Gas spring fastener driver
AssigneeTti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
InventorsEdward Pomeroy, Zachary Scott, John Schnell, Essam Namouz
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Abstract
A fastener driver includes a housing, a cylinder disposed within the housing, a piston positioned and movable within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable with the piston, a motor for driving movement of the piston, a battery removably coupled to the housing for supplying power tot the motor, a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track through which fasteners are driven by the driver blade, and a magazine operable to supply the fasteners to the nosepiece. The magazine is removable from the nosepiece only in response to prior removal of the battery from the housing.
Claims18
A fastener driver comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylinder disposed within the housing;
- a piston positioned and moveable within the cylinder;
- a driver blade attached to the piston and movable with the piston;
- a motor for driving movement of the piston;
- a battery removably coupled to the housing for supplying power to the motor;
- a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track through which fasteners are driven by the driver blade;
- and
- a magazine operable to supply the fasteners to the nosepiece,
- wherein the magazine is removable from the nosepiece only in response to prior removal of the battery from the housing, wherein the magazine includes a blocking member engageable with the battery to prevent removal of the magazine from the housing when the battery is coupled to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.