Patent ID: 8424420

Claim:
A feeder assembly for a fastener tool structured to install a number of fasteners in a work piece, said fastener tool including a driver assembly having a driver bit, said fasteners having a predetermined shape, said feeder assembly comprising: a nose assembly structured to be operatively coupled to said driver assembly, said nose assembly being structured to receive said fasteners and retain said fasteners in a predetermined orientation below said driver bit; and a conduit coupled to said nose assembly, said conduit including a passageway structured to align and deliver said fasteners to said nose assembly in said predetermined orientation, wherein said nose assembly comprises a jaw assembly, an adapter, and a biasing element; wherein said adapter is structured to couple said jaw assembly to said driver assembly, wherein said jaw assembly comprises a jaw body, a first jaw pivotably coupled to said jaw body, and a second jaw pivotably coupled to said jaw body opposite said first jaw, and wherein said nose assembly further comprises a collar, a tube, and a washer; wherein said biasing element is a spring; wherein said washer is structured to cooperate with said first jaw and said second jaw; wherein said spring is disposed between said washer and said tube; wherein said tube is at least partially disposed within said jaw body; and wherein said collar couples said tube to said jaw body.