Patent ID: 6832696
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B65D,F16B

Abstract:
A strip magazine for use with a driving-in power tool and designed for receiving a plurality of drive-in elements (2) arrangeable in a row along a longitudinal axis (A) thereof in a spaced relationship to each other, the strip magazine comprising a plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite retaining webs (3a,3b); and a respective plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b) associated with respective pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b), the retaining webs (3a,3b) of each pair of retaining webs (3a, 3b) defining, together with the recesses (6a, 6b) of a respective pair of recesses (6a, 6b), an opening (4) for receiving a stem (5) of a drive-in element (2), the recesses (6a, 6b) of the respective pair of the recesses (6a, 6b) extending radially of the receiving opening (4) and sidewise limiting the retaining webs (3a, 3b) which define the receiving opening (4), and each recess (6a, 6b) having a circumferential width at least of a half of a circumferential width of a retaining web (3a, 3b),wherein the magazine strip further comprises a plurality of small retaining rings (9), with each retaining ring (9) connecting the retaining webs (3a, 3b) of each pair of retaining webs (3a, 3b) with each other about the respective receiving opening (4).