Patent ID: 7699201

Claim:
A fastening tool comprising: a housing assembly having a nosepiece; and a magazine assembly coupled to the housing assembly, the magazine assembly including a canister, a door structure, a feed pawl and a follower structure, 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, the door structure carrying one of the feed pawl and the follower structure and being coupled to the nosepiece so as to be pivotally movable between a first position, which substantially clears the other one of the feed pawl and the follower structure, and a second position wherein the feed pawl and the follower structure may cooperate with one another to sequentially feed the collated fasteners into the nosepiece; wherein a portion of the second canister portion overlies the door structure when the door structure is positioned in the first position and the second canister portion is positioned in the closed position; and wherein the portion of the second canister portion clears the door structure when the door structure is positioned in the second position and the second canister portion is positioned in the open position.