Claims
- 1. In a pneumatic nailing tool for driving headed nails with multiple blows delivered to a nail by a driver blade disposed in a nose of the tool, wherein the driving action is initiated by pressing the tool against an object into which the nail is to be driven, the improvement comprising:a magazine attached to the nose to carry a plurality of nails and successively dispense one nail at a time into the nose; said magazine having a nail head rack disposed longitudinally adjacent an upper edge of said magazine, for receiving therein the heads of the plurality of nails and an nail shank slot disposed below and adjacent said nail head rack for receiving therein the shanks of the nails placed in said nail head rack; the nose of the tool including a bore disposed axially there through for orienting the driver blade, opening at a nail delivery end into a nail head chamber and a nail shank chamber, whereby the driver blade axially reciprocates through said bore, nail head chamber and sail shank chamber; said nail head chamber having a roof disposed at a top thereof, said roof forming a transition between said bore and said nail head chamber, said roof being a planar surface in coplanar relation with a top of said nail head rack; said roof of said nail head chamber being disposed at a distance whereby, when a nail is disposed in said nail head and nail shank chambers axially aligned with the driver blade, the point said nail and the nail immediately adjacent said axially aligned nail extend out of said nail shank chamber so as to be observable, whereby as said tool and nose are depressed, said axially aligned nail and the nail immediately adjacent are pressed upwardly into said chambers.
- 2. The nailing tool according to claim 1 wherein the driver blade at its driving end has a cross section which is crescent shaped.
- 3. The nailing tool according to claim 2 wherein said bore of said nose has a “D” shaped cross section which closely receives said driver blade.
- 4. The nailing tool according to claim 1 wherein said magazine is fixedly attached to said nose of the nailing tool and said nose is rotatably connected to said nailing tool, whereby said magazine may be rotated about an axis of said nose.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/170,091, filed Dec. 9, 1999.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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