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US 12,715,092 B2Granted
Duplex nailer, magazine, and duplex nail for the same
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsLogan M. Hietpas, Marcus Wechselberger, David A. Bierdeman, Jeremy J. Keifenheim
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Abstract
A powered fastener driver configured to drive fasteners having a first head and a second head and including a magazine assembly configured to receive the fasteners and a nosepiece assembly including a channel from which consecutive fasteners from the magazine assembly are driven.
Claims20
A fastening device comprising:
- a magazine including
- a magazine channel having a rectangular cross-sectional shape and configured to receive at least one of a first head of a fastener and a second head of the fastener;
- a magazine slot interconnected with the magazine channel and configured to receive a body of the fastener;
- an end cap positioned opposite the magazine channel and the magazine slot and including an end cap channel having a first compartment interconnected with and spaced from a second compartment by a connector compartment, the first compartment configured to receive the first head of the fastener and the second compartment configured to receive the second head of the fastener, and
- wherein a first distance is defined between the first compartment and the second compartment, and the first and second compartments and the first distance cooperate to define a parameter of the fastener that is receivable in the magazine, and
- a nosepiece assembly including a firing channel from which consecutive fasteners from the magazine are driven along a driving axis, the nosepiece assembly including a base portion coupled to the magazine and a cover portion pivotally coupled to the base portion,
- wherein the base portion and the cover portion cooperatively define the firing channel,
- wherein the cover portion includes a recess that extends generally parallel to the firing channel,
- wherein the recess has a width that is wider than a width of the body of the fastener but narrower than a width of either the first head or the second head, and
- wherein the recess is a first recess and further comprising a second recess positioned on and in communication with a first side of the first recess and a third recess positioned on and in communication with a second side of the first recess, the first recess defining a first depth, the second recess defining a second depth that is less than the first depth, and the third recess defining a third depth that is less than the first depth.
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A fastening device comprising:
- a fastener including a body having a tip and a second end opposite the tip, a first head positioned at the second end, and a second head positioned between the tip and the second end;
- a magazine including
- a magazine channel configured to receive the first head of the fastener;
- a magazine slot interconnected with the magazine channel and configured to receive a body and the second head of the fastener;
- a guide positioned within the magazine channel, the guide circumscribing the magazine channel, the guide defining a guide slot that is positioned within the magazine channel and aligned with the magazine slot;
- an end cap channel positioned opposite the magazine channel and the magazine slot and having a first compartment interconnected with and spaced from a second compartment by a connector compartment, the first compartment configured to receive the first head and the second compartment configured to receive the second head,
- wherein a first distance is defined between the first head and the second head,
- wherein a second distance is defined between the first compartment and the second compartment,
- wherein the second distance is the same as the first distance and limits at least one parameter of the fastener that is receivable in the magazine, and
- wherein a third distance defined between opposite ends of the magazine slot is greater than a fourth distance defined between opposite ends of the guide slot,
- a nosepiece assembly including a firing channel from which consecutive fasteners from the magazine are driven along a driving axis, the nosepiece assembly including a recess that extends generally parallel to the firing channel and is on an opposite side of the firing channel from the magazine,
- wherein the recess has a width that is wider than a width of the body of the fastener but narrower than a width of either the first head or the second head, and
- wherein the recess is a first recess and further comprising a second recess positioned on and in communication with a first side of the first recess and a third recess positioned on and in communication with a second side of the first recess, the first recess defining a first depth, the second recess defining a second depth that is less than the first depth, and the third recess defining a third depth that is less than the first depth.
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A fastening device comprising:
- a fastener including a body having a tip and a second end opposite the tip, a first head positioned at the second end, and a second head positioned between the tip and the second end;
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- a magazine including
- a magazine channel configured to receive the first head of the fastener;
- a magazine slot interconnected with the magazine channel and configured to receive a body and the second head of the fastener;
- an end cap channel positioned opposite the magazine channel and the magazine slot and having a first compartment and a second compartment that are connected via a connector compartment;
- wherein the first head is received in the first compartment and the second head is received in the second compartment, and
- a nosepiece assembly including a firing channel from which consecutive fasteners from the magazine are driven along a driving axis, the nosepiece assembly including a recess that extends generally parallel to the firing channel and is on an opposite side of the firing channel from the magazine,
- wherein the recess has a width that is wider than a width of the body of the fastener but narrower than a width of either the first head or the second head, and
- wherein the recess is a first recess and further comprising a second recess positioned on and in communication with a first side of the first recess and a third recess positioned on and in communication with a second side of the first recess, the first recess defining a first depth, the second recess defining a second depth that is less than the first depth, and the third recess defining a third depth that is less than the first depth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.