Patent ID: 8376204

Claim:
A magazine for a fastener driver, comprising: an inner magazine including a front end and a rear end, and a first magazine wall and opposing sidewalls together defining a magazine chamber, said first magazine wall including a standoff wall extending outwardly a designated distance from said first magazine wall; an outer magazine including a front end, a rear end, and a second magazine wall slidably engaged to said inner magazine, said outer magazine and said inner magazine defining a side opening between said front end of said inner magazine and said front end of said outer magazine upon said second magazine wall sliding relative to said inner magazine for providing side access to said chamber; said inner and outer magazine being configured so that at least one strip of fasteners including multiple fasteners temporarily secured together is loadable into said magazine chamber from said side opening; a fastener support including an anvil removably secured within said magazine chamber to said standoff wall so that said anvil is spaced said designated distance from said first magazine wall to accommodate at least a portion of said fasteners, said anvil having a sufficient length to support and provide a sliding surface for multiple fasteners in said at least one strip of fasteners, said fastener support extending less than a full length of said chamber thereby defining a space between an end of said fastener support and a corresponding end of said magazine chamber for facilitating angle loading of said at least one strip of fasteners into said magazine from said side opening so that the fasteners are inserted in a direction generally normal to a longitudinal axis of said inner magazine; a magazine follower slidably engaged with one of said first and second walls and constructed and arranged for urging the at least one strip of fasteners toward an outlet of said magazine; and a guide formation formed on said follower and a complementary guide on a surface of said wall for maintaining sliding alignment of said follower relative to said magazine wall.