Patent ID: 7959049

Claim:
A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component, comprising a housing ( 11 ); a guide ( 12 ) located in the housing ( 11 ); a drive member ( 13 ) displaceable in the guide ( 12 ); a muzzle ( 14 ); a bolt guide ( 15 ) located in the muzzle ( 14 ); a magazine ( 20 ) for fastening elements ( 50 ) and releasably mountable on the housing ( 11 ) and having a connection section ( 21 ) provided at an end of the magazine ( 20 ) adjacent to the muzzle ( 14 ) and with which the magazine ( 20 ) is secured to the muzzle ( 14 ); and connection means for releasably mounting the magazine ( 20 ) on the housing ( 11 ) and including snap means ( 30 ) located between the magazine ( 20 ) and the housing ( 11 ) and having a snap member ( 33 ) and a counter-snap member ( 34 ) engageable with each other in a snap position ( 35 ), with the snap means ( 30 ) pressing the magazine ( 20 ) against the muzzle ( 14 ) in the snap position ( 35 ) of the magazine ( 20 ), wherein the snap means ( 30 ) includes a slide ( 31 ) at least partially displaceable along a longitudinal extent of the magazine ( 20 ) and carrying the snap member ( 33 ), and at least one elastic element ( 32 ) for biasing the slide ( 31 ), and wherein the slide ( 31 ) biases, in a biased position thereof, the magazine ( 20 ) against the muzzle ( 14 ) in the snap position ( 35 ) of the magazine ( 20 ).