Apparatus with magazine for driving fastening elements

Apparatus for driving fastening elements (9), such as nails, bolts, clips and the like, in a driving direction into a receiving material, comprises a guide (1) extending in the driving direction, a transport channel (11) in said guide (1) and extending at least through said guide substantially perpendicularly to the driving direction, a magazine (3) for the fastening elements (9) extends outwardly from said guide (1) transversely of the driving direction, a transport slide (8) displaceable against said magazine (3) parallel to the driving direction, said magazine (3) comprises a housing (31) enclosing a guide channel (37) extending transversely of the driving direction and opening to said transport channel (11), said guide channel (37) comprises a first guide rail (5) and a second guide rail (6) extending transversely of the driving direction and spaced laterally apart, said first and second guide rails (5, 6) each having a surface facing the other, said surfaces being profiled with tooth-shaped projections each having two flanks of different lengths in the direction extending transversely of the driving direction with a first tooth flank facing said transport channel being shorter than a second tooth flank facing in the opposite direction, said first guide rail (5) being shiftable by said fastening elements (9) laterally outwardly away from second guide rail against the force of a spring (7) and parallel to said guide channel (37) by said transport slide (8), said transport slide (8) interacts with a control cam (53) disposed on said first guide rail (5), and said second guide rail (6) being shiftable laterally away from said first guide rail against a force of at least one other spring (7).