Combination anchoring pin and insertion apparatus

A combination anchoring pin and insertion apparatus therefore, comprising:

• a) a vertically disposed elongated barrel having an axial bore with top and bottom openings;
• b) an elongated hammer drive rod slidably disposed within said bore with an upper end thereof extending above said top opening and a handle secured to said upper end;
• c) a side opening in said barrel dimensioned for sequentially introducing said anchoring pins therethrough into said bore;
• d) a pin guide chute secured to said barrel and aligned with the barrel side opening for sequentially feeding said anchoring pins through said side opening in guided alignment;
• e) each of said anchoring pins having at least one pin shaft depending at a right angle downwardly from an enlarged pin head for driving engagement with a lower end of said drive rod;
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• f) an anchoring pin retainer disposed in said bore below said side opening for receiving, retaining and positioning an anchoring pin under the lower end of said drive rod for downward driving engagement by said lower end of said drive rod,
• g) said anchoring pin retainer including a flexible disk transversely disposed in said barrel and having a central opening to receive the anchoring pin shaft and further having an annular series of spaced slits regularly extending from said central opening for thereby permitting forced enlargement of the central opening with penetration of said enlarged pin head and said lower end of said drive rod therethrough.