Floor nailing machine

Claim 1

IN A FLOOR NAILING MACHINE, A BODY STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING MAGAZINE PORTION HAVING A RECEIVING OPENING FOR NAILS AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NAIL CHUTE, A BASE PORTION SUPPORTING THE LOWER END OF SAID MAGAZINE PORTION AND PROVIDED WITH A LOWER FACE ENGAGEABLE IN STABLE RELATION UPON A SUBFLOOR TO WHICH FLOOR BOARDS ARE TO BE NAILED, SAID STRUCTURE INCLUSIVE OF SAID MAGAZINE PORTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL FRONT FACE FREE FROM ANY FORWARD PROJECTION WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH NAILING THE FIRST FLOORING BOARD CONTIGUOUS TO A VERTICAL WALL FROM WHICH SAID FRONT FACE IS SPACED DURING A NAILING OPERATION, SAID STRUCTURE HAVING ADJACENT CONVERGENCE OF THE BASE AND MAGAZINE PORTIONS ABUTMENT MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE EDGE OF A FLOOR BOARD TO BE NAILED TO THE SUBFLOOR, SAID BODY STRUCTURE HAVING THEREINBETWEEN SAID MAGAZINE AND BASE PORTIONS AND PROJECTING REARWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID FRONT FACE A DIAGONALLY DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NAIL DRIVEWAY ALIGNED WITH AND RECEPTIVE OF NAILS DESCENDING THERETO THROUGH SAID CHUTE, SAID DRIVEWAY OPENING THROUGH SAID ABUTMENT MEANS, AND A DRIVER RECIPROCABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY STRUCTURE IN