Nail guide
AssigneeM.G.H. Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd.
InventorGilad Rafaeli
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Abstract
A nail-guiding device comprising a sleeve having a linear passage therethrough, the linear passage having a first end at least partially covered by a flexible membrane with an opening, the membrane operative to engage and hold the nail, and a piston slideably engaged in the linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation.
Claims19
A nail-guiding device that assists in the proper guiding of a nail with respect to a substrate and with respect to a driver, comprising:
- a. a sleeve having a linear passage therethrough, said linear passage having a first end at least partially covered by a flexible membrane operative to engage and hold the nail, and
- b. a piston slideably engaged in said linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation,
- whereby said membrane holds and guides the nail throughout said drive-in operation.
A hand tool for assisting the driving of a nail into a substrate at a drive-in location, comprising:
- a. a guiding mechanism having a flexible membrane nail holding and guiding element;
- and
- b. a driving element slideably engaged in said guiding mechanism and operative to drive the nail into the substrate at the drive-in location,
- whereby said membrane holds and guides the nail throughout said drive-in operation.
A method for driving a nail into a substrate comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a sleeve having a linear passage therethrough, said linear passage having a first end at least partially covered by a flexible membrane operative to engage and hold the nail;
- b. providing a piston with a first and a second end, said piston slideably engaged in said linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of a driver to the nail in the drive-in operation;
- c. inserting the nail head-first into said flexible membrane to engage said piston at said first piston end;
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- c. holding said sleeve and driving the nail into said substrate by impacting said piston at said second piston end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.