Fastening tool and method of operation
OwnerPatrick Haleinventor
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Abstract
A fastening tool has a tool body and a driver, the driver having a percussion head drivable generally vertically downward upon receiving a blow from a hammer. The tool includes a fastener head for apply a percussion drive in a generally diagonal direction to a fastener lodged in a strike position in the fastening tool. An elongate flexible transmission element moves in a track between the percussion head and the fastener head for transforming the vertically downward hammer drive into the generally diagonal drive to drive the fastener into the edge of a floorboard. The fastening tool can be used much closer to a finishing wall than known board fastening tools.
Claims17
A fastening tool having a tool body and a driver, the driver having a percussion head drivable in a first direction upon receiving a first percussion drive from a hammer member, a fastener head to apply a second percussion drive in a second direction to a fastener lodged in a strike position in the fastening tool, and a transmission element between the percussion head and the fastener head for transforming the first percussion drive into the second percussion drive.
A method of fastening a using a fastening tool having a tool body and a driver, the driver having a percussion head and a fastener head and a transmission element linking the percussion head and the fastener head, the method comprising applying a first percussion drive to the percussion head to drive the percussion head in a first direction, transforming the first percussion drive into a second percussion drive at the transmission train, applying the second percussion drive to the fastener head to drive the fastener head in a second direction to strike a fastener lodged in a strike position in the fastening tool.
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