Power tool having latched pusher assembly
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsLarry E. Gregory, Michael P. Baron, Lee M. Brendel, Todd A. Hagan, Stuart E. Garber
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Abstract
A magazine for use with a fastening tool. The magazine can have a pusher assembly that can be retracted into a recess in the magazine to facilitate loading and reloading of fasteners. The pusher assembly can have a pusher assembly knob which can be reversibly latched to a detent to maintain the pusher assembly in a retracted state. The fastening tool can use a magazine which can be reloaded by a method which has a step of reversibly retracting the pusher assembly into the retracted state to allow for feeding one or more fasteners to the magazine.
Claims9
A fastening device, comprising:
- a nosepiece assembly adapted to receive a fastener from a magazine;
- a sensor having a plurality of sensor pieces having at least a first sensor piece and a second sensor piece;
- a power source adapted to power a fastener driving mechanism which can drive the fastener into a workpiece when triggered;
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- a microprocessor which executes a machine readable code and can process the data provided by the sensor,
- wherein the nosepiece has at least the first sensor piece of the plurality of sensor pieces, and
- wherein the magazine has at least the second sensor piece of the plurality of sensor pieces.
A fastening device, comprising:
- a nosepiece assembly adapted to receive a fastener from a magazine and having a nosepiece, a power source adapted to power a fastener driving mechanism which can drive the fastener into a workpiece when triggered;
- a microprocessor which executes a machine readable code and can process a data from a sensor having a number of pieces;
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- the sensor providing the data as an input to the microprocessor that processes the data,
- wherein at least a first piece of the sensor is located in the nosepiece,
- wherein at least a second piece of the sensor is located in the magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.