Setting tool and method for setting connecting elements as well as for cutting off a material tape

A setting tool for setting connecting elements which are provided by a material tape, comprising:

• a) a C frame
• b) a drive unit arranged at the C frame with a setting head with which the setting head is linearly movable in the direction of a counter tool that is arranged at the C frame opposite the setting head, so that a setting stroke between a setting position for setting the connecting element and a receiving position for receiving a subsequent connecting element from the material tape is defined,
• c) an engine for displacing the material tape, with the engine being arranged adjacent to the setting head and being connected to the setting head in a way that it is rigidly arranged relative to the setting head,
• d) a cutting device for cutting off the material tape, which is located behind the engine and comprises a cutting part with a blade as well as an actuating part,
• e) with the cutting part being connected to the setting head, so that the cutting part is arranged rigidly relative to the setting head, and
• f) the actuating part is connected to the setting tool in a way that during operation of the setting tool, there is a relative movement between the actuating part and the cutting part wherein
• g) the setting head is movable by the drive unit into a cutting position, which is spaced from the receiving position in a direction opposite to the setting position and in which the blade of the cutting part cuts the material tape due to an actuation by the actuating part transverse to the supply direction of the material tape.