Nail Gun With Integrated Safety Device
AssigneesCredo Technology Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorSteven Wynne Cole, JR.
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Abstract
A device for impacting a fastener in one embodiment includes a trigger, a trigger disabling mechanism changeable between a first condition wherein operation of the trigger is not disabled and a second condition wherein operation of the trigger is disabled, and a nose piece configured to change the trigger disabling mechanism from the second condition to the first condition, the nose piece including a first nose portion removably coupled to a second nose portion, the first nose portion and the second nose portion defining a channel therebetween through which a fastener is driven.
Claims19
A device for impacting a fastener comprising:
- a trigger;
- a trigger disabling mechanism changeable between a first condition wherein operation of the trigger is not disabled and a second condition wherein operation of the trigger is disabled;
- and
- a nose piece configured to change the trigger disabling mechanism from the second condition to the first condition, the nose piece including a first nose portion removably coupled to a second nose portion, the first nose portion and the second nose portion defining a channel therebetween through which a fastener is driven.
A device for impacting a fastener comprising:
- a nose assembly including
- a base portion,
- a first nose section configured to be slidably positioned on the base portion, and
- a second nose section removably coupled to the first nose section, the first nose section and the second nose section defining a path along which a fastener is driven by the device;
- a trigger mechanism for initiating a firing sequence;
- and
- a trigger disabling mechanism for disabling the trigger mechanism, the trigger disabling mechanism responsive to the position of the first nose section, such that when the first nose section is in a first position the trigger disabling mechanism disables the trigger mechanism and when the first nose section is in a second position the trigger disabling mechanism does not disable the trigger mechanism.
A method of impacting a fastener comprising:
- removably coupling a first nose section and a second nose section;
- forming an angle with an arm of a lever and the upper surface of the first nose section;
- moving the coupled nose sections from a first position to a second position whereat a first surface of a spreader is in contact with the arm and a second surface of the spreader is in contact with the upper surface of the first nose section;
- enabling operation of a trigger when the coupled nose sections are in the second position;
- and
- forcing a fastener along a channel formed by the coupled nose sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.