REMOVABLE MAGAZINE AS WELL AS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING A REMOVABLE MAGAZINE AND A SETTING DEVICE
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1. A removable magazine in which a plurality of connection elements is dischargeably storable at a plurality of defined positions, wherein the removable magazine is connectable with a loading station and a setting device for transfer and removal of connection elements, wherein the removable magazine comprises the following features:
- a. a storage plate having a plurality of defined arranged and only one-sided open chambers, the shape of which is adapted to a connection element to be received, especially to a type of a connection element to be received, so that at least one connection element is position-orientated storable therein,b. a closing component closing the plurality of defined arranged chambers such that at least for an unloading of the plurality of defined arranged chambers, only one chamber is opened, whereinc. the storage plate and the closing component are rotatable and/or pivotable and/or movable with respect to each other so thatd. the respective chamber is movable with respect to the chamber opening such that at least a chamber-specific unloading of the respective chamber takes place via the chamber opening.
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Abstract
A removable magazine may include a plurality of connection elements. The connection elements are arranged in a plurality of chambers from which they can be unloaded individually and specifically. Further, a setting device is disclosed that may operate in combination with this removable magazine.
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1. A removable magazine in which a plurality of connection elements is dischargeably storable at a plurality of defined positions, wherein the removable magazine is connectable with a loading station and a setting device for transfer and removal of connection elements, wherein the removable magazine comprises the following features:
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a. a storage plate having a plurality of defined arranged and only one-sided open chambers, the shape of which is adapted to a connection element to be received, especially to a type of a connection element to be received, so that at least one connection element is position-orientated storable therein, b. a closing component closing the plurality of defined arranged chambers such that at least for an unloading of the plurality of defined arranged chambers, only one chamber is opened, wherein c. the storage plate and the closing component are rotatable and/or pivotable and/or movable with respect to each other so that d. the respective chamber is movable with respect to the chamber opening such that at least a chamber-specific unloading of the respective chamber takes place via the chamber opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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10. Supply system for the supply of a setting tool with a plurality of joining elements by means of a removable magazine, wherein the supply system comprises the following features:
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an automatic loading station with at least one docking site for the removable magazine to load the removable magazine with joining elements from one or multiple supply containers, wherein in the supply containers, respectively, a plurality of similar connection elements is arranged or is available in an oriented manner so that the connection elements are suppliable to the removable magazine to individual chambers or to groups of chambers one after the other individually or as a plurality, a rotatable and/or pivotable and/or displaceable arranged manipulator at which at least one removable magazine is fastenable and from which the removable magazine is releasable for docking the removable magazine to be loaded to the loading station, for undocking the loaded removable magazine from the loading station, for docking the loaded removable magazine to the setting device and for undocking the unloaded removable magazine from the setting device, wherein the removable magazine comprises a storage plate having a plurality of defined arranged chambers and a closure component, wherein the closure component closes the plurality of defined arranged chambers such that at least for an unloading of the plurality of defined arranged chambers only one chamber is opened by arranging the storage plate and the closure component rotatably and/or pivotable and/or displaceable with respect to each other, wherein the removable magazine is rotatable disk-like and/or displaceable and comprises a plurality of chambers so that at least the unloading of the chambers at the setting tool is realizable via a single opening being present for the connection element stored in the chamber being in the unloading position, respectively.
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