Patent ID: 8006881
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A magazine in a fastener driving tool, comprising: a magazine body defining a fastener receiving space for storing a plurality of fasteners therein; a pusher movable relative to the magazine body along a fastener feeding direction toward a fastener driving channel defined in a tool body of the fastener driving tool; a biasing device constructed to bias the pusher in the fastener feeding direction; and a pusher holding device configured to hold the pusher at a midway position within a movable range of the pusher in the fastener feeding direction, the pusher holding device comprising: a manually operable engaging member mounted to one of the magazine body and the pusher and movable between an engaging position and a rest position, wherein: the engaging member can engage the other of the magazine body and the pusher for holding the pusher at the midway position against the biasing force of the biasing device, and the engaging member is configured to hold the pusher at the midway position independently of the position of the fasteners positioned in the fastener feeding direction relative to the pusher.