Patent ID: 6220121
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B25C,B25G

Abstract:
A hand-held framing tool comprising means for retaining fasteners to be applied to a work surface and an anvil head having a front surface for driving said fasteners thereinto, the retaining means being displaceably located in a bore of said anvil head against resilient biasing means such that a portion of said retaining means extends forwardly of said front surface of said anvil head when said retaining means is in a normal extended position, said forwardly extending portion of said retaining means being adapted to receive and retain a fastener against said anvil head and being, in use, retractable into said anvil head against the biasing means to permit the anvil head to drive said fastener into the work surface, one of said anvil head and said retaining means comprising a magnet.