Wojcicki, Rosedale, MD (US);
C. Kerwin Braddock, Bel Air, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A fastening tool with a magazine assembly for holding and dispensing collated fasteners. The magazine assembly includes a canister and a door that is hingedly coupled to a nosepiece. The canister includes a stationary portion and a movable portion that may be moved relative to the stationary portion to permit access to an interior of the canister, e.g., for loading the fasteners into the canister. The door cannot be moved from a closed position to an open position and vice versa without first opening the canister. A method for loading a magazine is also provided.