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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Robert S. Buetow, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Barry Walthall, Wheeling, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert S. Buetow, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Barry Walthall, Wheeling, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magazine for a fastener driver includes an inner magazine including a first magazine wall and opposing sidewalls together defining a magazine chamber, and an outer magazine including a second magazine wall slidably engaged relative to the inner magazine to provide access to the chamber. The inner and outer magazines are configured so that at least one strip of fasteners is loadable into the magazine chamber upon the second magazine wall sliding relative to the inner magazine to provide the access.