Fastening tool with modified driver travel path
AssigneeAcme Staple Company, Inc.
InventorsOnno Boswinkel, Robert Haynes
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Abstract
Fastening tool for driving a fastener such as a staple into a substrate a predetermined distance. The tool includes a housing and a driver reciprocally mounted in the housing and moveable with respect to the housing, the driver having a driving surface for engaging a fastener such as a staple. A magazine assembly is associated with the housing for positioning and aligning the fastener in the path of the driver so that when actuated, the driver strikes the fastener and forcibly ejects it from the magazine into the substrate to a predetermined extent so as to adjust or control the holding power of the fastener about the object.
Claims19
A fastening tool for fastening an object to a substrate, said tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a driver mounted in said housing for reciprocal movement in a drive path;
- an actuator for actuating said driver;
- a magazine assembly associated with said housing, said magazine assembly containing one or more fasteners including a forwardmost fastener, said magazine assembly having a nose end and a tail end spaced from said nose end;
- a pusher in said magazine assembly for urging said one or more fasteners towards said nose end such that said forwardmost fastener is aligned in said drive path;
- wherein the length of said drive path is predetermined to cause said driver to travel a predetermined distance in said drive path upon actuation of said actuator so as to drive said fastener into said substrate and about said object and connect said object to said substrate while allowing said object to be movable beneath said fastener.
A fastening tool for fastening an object having a thickness to a substrate, said tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a driver mounted in said housing for reciprocal movement in a drive path;
- an actuator for actuating said driver;
- a magazine assembly associated with said housing, said magazine assembly containing one or more fasteners including a forwardmost fastener, said magazine assembly having a nose end and a tail end spaced from said nose end;
- a pusher in said magazine assembly for urging said one or more fasteners towards said nose end such that said forwardmost fastener is aligned in said drive path;
- wherein the length of said drive path is predetermined to cause said driver to travel a predetermined distance in said drive path upon actuation of said actuator so as to drive said fastener into said substrate a predetermined distance, said predetermined distance being equal to or greater than said thickness of said object.
A method of connecting an article to a substrate, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a fastening tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a driver mounted in said housing for reciprocal movement in a drive path;
- a magazine assembly associated with said housing, said magazine assembly containing one or fasteners including a forwardmost fastener, said magazine assembly having a nose end and a tail end spaced from said nose end;
- b) determining the desired holding power of said fastener about said article;
- c) modifying the length of said drive path based upon said desired hold power;
- d) properly positioning said fastening tool about said article to be fastened;
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- e) actuating said driver thereby causing said driver to travel in said drive path said modified length and to strike said forwardmost fastener and propel said forwardmost fastener out of said housing and into said substrate about said article to such an extent that said article is connected to said substrate with said desired hold power.
A fastening tool for fastening an object to a substrate, said tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a driver mounted in said housing for reciprocal movement in a drive path;
- an actuator for actuating said driver;
- a magazine assembly associated with said housing, said magazine assembly containing one or more fasteners including a forwardmost fastener, said magazine assembly having a nose end and a tail end spaced from said nose end;
- a pusher in said magazine assembly for urging said one or more fasteners towards said nose end such that said forwardmost fastener is aligned in said drive path;
- wherein the length of said drive path is predetermined to cause said driver to travel a predetermined distance in said drive path upon actuation of said actuator so as to drive said fastener into said substrate and about said object and connect said object to said substrate at a predetermined holding power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.