Patent ID: 8403933

Claim:
An apparatus in combination with a locking cap clip including a plate with a plurality of threaded openings and a plurality of locking caps threadingly connected to the threaded openings of the plate, the locking caps being threadingly engageable with a rod receiving head, the apparatus comprising: a barrel having a first open end, a second open end, and a longitudinal passage extending through the barrel from the first open end to the second open end, the barrel further having a lateral passage extending through the barrel and intersecting the longitudinal passage; and a magazine having a housing with a chamber shaped to receive the locking cap clip, the housing extending from the barrel with the chamber of the housing aligned with the lateral passage of the barrel so that the locking cap clip is movable from the chamber of the housing into the lateral passage of the barrel in such a way that one of the locking caps is positioned in the longitudinal passage of the barrel so as to be matingly engageable with a drive tool insertable through the longitudinal passage to permit the drive tool to be used to unthread the locking cap from the plate and transport the unthreaded locking cap to the second open end of the barrel.