Patent ID: 9469022
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B25C

Claim Text:
1. A driving tool comprising: a tool body; a magazine coupled to the tool body and configured to receive a fastener strip, the fastener strip being inserted into the magazine by moving in a feeding direction, the fastener strip having fasteners connected in the series with each other, the fasteners being arranged in parallel to each other and displaced from each other in axial directions of the fasteners; and a restricting member permitting the fastener strip to be inserted into the magazine in the feeding direction to reach a predetermined position for a driving operation by the tool body when the fastener strip is properly oriented, the restricting member preventing the fastener strip from being inserted into the magazine in the feeding direction to reach the predetermined position when the fastener strip is improperly oriented, wherein the axial directions of the fasteners are substantially parallel to a driving direction of the fasteners when the fastener strip is properly oriented; the axial directions of the fasteners are not parallel to the driving direction of the fasteners when the fastener strip is improperly oriented, the restricting member is mounted within the magazine and includes a guide portion and a restricting portion; as the properly oriented fastener strip is inserted into the magazine in the feeding direction, the fastener strip interacts with the guide portion to cause movement of the restricting portion from a restricting position to a rest position, so that the fastener strip is permitted to reach the predetermined position; as the improperly oriented fastener strip is inserted into the magazine in the feeding direction, the fastener strip interacts with the restricting portion, so that the fastener strip is prevented from reaching to the predetermined position; the guide portion and the restricting portion of the restricting member are formed integrally with each other as a single-piece member; the restricting member further includes a base portion, the base portion being fixedly attached to a wall of a nail storage space of the magazine; the restricting portion extends rearwardly from the base portion in a direction opposite to the feeding direction: and the guide portion, the restricting portion and the base portion of the restricting member are formed integrally with each other as the single-piece member.