AU2014201860A1

AU2014201860A1 - Screw driver for collated screws and screw feeding mechanism of screw driver

Info

Publication number: AU2014201860A1
Application number: AU2014201860A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Yousei Nodaguchi; Hiroki Yamamoto
Original assignee: Max Co Ltd
Current assignee: Max Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-04-01
Filing date: 2014-04-01
Publication date: 2014-10-16
Also published as: EP2786841A1; TW201509606A; TWI581916B; CN104097056B; JP2014200849A; CN104097056A; JP6127662B2

Abstract

A screw feeding mechanism of a screw driver (10) is provided. The screw feeding mechanism includes a base part (31) and a nose part (30) slidably provided on the base part 5 (31). The nose part (30) includes a rotatable wheel member (33) and an arm member (37) connected to the wheel member (33). The base part (31) includes a guide member (24) having a guide portion (24a) configured to guide a movement of the arm member (37) when the nose part (30) slides. A sliding of the nose part (30) causes a screw feeding operation, and a further sliding of the nose part (30) causes a screw driving operation. The arm 10 member (37) is configured and arranged to vibrate or to rotate in conjunction with at least one of the screw feeding operation and the screw driving operation. Selected Drawing: Fig. 9 20 52a 31 31a *2 30 31b 32b 32a 5123

Description

1 SCREW DRIVER FOR COLLATED SCREWS AND SCREW FEEDING MECHANISM OF SCREW DRIVER Technical Field 5 [0001] The invention relates to a screw driver and a screw feeding mechanism configured to sequentially feed collated screws to a driving position, the collated screws being a plurality of screws connected by a connecting band. Background Art 10 [0002] According to a screw driver disclosed in JP2006-305671 A, a nose part is pushed in when pressed onto a workpiece, and in conjunction with this pushing-in operation, a feeding operation of collated screws and a driving operation of the collated screws are performed. Specifically, an arm rotates in conjunction with the operating of pushing-in the nose part and a wheel is rotated by the rotation of the arm, so that a screw is delivered one by one. When 15 the nose part is further pushed in, the delivered screw is expelled by a bit and the screw is tightened and is driven in the workpiece by the rotating bit. When the driving operation is completed, the nose part is returned to a standby position by a force of a spring that is provided in the screw driver. [0003] Since the screw driver is used so as to drive a screw in a gypsum board or concrete, it 20 is not possible to prevent dust generated upon the driving from being introduced into the machine. In particular, since a screw feeding mechanism is arranged at a position close to the driving position, the gypsum powders may be accumulated therein. [0004] When the gypsum powders are accumulated in the screw feeding mechanism, a sliding resistance is increased upon sliding of the nose part. Therefore, the nose part cannot 25 be completely returned to the standby position after the driving operation is completed, so that the next screw feeding may not be correctly performed. [00051 In particular, just before the return of the nose part to the standby position is completed, the spring most comes close to a free length thereof and the resistance is increased because a bending part for rotating the arm is provided. That is, just before the 30 return of the nose part is completed, the force of the spring is weakened and the sliding resistance is increased. For this reason, a return failure that the nose part is stopped without completely returning to the standby position may be caused. [0006] When a spring load is increased, it may be possible to avoid the return failure even 2 when the sliding resistance is increased. However, when the spring load is increased, a high force is required to push-in the nose part, so that an operating load of the driving operation is increased. 5 Summary of Invention [00071 An object of the invention is to provide a screw feeding mechanism of a screw driver in which an increase in sliding resistance at the time of sliding a nose part is avoided, thereby avoiding a return failure without increasing a spring load. [0008] According to a first aspect of the invention, a screw feeding mechanism of a screw 10 driver is provided. The screw feeding mechanism is configured to sequentially feed collated screws to a driving position. The collated screws are plurality of screws connected by a connecting band. The screw feeding mechanism includes a base part and a nose part provided on the base part in a slidable manner. The nose part includes a wheel member provided in a rotatable manner and an arm member connected to the wheel member. The 15 base part includes a guide member having a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the arm member when the nose part slides. A sliding of the nose part causes a feeding operation in which the wheel member is rotated by the movement of the arm member and the rotated wheel member is engaged with the collated screws to feed the collated screws. A further sliding of the nose part by a pushing-in of the nose part after the feeding operation 20 causes a driving operation in which a leading screw and a driver bit are engaged with each other to drive the leading screw. The arm member is configured and arranged to vibrate or to rotate in conjunction with at least one of the feeding operation and the driving operation. 100091 According to a second aspect of the invention, the arm member performs an unloaded feeding operation, by which the screw is not fed, in conjunction with at least one of 25 the feeding operation and the driving operation. [0010] According to a third aspect of the invention, the arm member is configured to vibrate or to rotate after the feeding operation. [0011] According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the guide portion includes a non parallel guide section configured to guide the movement of the arm member in a direction not 30 parallel to the sliding direction of the nose part so as to vibrate or to rotate the arm member after the feeding operation. [00121 According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other during the driving operation is, when viewed from a 3 direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part, between a position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other at the start of the feeding operation and a position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other at the end of the feeding operation. 5 [0013] According to a sixth aspect of the invention, a screw driver for collated screws is provided. The screw driver includes the screw feeding mechanism described above. [0014] According to the first aspect of the invention, the arm member is configured to vibrate or to rotate in conjunction with at least one of the feeding operation and the driving operation. Therefore, it is possible to shake off or sweep dust attached to the arm member 10 or to the guide member, thereby avoiding an increase in sliding resistance. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a return failure without increasing a spring load, so that an operating load of the driving operation need not be increased. [0015] According to the second aspect of the invention, the arn member performs an unloaded feeding operation, by which a screw is not fed, in conjunction with at least one of 15 the feeding operation and the driving operation. By the unloaded feeding operation, it is possible to shake off or sweep the dust attached to the arm member or to the guide member, and therefore, an increase in the sliding resistance can be avoided. [00161 According to the third aspect of the invention, the arm member is configured to vibrate or to rotate after the feeding operation. Therefore, it is possible to shake off or 20 sweep the dust attached to the arm member or to the guide member by using a relatively high spring load (since the spring is not completely extended, a force of the spring is relatively high). Also, after the dusts are shaken off, the nose part is returned by the spring. Therefore, since the dust have been already shaken off just before the return completion where the force of the spring is weakened and the sliding resistance is increased, it is possible 25 to reduce the sliding resistance in a section where a problem is most apt to occur. [0017] According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the guide portion has the non-parallel guide section configured to guide the movement of the arn member in a direction not parallel to the sliding direction of the nose part so as to vibrate or to rotate the arm member after the feeding operation. Therefore, it is possible to shake off or sweep the dust attached to the 30 arm member or guide member just by moving the arn member along the non-parallel guide section. 10018] According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other during the driving operation is, when viewed 4 from the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part, between the position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other at the start of the feeding operation and the position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other at the end of the feeding operation. According to this configuration, as 5 compared with a configuration in which the position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other during the driving operation is the same as the position at which the arm member and the guide portion engage with each other at the end of the feeding operation with respect to the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part, it is possible to reduce an attaching amount of the dust influencing the return of the nose part. 10 That is, the sliding resistance when the arm member is moved in an upper-lower direction (the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part) along the guide portion just before the return completion highly influences the return of the nose part. However, according to the invention, the arm member is caused to stay at the intermediate position during the driving operation (i.e., when the dusts are generated). Therefore, since it is 15 possible to reduce an amount of the dust to be attached at the intermediate position, it is possible to prevent the sliding resistance from being increased when the arm member is vertically moved. [00191 According to the sixth aspect of the invention, it is possible to provide a screw driver having the screw feeding mechanism with the above advantageous effects. 20 Brief Description of Drawings [0020] Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an external appearance of a screw driver. Fig. 2 is a side view of the screw driver. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the external appearance of the screw driver with a 25 fastener supply device being detached from a tool main body. Fig. 4 illustrates an internal structure of the fastener supply device. Fig. 5 is an exploded view showing a structure of rotating a wheel member of a screw feeding mechanism. Fig. 6 illustrates the internal structure of the fastener supply device before a feeding 30 operation. Fig. 7 illustrates the internal structure of the fastener supply device after the feeding operation. Fig. 8 illustrates the internal structure of the fastener supply device after a driving 5 operation. Fig. 9 shows a change in a position of a roller by the feeding operation and the driving operation. Fig. 10 is a side view of a guide member according to a first modified embodiment. 5 Fig. llA is a plan view of a guide member according to a second modified embodiment. Fig. 11B is a side view of the guide member shown in Fig. 1IA. Fig. 12A is a side view of a wheel member according to a third modified embodiment. 10 Fig. 12B is a sectional view of the wheel member shown in Fig. 12A. Detailed Description [00211 Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [00221 A screw driver 10 according to this embodiment uses collated screws 50, the collated 15 screws being a plurality of screws 51 connected by a connecting band 52. As shown in Figs. I to 3, the screw driver 10 has a tool main body 11 and a fastener supply device 20 that is mounted to the tool main body 11. A distal end of the tool main body 11 is provided with a mounting part 12. A connection part 21a provided at a rear end of the fastener supply device 20 is configured so that it is fitted onto the mounting part 12. Thereby, the fastener 20 supply device 20 can be attached to and detached from the tool main body 11. [0023] As shown in Fig. 3, the tool main body 11 has a bit mounting part 15 at the tip thereof that is covered by the fastener supply device 20, and a driver bit 16 is mounted to the bit mounting part 15. When a trigger 13 of the tool main body 11 is pulled, a motor (not shown) that uses a battery 14 as a drive source is rotated. When a nose part 30 is pressed 25 onto a workpiece while the motor is rotated, the nose part 30 is pushed in the workpiece, so chat the driver bit 16 collides with the screw 51 held at the nose part 30 and the driver bit 16 is pushed in. Since the rotation of the motor is transmitted to the pushed-in driver bit 16, the driver bit 16 is rotated, so that the screw 51 is tightened and driven in the workpiece. [0024] The fastener supply device 20 has a screw feeding mechanism that sequentially feeds 30 the collated screws 50 to a driving position. As shown in Fig. 4, the fastener supply device 20 has a base part 21 fixed to the distal end of the tool main body 11, the nose part 30 provided at a distal end of the base part 21 in a slidable manner and a spring 40 biasing the nose part 30 in a protruding direction with respect to the base part 21.

6 [00251 The base part 21 has a connection part 21a and the connection part 21a is rotatably engaged with the mounting part 12 provided at the distal end of the tool main body 11, so that the tool main body 1 I and the fastener supply device 20 can be connected to each other. As shown in Fig. 4, the base part 21 has a square tube-shaped base casing 22, a plate-shaped 5 guide member 24 that is fixed at an inner side of the base casing 22 and a magazine 23 fixed to a lower part of the base casing 22 and guides the collated screws 50. [0026] As shown in Fig. 4, the nose part 30 has a base part 31 that can slide in the base casing 22 and a tip arm 32 that protrudes in a tip direction of the base part 31. [0027] As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a distal end of the base part 31 is formed with a holding 10 recess 31a extending continuously in a vertical direction. The holding recess 31a is configured to allow the connecting band 52 of the collated screws 50 to pass therethrough such that, when feeding the collated screws 50, the connecting band 52 of the fed collated screws 50 is introduced through a lower opening of the holding recess 3 1a and goes through an upper opening thereof. Slits 31b are formed at the front and rear of the holding recess 15 31 a. The driver bit 16 is introduced into the holding recess 31 a through the rear slit 3 1b and pushes out the screw 51 held in the holding recess 31a, and the pushed out screw 51 is struck out from the front slit 3 1b. [00281 The tip arm 32 is fixed to the distal end of the base part 31 and has a substantial L shape, when seen from a plan view. The tip arm 32 has a contact part 32a at a tip thereof 20 The contact part 32a abuts on the workpiece when the nose part 30 is pressed onto the workpiece. The contact part 32a of this embodiment is provided with a configuration of receiving a distal end of the screw 51 fed by the screw feeding mechanism and is formed with an ejection port 32b for driving-guiding the screw 51. [0029] When driving the screw 51 by the screw driver 10, the nose part 30 (the contact part 25 32a) is pressed onto the workpiece with the trigger 13 being pulled. By this operation, the nose part 30 is pushed into the base part 21. In conjunction with this operation, a feeding operation of the collated screws 50 and a driving operation of the collated screws 50 are performed. [0030] Specifically, a mechanism as shown in Fig. 4 is arranged in the fastener supply 30 device 20, so that the collated screws 50 are sequentially fed to the driving position. As shown in Fig. 5, the mechanism has a wheel member 33 that is rotatably axis-supported by the base part 31, a wheel-side ratchet member 34 fixed to the wheel member 33, an arm-side ratchet member 35 having a side surface arranged to face the wheel-side ratchet member 34, 7 a coil spring 36 that urges the wheel-side ratchet member 34 and the arm-side ratchet member 35 to come close to each other, an arm member 37 fixed to the arm-side ratchet member 35, a roller shaft 39 that is provided at a distal end of the arm member 37 and a roller 38 that is rotatably supported by the roller shaft 39. 5 [00311 The wheel member 33 is a pair of members rotatably supported in the nose part 30. An outer periphery of the wheel member 33 is formed with teeth, which are engaged with notches 52a of the connecting band 52 of the collated screws 50, at the same interval as the notches 52a. As shown in Fig. 4, the wheel member 33 is arranged at a position at which it is engaged with the notch 52a, and is configured to feed the collated screws 50 in an upper 10 direction as it is rotated in a feeding direction (a clockwise direction in Fig. 5). [00321 The wheel-side ratchet member 34, the arm-side ratchet member 35 and the coil spring 36 configure a one-way clutch, and the wheel member 33 is rotated only in the feeding direction by the corresponding members. Specifically, connecting surfaces of the wheel side ratchet member 34 and the arm-side ratchet member 35 are formed with ratchet teeth 15 that can be engaged with each other, and the wheel-side ratchet member 34 and the arm-side ratchet member 35 are urged and closely contacted to each other by the coil spring 36. For this reason, when the arm-side ratchet member 35 is rotated in the feeding direction (the clockwise direction in Fig. 5), a rotating force thereof is transmitted to the wheel-side ratchet member 34 and the wheel member 33 is rotated integrally with the wheel-side ratchet 20 member 34. On the other hand, when the arm-side ratchet member 35 is rotated in a feeding-opposite direction (a counterclockwise direction in Fig. 5), since the ratchet teeth of the wheel-side ratchet member 34 go beyond the ratchet teeth of the arm-side ratchet member 35, the rotating force is not transmitted to the wheel-side ratchet member 34, so that the wheel member 33 is not rotated. 25 [00331 As shown in Fig. 5, the arm member 37 has a shaft part 37b serving as a rotation support point and an arm part 37d that extends in a direction perpendicular to the shaft part 37b. A part of an outer periphery of the shaft part 37b is formed with a square column part 37c and the square column part 37c is fitted and fixed in a square hole 35a of the arm-side ratchet member 35. Thereby, the arm member 37 is fixed so that it is rotated coaxially and 30 integrally with the arm-side ratchet member 35. A distal end of the arm part 37d is provided with a roller support hole 37a, so that the roller shaft 39 can be fixed therein. [0034] The roller 38 is rotatably attached to the roller shaft 39, so that it is provided at a distal end of the arm member 37. When the nose part 30 is pushed in and slid, the 8 movement of the roller 38 is guided by the guide member 24. That is, as shown in Figs. 6 to 8, the guide member 24 has a guide portion 24a along which the roller 38 is moved. The guide portion 24a is provided by forming a slot through the guide member 24, the slot having substantially the same width as the roller 38. 5 [0035] As shown in Fig. 9, the guide portion 24a is downwardly inclined at a sharp angle in the vicinity of a leading end portion seen from the standby position, is then upwardly inclined at a gentle angle and is then substantially parallel with the sliding direction of the nose part 30. The part that is downwardly inclined at a sharp angle is a feeding operation section Si in which the feeding operation of rotating the wheel member 33 in the feeding direction to 10 feed the collated screws 50 is performed. The part continuing to the feeding operation section SI is a driving operation section S2 in which the driving operation of engaging the screw 51 and the driver bit 16 to thus drive a leading screw 51 is performed. In this embodiment, as described above, the driving operation section S2 has a non-parallel guide section S2a that is inclined relative to the sliding direction of the nose part 30 and a parallel 15 guide section S2b that is substantially parallel with the sliding direction of the nose part 30. [00361 In the screw driver 10, when the nose part 30 slides by being pressed onto the workpiece, the roller 38 is moved along the guide portion 24a. [00371 When the roller 38 is moved in the feeding operation section SI of the guide portion 24a, the arm member 37 is largely downwardly inclined (refer to Fig. 7). As the arm 20 member 37 is inclined, the arm-side ratchet member 35 is rotated by a predetermined angle and the wheel-side ratchet member 34 and the wheel member 33 are also rotated by a predetermined angle (by an interval of the notches 52a of the connecting band 52 of the collated screws 50) in conjunction with the arm-side ratchet member 35. Thereby, the wheel member 33 is rotated in the feeding direction, thereby feeding the collated screws 50 25 one by one. [00381 When the nose part 30 is further pressed after the feeding operation, a relative position between the screw 51 held at the nose part 30 and the driver bit 16 mounted to the tool main body II is changed, so that a distal end of the driver bit 16 is engaged with the screw hole of the leading screw 51 and the screw 5 1 is thus rotated (refer to Fig. 8). 30 [0039] When the nose part 30 is pushed in after the feeding operation, the roller 38 is moved in the driving operation section S2 of the guide portion 24a and the arm member 37 is slightly upwardly inclined. However, this operation does not have an effect on the rotation of the wheel member 33.

9 0040] When the driving operation is completed and the nose part 30 is separated from the workpiece, the nose part 30 is returned to the standby position by the biasing force of the spring 40 (refer to Fig. 6). In conjunction with this operation, the roller 38 is returned to the position before the feeding operation along the guide portion 24a. At this time, although the 5 arm member 37 rotates, this operation is not transmitted due to an operation of the one-way clutch, so that it does not influence the rotation of the wheel member 33. [0041] The non-parallel guide section S2a of the driving operation section S2 of the guide portion 24a is to vibrate or to rotate the arm member 37 after the feeding operation. That is, if the non-parallel guide section S2a is not provided, the roller 38 straightly passes through 10 the guide portion 24a of the driving operation section S2 without any resistance. However, in this embodiment, the non-parallel guide section S2a is provided, so that the roller 38 passing through the guide portion 24a of the driving operation section S2 is caused to vertically move and the arm member 37 is thus rotated. Also, the driving operation section S2 is configured so that the roller 38 passing through the guide portion 24a collides with an 15 edge of the guide portion 24a and the arm member 37 is thus vibrated. [00421 As shown in Fig. 9, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part 30, a position C of the roller 38 during the driving operation is varies within a range between a position A of the roller 38 at the start of the feeding operation and a position B of the roller 38 at the end of the feeding operation. That is, during the 20 driving operation, the roller 38 is in a condition like standing by at a half-returned position. [00431 According to the embodiment as described above, since the arm member 37 is caused to vibrate or to rotate in conjunction with at least one of the feeding operation and the driving operation, it is possible to shake off or sweep dust attached to the arm member 37 or to the guide member 24. Also, since it is possible to avoid a return failure without 25 increasing the load of the spring 40, an operating load of the driving operation is not increased. [0044] Also, since the arm member 37 is caused to vibrate or to rotate after the feeding operation, it is possible to shake off or sweep the dust attached to the arm member 37 or guide member 24 by using a load, which is generated by the pressing upon the driving, or a 30 relatively high spring load (a load that is generated by the spring 40 at a state where the spring 40 is not completely extended and a relatively high load can be thus generated). Also, after the dusts are shaken off, the nose part 30 is returned by the spring 40. Therefore, since the dust have been already shaken off just before the return completion where the force of the 10 spring 40 is weakened and the sliding resistance is increased, it is possible to reduce the sliding resistance in a section where a problem is most apt to occur. [00451 The guide portion 24a has the non-parallel guide section S2a configured to guide the movement of the roller 38 in a direction not parallel to the sliding direction of the nose part 5 30 so as to vibrate or to rotate the arm member 37 after the feeding operation. For this reason, it is possible to shake off or sweep the dust attached to the arm member 37 or guide member 24 just by moving the roller 38 along the non-parallel guide section S2a. [0046] When seen from the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part 30, the position C of the roller 38 during the driving operation is between the position A of 10 the roller 38 at the start of the feeding operation and the position B of the roller 38 at the end of the feeding operation. According to this configuration, as compared with a configuration in which the vertical position C of the roller 38 during the driving operation is the same as the vertical position B of the roller 38 at the end the feeding operation, since a range in which the dust is attached to influence the return of the nose part is reduced as a distance to the vertical 15 position A is reduced, it is possible to reduce a amount of the dust influencing the return of the nose part 30. [0047] That is, the sliding resistance when the roller 38 is vertically moved just before the return completion highly influences the return of the nose part 30. However, in this embodiment, the roller 38 is caused to stay at an intermediate position during the driving 20 operation (i.e., when the dusts are generated). Therefore, since it is possible to reduce a total amount of the dust to be attached on a moving path of the roller 38 upon the return, it is possible to prevent the sliding resistance from being increased when the roller 38 is vertically moved. [0048] In the above embodiment, the arm member 37 is caused to vibrate or to rotate in 25 conjunction with the driving operation. However, the invention is not limited thereto. For example, the arm member 37 may be caused to vibrate or to rotate, irrespective of the feeding operation. [0049] Also, in the above embodiment, the arm member 37 is caused to vibrate or to rotate in accordance with the shape of the guide portion 24a. However, the invention is not 30 limited thereto. For example, a vibration or rotation means that directly applies the vibration of the motor to the arm member 37 may be provided. [00501 Also, the shape of the guide portion 24a is not limited to the above embodiment and a variety of shapes are possible. For example, a wave shape enabling the roller 38 to move 11 in the up-down direction and in the left-right direction with a small pitch is also possible. The arm member 37 may be caused to vibrate or to rotate in accordance with the movement of the roller 38. [0051] Also, as shown in Fig. 10, the linear guide portion 24a may be provided with 5 protrusions 24b or concave portions 24c so that the roller 38 collides with the same. By this shape, the roller 38 that is moved along the guide portion 24a is caused to vibrate by the unevenness of the protrusions 24b or concave portions 24c., so that it is possible to vibrate the arm member 37. [0052] Also, as shown in Figs. 11A and 11B, a side of the guide member 24 may be 10 provided with convex portions 24d in a thickness direction. By this shape, when the nose part 30 moves along the guide member 24, since the arm member 37 or base part 31 are slid while colliding with the convex portions 24d of the guide member 24, it is possible to vibrate the arm member 37. [00531 Also, as shown in Figs. 12A and 12B, a side of the wheel member 33 may be formed 15 with unevenness. In this example, concave portions 33a are formed at positions facing the arm member 37 and a side of the arm member 37 is formed with convex portions at positions facing the wheel member 33. Thereby, when the wheel member 33 is rotated, since it is rotated while the concave portions 33a of the wheel member 33 and the convex portions of the arm member 37 collide with each other, it is possible to vibrate the arm member 37. 20 [0054] Also, an unloaded feeding operation, by which a screw is not fed, may be performed and the arm member 37 may be caused to vibrate or to rotate by the unloaded feeding operation. [00551 It is to be understood that, if any prior art publication is referred to herein, such reference does not constitute an admission that the publication forms a part of the common 25 general knowledge in the art, in Australia or any other country. [00561 In the claims which follow and in the preceding description of the invention, except where the context requires otherwise due to express language or necessary implication, the word "comprise" or variations such as "comprises" or "comprising" is used in an inclusive sense, i.e. to specify the presence of the stated features but not to preclude the presence or 30 addition of further features in various embodiments of the invention.

Claims

1. A screw feeding mechanism of a screw driver (10), the screw feeding mechanism being configured to sequentially feed collated screws (50) to a driving position, the collated 5 screws (50) being a plurality of screws (51) connected by a connecting band (52), the screw feeding mechanism comprising: a base part (31); and a nose part (30) provided on the base part (31) in a slidable manner, wherein the nose part (30) comprises a wheel member (33) provided in a rotatable 10 manner and an arm member (37) connected to the wheel member (33), wherein the base part (31) comprises a guide member (24) having a guide portion (24a) configured to guide a movement of the arm member (37) when the nose part (30) slides, wherein a sliding of the nose part (30) causes a feeding operation in which the wheel member (33) is rotated by the movement of the arm member (37) and the rotated wheel 15 member (33) is engaged with the collated screws (50) to feed the collated screws (50), wherein a further sliding of the nose part (30) by a pushing-in of the nose part (30) after the feeding operation causes a driving operation in which a leading screw (51) and a driver bit (16) are engaged with each other to drive the leading screw (51), and wherein the arm member (37) is configured and arranged to vibrate or to rotate in 20 conjunction with at least one of the feeding operation and the driving operation.

2. The screw feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the arm member (37) performs an unloaded feeding operation, by which the screw is not fed, in conjunction with at least one of the feeding operation and the driving operation. 25

3. The screw feeding mechanism according to claim I or 2, wherein the arm member (37) is configured to vibrate or to rotate after the feeding operation.

4. The screw feeding mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the 30 guide portion (24a) comprises a non-parallel guide section (S2a) configured to guide the movement of the arm member (37) in a direction not parallel to the sliding direction of the nose part (30) so as to vibrate or to rotate the arin member (37) after the feeding operation. 13

5. The screw feeding mechanism according to any one of claims I to 4, wherein a position (C) at which the arm member (37) and the guide portion (24a) engage with each other during the driving operation is, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the nose part (30), between a position (A) at which the arm member (37) 5 and the guide portion (24a) engage with each other at the start of the feeding operation and a position (B) at which the arm member (37) and the guide portion (24a) engage with each other at the end of the feeding operation.

6. A screw driver (10) for collated screws (50), the screw driver (10) comprising the 10 screw feeding mechanism according to any one of claims I to 5.