Patent ID: 7866521

Claim:
A fastening tool, comprising: a housing assembly having a nosepiece; a magazine assembly coupled to the housing assembly, the magazine assembly including a canister, a door structure, and a feed pawl, the canister being configured to hold a plurality of collated fasteners and having a first canister portion and a second canister portion that is movable relative to the first canister portion between a closed position and an open position; and a coil feeder assembly having an indexing pawl, the indexing pawl being movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the indexing pawl being movable independently of the feed pawl and adapted for advancing a group of fasteners toward the nosepiece such that one of the fasteners in the group of fasteners is brought into engagement with the feed pawl upon movement of the second canister portion from the open position to the closed position, and an electric actuator capable of moving the indexing pawl between the retracted and extended positions.