Device for transporting fastening elements through a setting device

Setting device for driving fastening elements, comprising a housing, means in said housing for driving fastening elements in a first direction, a guide channel within said housing for guiding a belt-shaped magazine containing spaced fastening elements, said guide channel having an inlet end, an outlet end and extending transversely of the first direction, a transport device within said housing for moving the belt-like magazine in a step-wise manner through said guide channel for aligning fastening elements in the magazine in the path of said driving means, wherein the improvement comprises stop means movably displaceably mounted in said housing for displacement into said guide channel into a first position and a second position therein so that in the first position said transport device can be operated for moving the belt-like magazine and in the second position said stop means blocks the operation of said transport device for moving the belt-like magazine, said stop means comprises an elongated lever having a first end and a second end, said lever pivotally mounted in said housing with the point of pivotal attachment located intermediate the first and second ends of said lever and dividing said lever into a first lever arm extending from the point of pivotal attachment to the first end thereof and a second lever arm extending from the point of pivotal attachment to the second end thereof, said first lever arm being displaceable into said guide channel into the first and second positions of said stop means, and said second lever arm arranged to block said transport device when said first lever arm is in the second position.