Mechanism for feeding mu-shaped clips

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: A VERTICALLY DISPOSED GUIDE ADAPTED TO CARRY A PLURALITY OF U-SHAPED CLIPS SLIDABLY EMBRACING SAID GUIDE; A CLAMPING MECHANISM LOCATED ADJACENT THE BOTTOM DISCHARGE END OF SAID GUIDE FOR SUCCESSIVELY RECEIVING AND CLAMPING ONE AT A TIME THE U-SHAPED CLIPS FROM SAID GUIDE; CLIP RELEASE MEANS ON SAID GUIDE FOR SUCCESSIVELY RELEASING ONLY ONE CLIP AT A TIME FROM THE BOTTOM END OF SAID GUIDE TO SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM; SAID CLIP RELEASE MEANS BEING MOUNTED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE UPWARDLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID GUIDE; MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE LOWER END OF SAID GUIDE FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL ALIGNMENT RELATIVE TO SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM; AND MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID RELEASE MEANS AND ACTUATABLE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE TO ACTUATE SAID RELEASE MEANS AND CAUSE RELEASE OF A CLIP OFF THE BOTTOM END OF SAID GUIDE INTO SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM EACH TIME SAID GUIDE IS MOVED TO ITS POSITION OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT RELATIVE TO SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM, SAID RELEASING MEANS BEING OPERABLE DIRECTLY FROM SAID GUIDE MOUNTING MEANS, WHEREBY SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM IS ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY ANGLE.