Patent ID: 8220687

Claim:
A nailing machine comprising: a driver that is configured to hammer out a nail; a nose portion having a first ejection opening for slidably guiding the driver; a contact holder fixed to a lower end of the nose portion, a nose top that is held by the contact holder and slidable with respect to the nose portion and the contact holder along a direction in which the nail is hammered out, wherein the nose top includes a second ejection opening aligned with the first ejection opening of the nose portion; side walls formed in the nose top on a rear side of the second ejection opening; and a ratchet member, disposed in the nose top and provided between the sidewalls, and including a slope for guiding an end portion of the nail that is inclined toward a rear side of the second ejection opening into the second ejection opening, and a guide surface for guiding the end portion of the nail to a center of the second ejection opening, wherein the ratchet member is urged so that the guide surface of the ratchet member enters into the second ejection opening.