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A shiftable magazine clip feed for orienting a U-shaped clip and a staple fastener at the head of a fastener driving tool triggered after the separation of a single clip from a stacked supply thereof, the clip being automatically positioned for application to a work piece and mounted thereon through

A shiftable magazine clip feed for orienting a U-shaped clip and a staple fastener at the head of a fastener driving tool triggered after the separation of a single clip from a stacked supply thereof, the clip being automatically positioned for application to a work piece and mounted thereon through engagement of the magazine with the work piece and that retracts the stacked supply of clips from said single clip.

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A tool for the application of a clip to a work piece by means of a fastener, the clip being of U-shape with a rearwardly extending lower mounting leg of greater length than an overlying upper leg for vertical exposure of an opening through the lower mounting leg for receiving the fastener, and inclu

A tool for the application of a clip to a work piece by means of a fastener, the clip being of U-shape with a rearwardly extending lower mounting leg of greater length than an overlying upper leg for vertical exposure of an opening through the lower mounting leg for receiving the fastener, and including in combination; a first fastener magazine means carried by the tool and the tool having a driveway through a head projecting to a driving plane offset from said first fastener magazine means and through which driveway a driver blade reciprocates to sever a fastener from a supply thereof advanced by said first fastener magazine means and to deliver the same through said driving plane and into the work piece, and a second work piece engageable clip magazine means shiftably carried beneath the first fastener magazine means and extending beneath and open to receive the head of the tool and to sequentially stop a foremost clip of a nested stack of clips with the lower mounting leg thereof underlying the head and with the opening therethrough substantially aligned with the driveway through the head, means holding and preventing retraction of said foremost clip from said alignment with the driveway, a normally advanced retraction means withdrawing the stack of clips from the foremost clip when positioned relative to the work piece for application of the clip thereto, and means operating the driver blade to sever and deliver a fastener through the opening in the lower mounting leg of the foremost clip and fastening the same onto the work piece.