TW346431B - Magazine assembly for fastener driving tools - Google Patents

Abstract

A fastener driving tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece, the fastener driving tool comprising: a tool body; a drive element assembled to the tool body and having a driver blade; a nose having a first nose element and a second nose element for allowing the driver blade to reciprocate along a driver track defined by the first nose element and the second nose element when the first nose element and the second nose element are aligned; the nose supporting the drive element, and the second nose element being provided with a guide track which is longitudinal in section; a magazine assembly having a support portion secured to the tool body, the magazine assembly supporting a row of fasteners which pass along the guide track of the second nose element and are fed one by one into the driver track; the magazine assembly comprising a longitudinal track element mounted at the nose by a front end and having a base in section, with an interior thereof defining a slide groove, for supporting the tips of the fasteners to freely slide along the slide groove, and a side portion for supporting the shanks of the fasteners in the slide groove; a longitudinal guide plate having a front end, an outer lateral end, and an inner lateral end, the inner lateral end being mounted to the side portion of the track element, and the front end of the guide plate being inserted into the guide track of the second nose element and contiguous to the driver track to secure the guide plate in place along with the inner lateral end, such that the guide plate may run parallel to the slide groove; and a fastener pusher device having a push plate forced by an elastic element to move along the slide groove and push the fasteners to advance towards the nose.