A continuous cap feed mechanism for use with fastener driving device
includes a housing for receiving a coiled strip of interconnected caps
removably mounted the fastener driving device. The housing includes a
passageway for guiding the strip of caps from the coil to a position
beneath a fastener to be driven by the fastener driving device and an
advancing mechanism for moving the leading cap on said strip from the
passage to the position beneath the fastener to be driven after the
fastener driving device drives a prior fastener into a cap and as it is
moved away from the previously driven fastener. The advancing mechanism
includes a driver movably mounted in the housing for movement between an
extended and retracted position adjacent the location on the fastener
driving device at which the fastener driving device drives fasteners. The
driver is moved from its extended to its retracted position as it engages
a work piece to which a cap is to be fastened is biased towards its
extended position and includes a pusher mechanism for engaging a cap in
the strip in the housing and urging the strip in the passageway towards
the fastener driving device as the driver returns to its extended
position when the housing is moved away from the work piece.