Nail magazine for a power nail-driving tool

Abstract

A nail magazine includes an elongated magazine unit which defines two elongated parallel channels, a first transverse channel intercommunicating the parallel channels so as to cooperatively form a U-shaped nail loading slot, and a second transverse channel extending from one of the parallel channels so as to cooperatively form an L-shaped nail loading slot therewith. A guide member is disposed on a front discharging end of the magazine unit, and cooperates with the front discharging end to define a stroke path of a driving member of a nail-driving tool. The guide member defines a guiding slot to guide a U-shaped nail to move along the stroke path. A guide bar is mounted in the guiding slot, and has a guiding portion configured to be raised to guide movement of an L-shaped nail, and can be depressed by the driving member to retreat into a retreat bore.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority of Chinese patent Application No. 200620111364.8, filed on Sep. 19, 2006.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates to a nail magazine for a power nail-driving tool, more particularly to a nail magazine adapted to accommodate U-shaped and L-shaped nails.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Conventional nail magazines for use in nailing guns are generally configured to accommodate a specific type of nails, such as U-shaped nails, T-shaped nails and L-shaped nails. Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional nail magazine 5 for accommodating L-shaped nails 200 is shown to be formed with an L-shaped nail loading slot 51 for receiving a strip of L-shaped nails 200 to be driven. Referring to FIG. 2, another conventional nail magazine 6 adapted for accommodating U-shaped nails 100 is shown to include a central wall 61 and two side walls 62 spaced apart from and disposed...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The object of the present invention is to provide a nail magazine which is adapted to accommodate U-shaped and L-shaped nails and which permits the U-shaped and L-shaped nails to be driven smoothly to prevent slanting and deformation of the struck nail.

Problems solved by technology

1. Since the thickness (a) of an L-shaped nail 200 is generally larger than the thickness (b) of a U-shaped nail 100, a preset spacing above the upper portion of the central wall 61 which is suitable for the L-shaped nail 200 may be too large for the U-shaped nail 100. Thus, during a driving operation of a driving head 7 of the nailing gun, the U-shaped nails 100 may wobble and slant to one side, thereby resulting in a nail jam.

2. The striking slot in the nailing gun is preset to have a width (c) such that the U-shaped nails 100 can be guided by the striking slot. However, the width (c) of the striking slot is too large for the L-shaped nails 200 to be guided properly, and the L-shaped nails 200 may slant and deform when struck.

However, the width (d) is too large for the U-shaped nails 100 to be guided properly and the U-shaped nails 100 may slant and deform when struck.

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