Patent ID: 7971768

Claim:
A fastener driving tool for driving fasteners toward a work surface, comprising: a body having a forward end, a rear end, and a cylinder with an axis; a piston mounted within said cylinder; a power source for driving said piston axially forwardly; a driver blade extending axially forwardly from said piston; a nosepiece extending axially forwardly from said front end of said tool body, a fastener guide through which said fasteners are driven toward said work surface, said fastener guide extending axially forwardly from said nosepiece, said fastener guide being movable with respect to said nosepiece between an extended position and a retracted position; a drive bore sized for accommodating individual fasteners formed at least in part by said nosepiece and said fastener guide for guiding said fasteners and said driver blade toward said work surface, there being an opening into said drive bore for said fasteners; and a magazine for guiding said fasteners to said opening, said magazine and said nosepiece being fixed with respect to each other; wherein said fasteners each have a tip and are collated by a plurality of sleeves each having a lower end beyond which said tip may project up to ½ inch, and wherein said opening into said drive bore has a main channel sized for accommodating said fasteners, and a tip channel of a fixed depth of up to about ½ inch for providing a clearance through which said tips can pass.