Patent ID: 6056181
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A fastening machine comprising:a magazine detachably disposed thereto and an actuating plate disposed above said magazine, said actuating plate having a hole defined in an underside thereof and communicating with an interior of said magazine;a sliding member slidably disposed to said magazine and having a coil member disposed thereto which has one end thereof fixedly connected to a top edge of said magazine, an aperture defined laterally through said sliding member and a flange extending laterally from said sliding member to enclose a periphery defining said aperture;an operating member pivotally disposed in said sliding member and having a first tongue and a second tongue extending therefrom in two opposite directions, said first tongue extending from said aperture and located between. said magazine and said sliding member, said second tongue extending through said aperture and located within said flange, a spring disposed to said sliding member and biasedly contacting said first tongue;a stop extending from an inner side of said magazine so as to limit said first tongue pushed by said spring;a pin retractably disposed to a top of said magazine and having a spring mounted thereto so that a front end of said pin is pushed by said sliding member and a rear end of said pin is inserted into said hole to limit said actuating plate from being moved.