A magazine assembly for a fastening tool. The magazine assembly slides on guide posts that are formed into the nose assembly of the fastening tool and is clamped to the fastening tool via a magazine clamp assembly that requires no tools to operate. The magazine clamp assembly may be partially releas
A magazine assembly for a fastening tool. The magazine assembly slides on guide posts that are formed into the nose assembly of the fastening tool and is clamped to the fastening tool via a magazine clamp assembly that requires no tools to operate. The magazine clamp assembly may be partially released to permit the magazine assembly to be partially withdrawn from the nose assembly so that the nose assembly may be maintained without the complete removal of the magazine assembly. The construction of the nose assembly is such that when the magazine assembly is placed in a partially withdrawn state, a portion of the nose assembly mechanically inhibits actuation of the fastening tool trigger system.
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1. A fastening tool for holding a plurality of fasteners and selectively installing a first one of the fasteners into a workpiece, the fastening tool comprising:a fastening tool portion having a dispensing portion for dispensing the first one of the fasteners; a magazine assembly; a guide post coupl
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A fastening tool for holding a plurality of fasteners and selectively installing a first one of the fasteners into a workpiece, the fastening tool comprising:a fastening tool portion having a dispensing portion for dispensing the first one of the fasteners; a magazine assembly; a guide post coupled to one of the fastening tool portion and the magazine assembly; a guide portion formed in the other one of the fastening tool portion and the magazine assembly, the guide portion including a guide port slidingly receiving; and a clamp for releasably securing the magazine assembly to the fastening tool portion, the clamp including a track that is associated with the magazine assembly, the clamp further including a follower member that is carried by the fastening tool portion and slidably disposed in the track; wherein the magazine assembly is movable between a predetermined first position in which the magazine assembly is proximate the dispensing portion so that fasteners can be fed from the magazine assembly into the dispensing portion and a predetermined second position in which the magazine assembly is spaced apart from the dispensing portion; and wherein the guide post is received in the guide port in the first position and the second position and wherein the first and second positions are defined by contact between the follower and two segments of the track that are configured to restrict further movement of the follower. 2. The fastening tool of claim 1, wherein the two segments of the track are configured to restrict further movement of the follower along an axis that is generally parallel to a direction in which the fasteners are fed into the dispensing portion.3. The fastening tool of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two segments is an end segment of the track.4. The fastening tool of claim 3, wherein another one of the two segments is positioned at an intermediate position along a length of the track and wherein the guide post is decoupled from the guide port when the follower is positioned at a third segment of the track.5. The fastening tool of claim 4, wherein each of the segments of the track is aligned along a common axis that is generally parallel to a direction in which the fasteners are fed into the dispensing portion.6. A fastening tool comprising:a fastening tool portion having a dispensing portion, the dispensing portion including a nosepiece and a contact trip that is slidably coupled to the nosepiece, the nosepiece defining a lock-out aperture; and a magazine assembly coupled to the fastening tool portion, the magazine assembly having a magazine housing and a follower body, the magazine housing being adapted for holding a plurality of fasteners, the follower body being at least partially received in the magazine housing and movable thereto so as to urge the fasteners toward the dispensing portion, the follower body including a lock-out dog that extends into the lock-out aperture to block movement of the contact trip and thereby inhibit the operation of the fastening tool portion when the magazine assembly is positioned in a condition which permits fasteners to be fed into the dispensing portion and a quantity of fasteners in the magazine assembly is less than a predetermined quantity. 7. The fastening tool of claim 6, wherein the nosepiece includes a magazine flange against which the magazine assembly is abutted.8. The fastening tool of claim 6, wherein the magazine assembly is positionable relative to the fastening tool portion in a first position wherein the magazine assembly is abutted against the nosepiece, and a second position wherein the magazine assembly is spaced apart from the nosepiece.9. The fastening tool of claim 8, wherein the follower body is biased toward a dispensing end of the magazine housing and wherein the magazine assembly includes a latch that may be selectively employed to retain the follower body at an end of the magazine housing opposite the dispensing end.10. The fastening tool of claim 6, wherein the lock-out dog is fixedly coupled to the follower body.11. The fastening tool of claim 10, wherein the lock-out dog and the follower body are unitarily formed.12. A fastening tool comprising:a fastening tool portion having a nosepiece; a magazine assembly coupled to the nosepiece, the magazine assembly having a magazine housing that is adapted for holding a plurality of fasteners; a guide having a first guide portion coupled to the fastening tool portion and a second guide portion coupled to the magazine assembly, the first and second guide portions cooperating to guide the magazine housing into a position wherein fasteners are fed into the nosepiece; and a clamp having a first clamp portion that is carried by the fastening tool portion and a second clamp portion that is carried by the magazine assembly, the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion cooperating to releasably couple the magazine assembly to the fastening tool portion; wherein the guide is operable for guiding the magazine assembly in a direction that is generally parallel to a feed direction along which fasteners are dispensed from the magazine assembly into the nosepiece; wherein the first and second clamp portions may be positioned in a first condition in which the magazine assembly is secured to the fastening tool in a manner that permits fasteners to be dispensed from the magazine housing into the nosepiece, and wherein the first and second clamp portions may be positioned in a second condition in which the magazine assembly is spaced apart from the nosepiece in a direction opposite the feed direction, the second condition being defined by at least one of the first and second clamp portions so as to inhibit further movement of the magazine assembly in the direction opposite the feed direction; and wherein the first guide portion and the second guide portion are engaged to one another when the first and second clamp portions are in the second condition. 13. The fastening tool of claim 12, wherein one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion includes a pin and the other one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion includes a bracket with a slot formed therethrough and wherein the pin is received in the slot when the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are in the first and second conditions.14. The fastening tool of claim 12, wherein one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion includes a post and wherein the other one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion includes an aperture into which the post may be received.15. The fastening tool of claim 14, wherein the magazine housing includes a slotted aperture having a first portion that extends generally parallel to the feed direction and a second portion that extends in a second direction, and wherein the fastening tool portion includes a contact trip having a stop member that is disposed in the slotted aperture, the stop member being configured to traverse in the second portion of the slotted aperture in the magazine housing when the first and second clamp portions are positioned in the first position, and wherein the first portion of the slotted aperture in the magazine housing is configured to confine the stop member when the first and second clamp members are in the second condition to thereby inhibit the contact trip from moving to an activated condition that enables the operation of the fastening tool portion.16. The fastening tool of claim 15, wherein slotted aperture in the magazine housing is generally L-shaped.17. A fastening tool comprising:a fastening tool portion having a nosepiece; a magazine assembly coupled to the nosepiece, the magazine assembly having a magazine housing that is adapted for holding a plurality of fasteners; a guide having a first guide portion coupled to the fastening tool portion and a second guide portion coupled to the magazine assembly, the first and second guide portions cooperating to guide the magazine housing into a position wherein fasteners are fed into the nosepiece; and a clamp having a first clamp portion that is carried by the fastening tool portion and a second clamp portion that is carried by the magazine assembly, the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion cooperating to releasably couple the magazine assembly to the fastening tool portion; wherein the guide is operable for guiding the magazine assembly in a direction that is generally parallel to a feed direction along which fasteners are dispensed from the magazine assembly into the nosepiece; wherein the first and second clamp portions may be positioned in a first condition in which the magazine assembly is secured to the fastening tool in a manner that permits fasteners to be dispensed from the magazine housing into the nosepiece, and wherein the first and second clamp portions may be positioned in a second condition in which the magazine assembly is spaced apart from the nosepiece in a direction opposite the feed direction; wherein the first guide portion and the second guide portion are engaged to one another when the first and second clamp portions are in the second condition; wherein one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion includes a post and wherein the other one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion includes an aperture into which the post may be received; and wherein the magazine housing includes a slotted aperture having a first portion that extends generally parallel to the feed direction and a second portion that extends in a second direction, and wherein the fastening tool portion includes a contact trip having a stop member that is disposed in the slotted aperture, the stop member being configured to traverse in the second portion of the slotted aperture in the magazine housing when the first and second clamp portions are positioned in the first position, and wherein the first portion of the slotted aperture in the magazine housing is configured to confine the stop member when the first and second clamp members are in the second condition to thereby inhibit the contact trip from moving to an activated condition that enables the operation of the fastening tool portion. 18. The fastening tool of claim 17, wherein the slotted aperture in the magazine housing is generally L-shaped.
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