Patent ID: 6173877
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A nail magazine for a power nailer having a nail driving element, said magazine comprising an elongated housing including a pair of generally flat parallel side walls; said side walls having a plurality of opposed elongated channels formed therein cooperating to define a plurality of guide tracks for the heads of a strip of nails with flat portions of the side walls above, below and between said channels; said side walls having a discharge end; and means for urging a strip of nails positioned between said side walls towards said discharge end, said urging means including a relatively flat plate received between said side walls and biasing means located outside of said side walls and connected to said plate below the side walls for biasing said plate against a nail strip and towards said discharge end; said side walls having bottom longitudinal edges and said plate extending past said edges; and said plate including means engaging one of said bottom longitudinal edges for guiding the plate in longitudinal movement and preventing upward movement of the plate relative to said edges.