Concrete nailer having magazine cutout for deep tracks
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsErin Elizabeth Jaskot, Stuart E. Garber
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Abstract
A concrete nailer has a cutout defined by a magazine. The cutout is disposed proximate the drive track of the concrete nailer and provides the concrete nailer with sufficient reach to perpendicularly nail a complete range of U-shaped channels or track available to the job site against concrete, even though the magazine accommodates both long and short nails. The concrete nailer has the added ability to nail thick boards like 2×4's to concrete.
Claims11
A method of nailing a channel to concrete using a concrete nailer having a magazine that includes a magazine body having a longitudinal length and a magazine interface at one end thereof, the magazine interface having a rear surface that opposes a forward surface of the magazine body, the channel having a U-shape of walls arranged vertically and a base connecting the walls, the method comprising:
- providing a cutout in a bottom portion of the magazine, the cutout defined by the opposing surfaces of the magazine interface and the magazine body;
- positioning a nose of the concrete nailer above the channel so that the cutout clears at least one wall of the channel;
- engaging the base of the channel with a contact trip of the concrete nailer oriented perpendicularly to the base of the channel while the cutout still clears the wall;
- then
- pressing the contact trip against the base of the channel so that the contact trip is fully actuated;
- and
- firing a nail through the base of the channel and into the concrete.
A method of maximizing the reach of a concrete nailer having a housing, a nose portion and a contact trip, the method comprising:
- providing a magazine accommodating nails having lengths ranging from ½ inch to at least 2¼ inches, the magazine including a magazine body having a longitudinal length and a magazine interface at one end thereof, the magazine interface having a rear surface that opposes a forward surface of the magazine body;
- providing a cutout in a bottom portion of the magazine, the cutout defined by the opposing surfaces of the magazine interface and the magazine body;
- and
- connecting the magazine to the housing such that the magazine interface of the magazine is proximate to the nose portion and so that, when the contact trip is fully actuated, a distance from a work surface to a portion of the magazine proximate the nose portion is in the range of from 60 mm to 70 mm.
A method of minimizing the height of a concrete nailer having a housing and a contact trip, the height being measured from a work surface to the top of the housing, comprising:
- providing a magazine including a magazine body having a longitudinal length and a magazine interface at one end thereof, the magazine interface having a rear surface that opposes a forward surface of the magazine body;
- providing a cutout in a bottom portion of the magazine, the cutout defined by the opposing surfaces of the magazine interface and the magazine body;
- and
- connecting the magazine to the housing so that the magazine provides the concrete nailer with a reach ranging from 60 mm to 70 mm into a channel having a U-shape when the contact trip is fully actuated against a bottom of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.