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Nail guide device of a box nailing machine

US5842625A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1997
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25C1/003
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nail guide device of a box nailing machine in which a nail connected with another nail by a tying member is driven by a drive rod, the nail guide device includes: a nail magazine for accommodating the nails connected with each other; a nose for guiding the driver rod; a nail guide plate for connecting the nail magazine with the nose, including, a lower end portion extending downward to a position lower than a tip of the nail, and a guide groove provided in an upper portion of one face of the nail guide plate and extending over the entire length of the guide plate; and a nail cover rotatably provided opposite to the face on which the guide groove is formed, the nail cover and the guide plate forming a nail path, wherein the guide groove is engaged with a side portion of the head of the nail to guide the nail from the nail magazine to the nose; and a flange protruding to the nail path formed in the lower end portion of the nail guide plate so as to shield the tip of the nail.

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