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A container (12) for use with a tool (2) for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool (2) having a body, the container (12) being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container (12) comprising:

A container (12) for use with a tool (2) for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool (2) having a body, the container (12) being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container (12) comprising: attachment means (20, 21) for removably attaching the container (12) to the body (8) of the tool, the attachment means (20, 21) being resiliently biased into attachment with the body (8) by resilient biasing means; and one or more contact region (22, 23) for receiving manual pressure from a user, at least one of the said one or more contact regions (22, 23) being coupled to the attachment means (20, 21); wherein the resilient biasing means are such that the attachment means (20, 21) can be detached from the body of the tool by the user applying manual pressure on the said one or more contact regions (22, 23) thereby detaching the container (12) from the body of the tool (2). Also provided is a fastener installation tool (2) having such a container (12).

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1. A container for use with a tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool having a body, the container being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container comprising: a first wall having

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A container for use with a tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool having a body, the container being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container comprising: a first wall having a first attachment portion and a first contact region, and a second wall having a second attachment portion and a second contact region, with the first and second attachment portions being integrally formed with the first and second walls respectively,with the first and second attachment portions adapted to removably attach the container to the body of the tool, the attachment portions being resiliently biased into attachment with the body by resilient biasing portions, with at least part of the first and/or second walls being formed of a resiliently flexible material which provides the resilient biasing portions,with the first and second contact regions adapted to receive manual pressure from a user, at least one of the said one or more contact regions being coupled to the attachment portions,with the first and/or second walls having one or more apertures or recesses to facilitate the resilient flexing of the material, andwhere the resilient biasing portions are such that the attachment portions can be detached from the body of the tool by the user applying manual pressure on the first and second contact regions, thereby detaching the container from the body of the tool. 2. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wall substantially opposes the second wall. 3. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second contact regions are integrally formed in the first and second walls respectively. 4. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient material is a polymer material. 5. A container as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resilient material is a polycarbonate material. 6. A container as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resilient material is a rubber material. 7. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient material is a metallic material. 8. A container as claimed in claim 1, the first and second attachment portions each comprising one or more protrusions. 9. A container as claimed in claim 8, where the one or more protrusions protrude perpendicularly from the first wall. 10. A container as claimed in claim 9, where the one or more protrusions also protrude perpendicularly from the second wall. 11. A container as claimed in claim 8, wherein the said one or more protrusions are in the form of ridges. 12. A container as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a ridge, protrusion or partition on an internal surface of the container, the said ridge, protrusion or partition being arranged to prevent broken stems from jamming across the width of the container. 13. A fastener installation tool having a container as claimed in claim 1. 14. A container for use with a tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool having a body, the container being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container comprising: an attachment portion removably attaching the container to the body of the tool, the attachment portion being resiliently biased into attachment with the body by a resilient bias, andone or more contact regions adapted to receive manual pressure from a user, at least one of the said one or more contact regions being coupled to the attachment portion,the resilient bias such that the attachment portion can be detached from the body of the tool by the user applying manual pressure on the one or more contact regions, thereby detaching the container from the body of the tool,the container further comprising one or more arms extending from the container, the said arm(s) being resiliently biased and incorporating the attachment portion and a contact region. 15. A container as claimed in claim 14, the attachment portion comprising one or more protrusions. 16. A container for use with a tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool having a body, the container being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container comprising: an attachment portion comprising one or more apertures or recesses, the attachment portion removably attaching the container to the body of the tool, the attachment portion being resiliently biased into attachment with the body by a resilient bias, andone or more contact regions adapted to receive manual pressure from a user, at least one of the said one or more contact regions being coupled to the attachment portion,the resilient bias such that the attachment portion can be detached from the body of the tool by the user applying manual pressure on the one or more contact regions, thereby detaching the container from the body of the tool. 17. A container for use with a tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation, the tool having a body, the container being for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the container comprising: an attachment portion removably attaching the container to the body of the tool, the attachment portion being resiliently biased into attachment with the body by a resilient bias, andone or more contact regions adapted to receive manual pressure from a user, at least one of the said one or more contact regions being coupled to the attachment portion,the resilient bias such that the attachment portion can be detached from the body of the tool by the user applying manual pressure on the one or more contact regions, thereby detaching the container from the body of the tool,the container further comprising one or more feet adapted to locate in one or more corresponding apertures or recesses in the body of the tool. 18. A container as claimed in claim 17, wherein the said one or more feet are substantially L-shaped. 19. A fastener setting tool comprising: a tool body including a handle portion and a nose piece assembly secured to the handle portion, the nose piece assembly adapted to grip a fastener stem during setting of the fastener and adapted to eject the detached fastener stem towards a container adapted to receive detached fastener stems,the container having an opening adapted to receive detached fastener stems ejected from the nosepiece assembly,the container further comprising a first engagement portion and the tool body further comprising a second engagement portion and, where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion cooperate to releasably attach the container to the tool body, andwhere at least one of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion is resiliently biased into engagement with the other one of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. 20. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where the container comprises resiliently flexible material. 21. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where the container further comprises a contact portion coupled to the second engagement portion adapted to receive manual pressure from a user. 22. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, the container further comprises a bottom portion, where the first engagement portion comprises protrusions extending from the bottom portion and the second engagement portion comprises apertures in the tool body corresponding to the protrusions extending from the bottom portion of the container. 23. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where the first engagement portion comprises protrusions extending from the container and the second engagement portion comprises corresponding apertures in the tool body, where the protrusions and corresponding apertures cooperate to releasably retain the container to the tool body. 24. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where the second engagement portion comprises protrusions extending from the tool body and the first engagement portion comprises corresponding apertures in the container, where the protrusions and corresponding apertures cooperate to releasably retain the container to the tool body. 25. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where the first engagement portion comprises one or more arms extending from the container, each arm being resiliently biased and adapted to engagement the first engagement portion. 26. The fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 19, where at least one of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion comprise metallic material. 27. A container for use with a break stem fastener setting tool comprising: a container body having an opening adapted to receive detached fastener stems during operation of the tool,an attachment portion adapted to releasably retain the container to a tool body, the attachment portion including at least one protrusion, each protrusion being resiliently biased into a corresponding aperture of the tool body; andat least one contact portion coupled to the attachment portion adapted to receive manual pressure to release the attachment portion of the container from the engagement portion of the tool body to release the container from the tool. 28. The container for use with a break stem fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 27, where the attachment portion of the container comprises at least one aperture configured to cooperate with the engagement portion of the tool body. 29. The container for use with a break stem fastener setting tool as claimed in claim 27, the attachment portion being integrally formed with the container body.