Dual-use nail magazine for U-shaped nail and T-shape nail
First Claim
1. A dual-use nail magazine for alternatively accommodating a strip of T-shaped nails or a strip of inverted U-shaped nails, the nail magazine comprising:
- a track bar having a first channel for receiving a T-shaped nail strip when it is used alone, a second channel, a third channel cooperated with the first channel for receiving an inverted U-shaped nail strip, and at least one guide rail;
a limiter fastened to the track bar and provided with a retaining hole;
a sliding bar having at least one sliding groove coupled to the at least one guide rail of the track bar to guide reciprocation of the sliding bar along the track bar, and a protruding portion at one end thereof;
a locating block affixed to the other end of the sliding bar remote from the protruding portion and provided with a retaining member; and
a nail pushing mechanism having a rod member received in the second channel of the track bar and having one end affixed to the locating block, a nail push plate moveably sleeved onto the rod member, and a compression spring sleeved onto the rod member and stopped between the locating block and the nail push plate to move the nail pusher along the first channel and the third channel so as to push the T-shaped nail strip in the first channel or the inverted U-shaped nail strip in the first and third channels in direction away from the locating block.
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Abstract
A dual-use nail magazine for alternatively accommodating a T-shaped nail strip or an inverted U-shaped nail strip includes a track bar defining a first channel for receiving the T-shaped nail strip when it is used alone, a second channel, and a third channel cooperated with the first channel for receiving the inverted U-shaped nail strip. A nail pushing mechanism has a rod member suspended in the second channel, a nail push plate movably sleeved onto the rod member and having a first nail-pushing portion inserted into the first channel, and a second nail-pushing portion inserted into the third channel, and a compression spring sleeved onto the rod member for supporting and moving the nail pusher along the first channel and the third channel so as to push the T-shaped nail strip in the first channel or the inverted U-shaped nail strip in the first and third channels.
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8 Claims
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1. A dual-use nail magazine for alternatively accommodating a strip of T-shaped nails or a strip of inverted U-shaped nails, the nail magazine comprising:
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a track bar having a first channel for receiving a T-shaped nail strip when it is used alone, a second channel, a third channel cooperated with the first channel for receiving an inverted U-shaped nail strip, and at least one guide rail; a limiter fastened to the track bar and provided with a retaining hole; a sliding bar having at least one sliding groove coupled to the at least one guide rail of the track bar to guide reciprocation of the sliding bar along the track bar, and a protruding portion at one end thereof; a locating block affixed to the other end of the sliding bar remote from the protruding portion and provided with a retaining member; and a nail pushing mechanism having a rod member received in the second channel of the track bar and having one end affixed to the locating block, a nail push plate moveably sleeved onto the rod member, and a compression spring sleeved onto the rod member and stopped between the locating block and the nail push plate to move the nail pusher along the first channel and the third channel so as to push the T-shaped nail strip in the first channel or the inverted U-shaped nail strip in the first and third channels in direction away from the locating block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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