Patent ID: 7048170
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B25C,F16B

Abstract:
1. A nail magazine used in a power nailing hand tool to hold and feed a rolled belt of nails comprised of a plurality of substantially L-shaped nails fastened together by a belt, each nail of said belt of nails having a flat elongated nail body, an angled head extended from a top end of said nail body, a point extended from a bottom end of said nail body, and an upwardly extended and biased toothed strip on the middle of said nail body, in said rolled belt of nails the angled heads of the nails of an outer layer are respectively rested on the angled heads of the preceding inner layer, the nail magazine comprising: a casing; a magazine shaft vertically disposed inside said casing at the center, said magazine shaft comprising an upright shaft upwardly extended from the center of a bottom wall inside said casing, and a nail carrier sleeve vertically movably mounted around said upright shaft and adapted to carry said rolled belt of nails and to support the angled heads of the nails of the inner layer of said rolled belt of nails; a cover hinged to said casing, said cover defining with said casing a nail feed hole when closed on said casing; a spring for continuously biasing said angled heads of said outer layer of said rolled belt of nails into engagement with said cover thereby keeping the nail in line with said nail feed hole hole; and said magazine shaft further comprises a tubular flange formed integral with the periphery of said upright shaft and defining with the periphery of said upright shaft an annular groove, said spring being received within said groove.