Nail setting tool
OwnerRichard Borkowskiinventor
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Abstract
A nail setting tool has a body with an internal drive shaft and rubber end caps. A nail may be placed in the driving end of the body, and the nail is held in place by the gripping action of the rubber end cap. The internal drive shaft is held in place inside the body with a post and slot arrangement. A user may thus align, drive and counter sink a nail into a workpiece in one operation, without marring the workpiece or losing the nail. The nail setting tool also eliminates pinch points for added safety.
Claims20
A nail setting tool, comprising:
- a body having a throughbore;
- a drive shaft positioned in the throughbore, wherein the drive shaft is reciprocally movable in a longitudinal manner with respect to the throughbore;
- at least one stop device for limiting the range of reciprocal movement of the drive shaft;
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- an elastomeric nail retaining and mar prevention device located on a driving end of the body, said elastomeric device having a gripping bore, wherein elastomeric material which defines said gripping bore is configured to grip a nail when inserted therein, so as to prevent accidental dislodgment of the nail.
A nail setting tool, comprising:
- a body having a striking end and a driving end with a throughbore in said body, said throughbore having a small diameter section and a large diameter section with a shoulder separating said sections;
- a drive shaft positioned in said throughbore and reciprocally movable therein, said drive shaft having a striking end and a driving end, said drive shaft having a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion, said large diameter portion adapted to bear against said shoulder, with a slot in the large diameter portion;
- a post radially extending into said throughbore and received in said slot to limit the range of reciprocal movement of said shaft;
- an elastomeric nail retaining and mar prevention device located on a driving end of the body, said elastomeric device having a gripping bore, wherein elastomeric material which defines said gripping bore is configured to grip a nail when inserted therein, so as to prevent accidental dislodgment of the nail;
- the gripping bore having a smaller diameter than said throughbore;
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- wherein the drive shaft has a length such that after a nail driving operation, its striking end is approximately flush with the striking end of the body and its driving end protrudes from the gripping bore to facilitate counter sinking a nail.
A method of securing a fastener in a workpiece using a striking implement and a setting tool comprising the steps of:
- 1) inserting the fastener in a driving end of a bore located in the setting tool;
- 2) retaining the fastener in the bore with an elastomeric retention device, which device is located at the driving end of said bore;
- 3) positioning the elastomeric retention device in contact with a workpiece;
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- 4) impacting the striking implement with the setting tool to drive the fastener longitudinally through the elastomeric retention device into the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.