A device for positioning a series of fasteners in front of a driver, and related methods and components

A system for sequentially driving a plurality of fasteners, the system comprising:

• a clip that holds a plurality of fasteners adjacent each other;
• and
• a device that sequentially positions each of the plurality of fasteners in front of a driver, the device comprising:
• a positioner operable to locate a fastener in front of the driver, the positioner including:
• a receiver that holds and guides the clip,
• a rocker that moves the clip through the receiver such that each of the plurality of fasteners is sequentially positioned in front of a bit of the driver, ready to be driven into a material, and
• a roller;
• a coupler for coupling the positioner with the driver, the coupler including:
• a mount operable to releasably fasten the coupler with the driver,
• a body that holds the positioner while the positioner moves relative to the body, the body having a groove in which the roller travels as the positioner moves relative to the body;
• and
• wherein as the positioner moves relative to the body away from the coupler's mount, the roller moves along the groove toward a first end of the groove, and as the roller moves toward the groove's first end, the roller moves the rocker in a first direction, and as the rocker moves in the first direction, the clip moves relative to the receiver to position one of the plurality of fasteners in front of the driver's bit.

A method for sequentially driving a plurality of fasteners, the method comprising:

• moving in a first direction a positioner of a device relative to a coupler of the device, wherein the coupler is releasably fastened to a driver;
• engaging a bit of the driver with the first fastener, wherein the first fastener is held by a clip that is held in the positioner;
• driving, with the bit, the first fastener into a material;
• moving in a second direction the positioner of the device relative to the coupler;
• moving the clip, in response to the movement of the positioner in the second direction;
• and
• positioning the second fastener in front of the driver's bit.