Strip magazine
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans-Christian Donner
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Abstract
A strip magazine for drive-in elements (2) including a plurality of pairs of retaining webs (3a, 3b), and a respective plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b) associated with respective pairs of retaining webs (6a, 6b), with the retaining webs (3a, 3b) of each pair of retaining webs (3a, 3b) defining, together with the recesses (6a, 6b) of a respective pair of recesses (6a, 6b), an opening (4) for receiving a stem (5) of a drive-in element (2) and with the recesses (6a, 6b) of the respective pair if the recesses (6a, 6b) extending radially of the respective receiving opening (4) and sidewise limiting the retaining webs (3a, 3b), and with each recesses (6a, 6b) having width at least of a half of that of the retaining web (3a, 3b).
Claims7
A strip magazine for use with a driving-in power tool and designed for receiving a plurality of drive-in elements (2) arrangeable in a row along a longitudinal axis (A) thereof in a spaced relationship to each other, the strip magazine comprising a plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite retaining webs (3a, 3b);
- and a respective plurality of pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b) associated with respective pairs of at least partially opposite recesses (6a, 6b), the retaining webs (3a, 3b) of each pair of retaining webs (3a, 3b) defining, together with the recesses (6a, 6b) of a respective pair of recesses (6a, 6b), an opening (4) for receiving a stem (5) of a drive-in element (2), the recesses (6a, 6b) of the respective pair of the recesses (6a, 6b) extending radially of the receiving opening (4) and sidewise limiting the retaining webs (3a, 3b) which define the receiving opening (4), and each recess (6a, 6b) having a circumferential width at least of a half of a circumferential width of a retaining web (3a, 3b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.