摘要 |
<p>A fastener-driving tool may include a conventional drive fed with fasteners, such as a strip of nails (N), from a magazine by means of a pawl (42) having at least one groove (56, 58) for receiving a nail (N) and feeding it into a drive track (18). A fixed structure (90) confines one side of the leading portion of the strip so as to guide such portion. When in an operative position, a hinged structure (100) confines the other side of such portion so as to guide such portion. The hinged structure includes a holding member (110) adapted when in aN operative position to hold one such fastener in the grooves (56, 58) and movable to inoperative positions so as to expose the grooves (56, 58). The hinged structure also includes a hinged cover (120) adapted when in an operative position to secure the holding member (110) in its operative position, as the sole means for doing so, and adapted to move so as to allow the holding member (110) to be so moved and so as to expose fastener-guiding surfaces of the fixed structure (90).</p> |