Patent ID: 7416100

Claim:
A hand-held setting tool for driving fastening elements in, comprising: a housing ( 11 ); a muzzle member ( 20 ) axially displaceable relative to the housing ( 11 ) in a direction of an operational axis (A) of the setting tool ( 10 ) and having a chamber ( 29 ) for receiving a fastening element ( 51 ); a feeding channel ( 28 ) for a fastening element strip ( 50 ) and arranged in the muzzle member ( 20 ) and opening into the receiving chamber ( 29 ); a locking member ( 40 ) arranged on the muzzle member ( 20 ) and forming a locking section ( 42 ) displaceable into the feeding channel ( 28 ), and a blocking section ( 41 ) for preventing displacement of the muzzle member ( 20 ) relative to the housing ( 11 ); and a fastening element magazine ( 53 ) projecting from the muzzle member ( 20 ) and from which the fastening element strip ( 50 ) is fed into the feeding channel ( 28 ), wherein the fastening element magazine ( 53 ) has an elastically biased, displaceable transportation slide ( 54 ) having an adjusting profile ( 55 ) that is brought in abutment with a counter-profile ( 45 ) on the locking member ( 40 ) for displacing the locking member ( 40 ) in a position in which the locking member ( 40 ) prevents the displacement of the muzzle member ( 20 ) relative to the housing ( 11 ) when no fastening element strip ( 50 ) is located in the feeding channel ( 28 ).