Patent ID: 7690290

Claim:
A cartridge magazine for propellant charge-operated setting tools, comprising: a carrier member ( 20 ) having: a plurality of receptacles ( 21 ) for receiving propellant-containing cartridges ( 11 ), a recess ( 27 ) formed in a flat surface ( 23 ) of the carrier member ( 20 ) and extending in a longitudinal direction (L), and longitudinal ribs provided on longitudinal sides of the recess ( 27 ) and limiting same; and a cover strip ( 30 ) for securing the cartridges in the receptacles and located in the recess ( 27 ); wherein the recess ( 27 ) is limited at a first end ( 31 ) of the carrier member ( 20 ), in the longitudinal direction, by a rib ( 29 ) that follows a profile of the first end ( 31 ).