Escapement mechanism

Claim 1

A NAIL DRIVING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A HOPPER FOR CONTAINING NAILS; A CONVEYOR BELT, ONE END OF WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE HOPPER; MAGNETIC CLEATS ON THE BELT FOR ATTRACTING NAILS; MEANS FOR DRIVING THE BELT; A CONDUIT AT THE OTHER END OF THE BELT FOR RECEIVING NAILS; MEANS ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF THE BELT FOR REMOVING NAILS FROM THE MAGNETIC CLEATS FOR DEPOSIT IN THE NAIL RECEIVING CONDUIT; AN ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM CONNECTED TO THE NAIL RECEIVING CONDUIT, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING A FIXED PLATE HAVING A SLOT FOR GUIDING THE NAILS, A MOVABLE PLATE ADJACENT THE FIXED PLATE, SAID MOVABLE PLATE HAVING AN IRREGULAR SLOT IN SELECTIVE ALIGNMENT WITH THE SLOT IN THE FIXED PLATE TO SELECTIVELY PERMIT NAILS INDIVIDUALLY TO PASS THROUGH THE ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM, AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM; A NAIL INVERTER CONNECTED TO THE ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM; A NAIL DRIVING GUN; A CONDUIT INTERCONNECTING THE NAIL INVERTER AND THE NAIL DRIVING GUN; A VALVE IN THE CONDUIT, FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR TO THE CONDUIT; MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE VALVE TO THE SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR; MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE VALVE; MEANS CONNECTING THE GUN TO THE SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR; A TRIGGER ON THE GUN FOR ACTUATING THE GUN INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH; CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING THE SWITCH FOR ACTUATING THE BELT DRIVING MEANS, THE VALVE CONTROLLING MEANS, AND THE ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM ACTUATING MEANS WHEN THE SWITCH IS CLOSED TO ADVANCE THE CONVEYOR BELT, PASS A NAIL THROUGH ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM AND PROPEL THE NAIL TO THE GUN.