# US 12,759,118 B2 · Fastener magazine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,118 B2 - Document ID: US12759118B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/494,576 - Filed: 2023-10-25 - Published: 2024-05-02 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-10-28 - Assignees: Builders FirstSource, Inc. - Applicants: Builders FirstSource, Inc. - Inventors: Kristopher Ryan Okelberry; Jacob Hansen; Anthony Wayne Foster; Cole Jay Logemann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759118B2 ## CPC - B25B 23/06: using built-in magazine (B25B23/045 takes precedence) - B25J 11/005: {Manipulators for mechanical processing tasks} - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) ## Abstract A fastener strip magazine may include a plate and a post attached to and perpendicular to the plate, wherein the post is configured to rotatably support a spool configured to support a fastener strip. The spool may include a strap configured to wind about the spool and a clip attached to the strap and configured to attach to a first end of the fastener strip. The magazine may further include a guide bar attached to the plate and configured to direct a second end of the fastener strip to a feeder as the fastener strip uncoils. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fastener strip magazine comprising: a plate; a post attached to and perpendicular to the plate, wherein the post is configured to rotatably support a spool configured to support a fastener strip, the spool comprising: a strap configured to wind about the spool; and a clip attached to the strap and configured to attach to a first end of the fastener strip; and a guide bar attached to the plate and configured to direct a second end of the fastener strip to a feeder as the fastener strip uncoils. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, wherein the guide bar is positioned to maintain tension in the fastener strip as the fastener strip uncoils. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, further comprising a second guide bar attached to the plate and configured to direct the second end of the fastener strip in a first direction away from the feeder and towards the guide bar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The magazine of claim 3, wherein the guide bar and the second guide bar are positioned to maintain tension in the fastener strip as the fastener strip uncoils. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, further comprising a cog attached to the plate adjacent the guide bar such that the second end of the fastener strip passes between the cog and the guide bar as the fastener strip uncoils. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, wherein the plate is configured to be removably mounted to a frame of a fastener gun comprising the feeder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The magazine of claim 6, wherein the feeder is movable relative to the frame of the fastener gun. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a magnetic clip. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, wherein a first end of the strap is attached to the spool and the clip is attached to the strap at a second end of the strap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The magazine of claim 1, wherein a first side of the strap comprises hooks and a second side of the strap comprises loops such that the first side of the strap and the second side of the strap are secured together when the strap is wound about the spool and the strap resists the uncoiling of the fastener strip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A fastener gun frame comprising: a plurality of magazines arranged adjacent one another, at least one of the plurality of magazines comprising the fastener strip magazine of claim 1, the plurality of magazines tilted such that parallel planes defined by plates of the magazines are tilted between 45° to 85° relative to a horizontal axis, wherein each respective magazine of the plurality of magazines feeds a fastener strip to a respective fastener gun, and wherein the respective fastener gun is moveable relative to the plurality of magazines. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fastener gun frame of claim 11, wherein a distance between adjacent magazines of the plurality of magazines is based on a tilt angle of the plurality of magazines. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fastener gun frame of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of mounts on which the plurality of magazines are mounted, the mounts tilted at the same angle as the plurality of magazines.