# US 11,897,107 B2 · Driving tool

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- Number: US 11,897,107 B2
- Document ID: US11897107B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/740,973
- Filed: 2022-05-10
- Published: 2022-11-10
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2021-05-10
- Assignees: Max Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Max Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tetsuya Ohno; Takashi Suzuki; Takanari Azami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897107B2

## CPC

- B25C 1/06: operated by electric power
- B25C: HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (for shoemaking A43D)

## Abstract

A driving tool includes: a plunger movable in a first direction along a direction in which a fastener is launched; an urging member that is extendable and contractible in the first direction and serves as a drive source of the plunger; and guide rails configured to guide movement of the plunger in the first direction. The guide rails extend along the first direction of the urging member and are disposed on both sides sandwiching the urging member, and the guide rails are arranged such that a virtual line connecting the guide rails on the both sides of the urging member is deviated from a central axis of the urging member in a plan view of the urging member as viewed from the first direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A driving tool comprising:
a plunger movable in a first direction along a direction in which a fastener is launched;
an urging member that is extendable and contractible in the first direction and serves as a drive source of the plunger; and
guide rails configured to guide movement of the plunger in the first direction,
wherein the guide rails extend along the first direction of the urging member and are disposed on both sides sandwiching the urging member,
wherein a front-rear direction extends perpendicular to the first direction, and each guide rail includes a center in the front-rear direction corresponding to a center with respect to the front-rear direction, and
the guide rails are arranged such that a virtual line connecting the centers in the front-rear direction of the guide rails on the both sides of the urging member is deviated from a central axis of the urging member in a plan view of the urging member as viewed from the first direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The driving tool according to claim 1, further comprising:
a string-shaped member configured to transmit a driving force of the urging member to the plunger; and
a pulley on which the string-shaped member is hooked,
wherein the guide rails are arranged to overlap a rotation axis of the pulley in a side view of the pulley as viewed from a rotation axis direction thereof.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The driving tool according to claim 2, wherein the string-shaped member passes through an inner side of the urging member in a central axis direction, protrudes outward from one end portion of the urging member, and is connected to the plunger via the pulley.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The driving tool according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails are fixed to a tool body, and
the tool body is provided with an inclination prevention portion that prevents the guide rails from inclining relative to the first direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The driving tool according to claim 1, wherein the urging member is provided at a front portion of the tool body, and
the guide rails are arranged to be deviated toward a rear side of the tool body from the central axis of the urging member in the first direction in a side view as viewed from a side surface of the tool body.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The driving tool according to claim 1, wherein the plunger is moved in the launch direction of the fastener by an extension operation of the urging member, and
an extension direction of the urging member and the launch direction of the fastener are opposite to each other.