Device for supporting a plurality of nails in a coupled fashion for automatically feeding such nails from a container

A new and improved device for supporting a plurality of nails in a coupled fashion for automatically feeding such nails from a container comprising, in combination:

• a housing for supporting and feeding nails therefrom, the housing having a generally circular central portion and a linear portion extending therefrom at a tangent, the housing being provided with a spiral slot along the length thereof from an exterior end of the tangential portion to adjacent the center of the circular portion, the cross-section of the spiralling portion of the device including a generally rectangular section with a vertical height essentially equal to the vertical height of the nails to be supported and a width substantially equal to the diameter of the nails to be supported, the cross-section also including an upper transverse slot formed as an extension of the rectangular section at the upper end thereof for supporting the head of nails to be transported, the device including upper and lower side rails extending outwardly from the end of the linear portion on the both sides thereof with generally, c-shaped clips on outboard ends thereof;
• a plurality of nails positionable within the slot, the nails having a body with a point at a lower end and a head at an upper end, the body adapted to be positioned in the rectangular section and the head adapted to be positioned within the transverse slot, the nails also having coupling components therebetween perpendicular to the bodies of the nails at an intermediate extent thereof, the nails extending from the clips to the interior of the spiral;
• a drive means including a piston like driver within the housing interior of the nails and a coil spring interior of the driver to provide a motive force to urge the nails toward said c-shaped clips;
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• straps secured to the exterior surface of the housing for coupling with the arm of a user.