Nail cartridge for driving tool magazines and flexible nail strip therefor

Claim 1

A NAIL CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A NAIL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATED WITH A NAIL DRIVING MACHINE AND COMPRISING: A CARTRIDGE SHELL OF BOX-LIKE CONFIGURATION, HAVING A TOP WALL, A BOTTOM WALL, SIDE WALLS AND A FRONT END WALL, A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING VERTICAL PARTITION WALL PROJECTING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AND DIVIDING THE INTERIOR THE SHELL INTO ADJACENT NAIL-RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS, AND A FLEXIBLE NAIL STRIP DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SHELL AND, WHEN THE STRIP IS IN ITS EXTENDED CONDITION, COMPRISING A ROW OF NAILS ARRANGED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, AND A FLEXIBLE WEB OF A WIDTH APPRECIABLY LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE NAIL SHANKS, HAVING A SIDE FACE THEREOF ADHERED TO EACH NAIL SHANK, SAID PARTITION WALL PROVIDING A VERTICALLY ELONGATED NAIL PASSAGE ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMPARTMENT FOR PASSAGE OF NAILS THERETHROUGH, SAID FRONT END WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A VERTICALLY ELONGATED NAIL OUTLET OPENING, A MEDICAL REGION OF SAID NAIL STRIP PROJECTING LOOSELY THROUGH SAID NAIL PASSAGE WITH THE NAILS THEREOF ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MEDIAL REGION BEING GROUPED TOGETHER IN SUBSTANTIAL CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NAILS BEING DISPOSED IN APPROXIMATE VERTICAL POSITIONS AND SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING SAID COMPARTMENTS WHEREBY, UPON PULLING OF THE STRIP ENDWISE OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING THE NAILS IN THE ADJACENT COMPARTMENT WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE NAIL GROUP CONTAINED THEREIN UNTIL SUBSTANTIAL DEPLETION THEREOF, AFTER WHICH THE NAILS IN THE OTHER COMPARTMENT WILL BE DRAWN THROUGH SAID ADJACENT COMPARTMENT AND WITHDRAWN FROM SAID OUTLET OPENING.