Patent ID: 8181836

Claim:
A fastener driving tool, comprising: a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade; a nosepiece associated with said housing and configured for receiving said driver blade and for sequentially receiving fasteners for engagement with said driver blade for driving into a workpiece; a magazine configured for retaining a supply of the fasteners and for sequentially feeding the fasteners to said nosepiece, said magazine storing a plurality of elongate strips of the fasteners, and being configured for rotating about a longitudinal axis of said magazine for providing access of fasteners in each fastener strip to said nosepiece; said magazine has a housing being generally cylindrical in shape and has a plurality of elongate, peripherally spaced, radial slots extending along said longitudinal axis of said magazine; and each said slot is open at first and second ends of said magazine, a fastener keeper is attached at each of said first end and said second end, said keepers being removable with said magazine from said tool and being rotatable relative to said magazine housing between a closed position and an open position for retaining fasteners in said slots when said magazine is removed from the tool.