Patent ID: 6994240

Claim:
Setting device for driving fastening elements into a receiving material comprising a housing ( 11 ) having an axially extending setting direction with a leading end and a trailing end, a muzzle part ( 20 ) mounted on the leading end of said housing and axially displaceable relates to said housing ( 11 ), said muzzle part ( 20 ) has a guide channel ( 38 ) for a fastening element strip ( 50 ) and opens into a receiving space ( 39 ) for a fastening element to be driven into the receiving material, and a locking element ( 30 ) with a feeler part ( 33 ) for detecting a fastening element ( 51 ) in the receiving space ( 39 ) and a locking part ( 32 ) for blocking the displacement of said muzzle part ( 20 ) relating to the housing ( 11 ) in a locking position ( 61 ) when a fastening element ( 51 ) is not detected in the receiving space ( 39 ) by said feeler part ( 33 ), a blocking member ( 40 ) movable into said guide channel ( 38 ) to block said fastening element strip ( 50 ), and the blocking member ( 40 ) is in an operative connection with the locking element ( 30 ) and is actuatable by said locking element ( 30 ).