Nailing strip and nailing machine therefor

Claim 1

A NAILING MACHINE FOR SEQUENTIALLY SEVERING AND DRIVING PREDEFINED HEADED NAILS FROM A NAILING STRIP COMPRISING A MOLDED FRACTURABLE STRIP HAVING LATERAL SIDE PORTIONS AND A ROW OF SPACED NAIL SHANKS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF AND HEAD DEFINING RECESSES IN ONE FACE OF THE STRIP ABOUT EACH NAIL SHANK, SAID NAILING MACHINE INCLUDING A BACKING DIE PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING AND A RECIPROCATABLE PLUNGER IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN THE DIE AND HAVING TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE OPENING IN THE DIE, THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS OF THE OPENING IN THE BACKING DIE BEING GREATER THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DEFINED NAIL HEADS IN THE NAILING STRIP AND THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS OF THE PLUNGER BEING LESS THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DEFINED NAIL HEADS IN THE NAILING STIRP, AND MEANS IN THE NAILING MACHINE FOR GUIDING AND INTERMITTENTLY ADVANCING THE NAILING STRIP BETWEEN THE BACKING DIE AND THE PLUNGER WITH THE BACKING DIE UNDERLYING THE LATERAL SIDE PORTIONS OF THE NAILING STRIP TO SEQUENTIALLY POSITION THE DEFINED NAIL HEADS IN THE STRIP IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN THE BACKING DIE SO THAT THE PLUNGER SEQUENTIALLY FRACTURES THE NAILING STRIP AT THE HEAD DEFINING RECESSES THEREIN AND DRIVES PREDEFINED HEADED NAILS FROM THE STRIPS.