Patent ID: 9713867
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B25C

Claim:
1. A nail magazine for a nailing gun, comprising: an elongated nail magazine body for loading a plurality of nails, wherein the nail magazine body includes: a front end connected to a nailing head of the nailing gun, and an opposite, rear end for reloading the plurality of nails; a top portion having a first nail head track defined therein and a first flange extending widthwise from the nail head track; a sidewall having a first end and a second end and extending vertically from the top portion in a cross-sectional U-like shape to define a nail shank track having a lower end at a bottom of the cross-sectional U-like shape of the sidewall, and an opposite, upper end at the first nail head track and the first end of the sidewall; and a second flange extending widthwise from the second end of the sidewall such that the first flange and the second flange define an opening therebetween to communicate with the nail shank track and the first nail head track, wherein the first flange has a widthwise edge and an inner surface facing the opening and the second flange has a widthwise edge and an inner surface facing the opening, wherein the widthwise edges of the first flange and the second flange are vertically aligned with each other, and the inner surfaces of the first flange and the second flange are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the nail shank track; and one or more nail head positioning protrusions disposed in the top portion and between the upper end of the nail shank track and the first nail head track for securing the plurality of nails; and an upper nail pushing block groove defined in the first flange and facing the opening, and a lower nail pushing block groove defined in the second flange, facing the opening, and corresponding to the upper nail pushing block groove such that the upper nail pushing block groove and the lower nail pushing block groove form a nail pushing block track parallel to the nail shank track, wherein the nail shank track, the first nail head track, the nail pushing block track and the opening extend lengthwise along the elongated nail magazine body.