Patent ID: 7694631

Claim:
A magazine suitable for use with a rail anchor applicator, said anchor applicator having an anchor receiving mechanism for receiving at least one anchor having a head, a tail, a length dimension longer than a width and a depth dimension, comprising: a generally U-shaped chute structure having a length from a top end to a bottom end, said chute structure having an interior depth defined between two legs of the U-shaped chute structure, and said chute structure having an interior width defined between a top guide and a bottom portion of said chute structure, said chute structure constructed and dimensioned for storing a plurality of anchors in a slidable, sequential, non-nested arrangement in one of a head-to-tail and tail-to-head orientation and for delivering the anchors to the anchor receiving mechanism in said orientation; wherein said top guide is configured to engage the anchor, and said top guide is configured to locate both the head and the tail of the anchor into engagement with said bottom portion; and wherein when the anchors are stored in said chute structure, the length dimension of the anchor is generally parallel to said length of said chute structure.