Rotary fastener magazine

A fastener driving tool, comprising:

• a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade;
• a nosepiece associated with said housing and configured for receiving said driver blade and for sequentially receiving fasteners for engagement with said driver blade for driving into a workpiece;
• a magazine configured for retaining a supply of the fasteners and for sequentially feeding the fasteners to said nosepiece, said magazine storing a plurality of elongate strips of the fasteners, and being configured for rotating about a longitudinal axis of said magazine for providing access of fasteners in each fastener strip to said nosepiece;
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• a biased magazine follower configured for urging fasteners toward said nosepiece, and said tool is configured such that upon retraction of said follower, said magazine is rotated about said axis to from a position where an empty slot is aligned with said nosepiece to provide access of a second fastener strip to said nosepiece.

A magazine for a fastener driving tool, comprising:

• a magazine housing having a plurality of peripherally spaced, radial slots extending along a longitudinal axis of said housing, each said slot configured for accommodating a plurality of linearly arranged fasteners;
• and an axial bore upon which said housing is rotatable for providing selected sequential access to said slots;
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• a fastener keeper attached at least one said end of said housing and being rotatable relative to said housing between a closed position and an open position.