Nail gun

A nail gun comprising:

• a body including a selectively operable drive mechanism and a gripping portion, the drive mechanism including a safety mechanism which can be engaged to prevent the drive mechanism from operating and disengaged to allow the drive mechanism to operate;
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• a plurality of supply magazines movably mounted to the body, each supply magazine including a discharge end and capable of receiving a plurality of nails with one of the nails disposed in a firing position adjacent the discharge end, each supply magazine configured to be selectively moved relative to the drive mechanism to a drive position wherein the supply magazine is operably arranged with the drive mechanism for selectively discharging the nail in the firing position from the supply magazine;
• wherein the safety mechanism includes a plunger movably mounted to the body and a plurality of nosepieces corresponding to the plurality of supply magazines and respectively movably mounted thereto adjacent the discharge end, the plunger biased to a safety position wherein the safety mechanism is engaged, each nosepiece biased to an extended position wherein the nosepiece is spaced apart from the body to allow the supply magazine to move without interference therefrom, each nosepiece configured such that when the supply magazine to which it is mounted is in the drive position, the nosepiece is movable to a depressed position wherein the nosepiece engages the plunger to thereby move the plunger to a firing position wherein the safety mechanism is disengaged.

A nail gun comprising:

• a body including a selectively operable drive mechanism and a gripping portion;
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• a plurality of supply magazines movably mounted to the body, each supply magazine including a discharge end and capable of receiving a plurality of nails with one of the nails disposed in a firing position adjacent the discharge end, each supply magazine configured to be selectively moved relative to the drive mechanism to a drive position wherein the supply magazine is operably arranged with the drive mechanism for selectively discharging the nail in the firing position from the supply magazine;
• wherein the body includes a supply magazine support mechanism having a shoulder and a laterally extending groove, each supply magazine including a stabilizing rib at the discharge end configured to fit through the groove and to engage the shoulder, the supply magazine support mechanism cooperating with the supply magazine disposed in the drive position such that the stabilizing rib extends through the groove and the shoulder supports the stabilizing rib.

A nail gun comprising:

• a body including a selectively operable drive mechanism and a gripping portion;
• a first and second supply magazine each movably mounted to the body, each supply magazine including a discharge end and capable of receiving a plurality of nails with one of the nails disposed in a firing position adjacent the discharge end, each supply magazine configured to be selectively moved relative to the drive mechanism to a drive position wherein the supply magazine is operably arranged with the drive mechanism for selectively discharging the nail in the firing position from the supply magazine, the first supply magazine containing a first supply of nails, the second supply magazine containing a second supply of nails;
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• a mounting mechanism for pivotally mounting the supply magazines to the body, the mounting mechanism including a body-mounting member having a bearing, a pivot member having a longitudinal axis, and a magazine-mounting member, the body-mounting member depending from the body and including a bearing, the pivot member rotationally mounted to the body-mounting member, being journaled to the bearing such that the pivot rod can rotate about its longitudinal axis, the magazine-mounting member mounted to the pivot member, and the first and second supply magazines mounted to the magazine-mounting member.