Concrete nailer having magazine cutout for deep tracks
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsErin Elizabeth JASKOT, Stuart E. GARBER
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Abstract
A concrete nailer has a cutout defined by a magazine. The cutout is disposed proximate the drive track of the concrete nailer and provides the concrete nailer with sufficient reach to perpendicularly nail a complete range of U-shaped channels or track available to the job site against concrete, even though the magazine accommodates both long and short nails. The concrete nailer has the added ability to nail thick boards like 2×4's to concrete.
Claims24
A method of nailing a channel to concrete using a concrete nailer having a magazine, the channel having a U-shape of walls arranged vertically and a base connecting the walls, the method comprising:
- providing a cutout in a bottom portion of the magazine;
- positioning a nose of the concrete nailer above the channel so that the cutout clears at least one wall of the channel;
- engaging the base of the channel with a contact trip of the concrete nailer oriented perpendicularly to the base of the channel while the cutout still clears the wall;
- then
- pressing the contact trip against the base of the channel so that the contact trip is fully actuated;
- and
- firing a nail through the base of the channel and into the concrete.
A concrete nailer, comprising:
- a housing;
- a drive system configured for driving a nail, the drive system including a drive track configured to guide the nail along a drive axis, and a contact trip;
- and
- a magazine connected to the housing, the magazine having a bottom portion defining a cutout,
- wherein the cutout is disposed proximate to the drive track.
A magazine in a concrete nailer having a bottom surface and a contact trip aligned along a drive axis, the magazine comprising:
- a magazine interface configured to be positioned proximate a drive track of the nailer when the magazine is attached to the nailer bottom surface;
- and
- a lower portion defining a cutout disposed proximate the interface,
- wherein the magazine is configured to accommodate nails having lengths ranging from ½ inch to at least 2¼ inches, and
- wherein the nails are oriented in the magazine to be parallel to the drive axis.
A method of maximizing the reach of a concrete nailer having a housing, a nose portion and a contact trip, the method comprising:
- providing a magazine accommodating nails having lengths ranging from ½ inch to at least 2¼ inches;
- and
- connecting the magazine to the housing such that an interface of the magazine is proximate to the nose portion and so that, when the contact trip is fully actuated, a distance from a work surface to a portion of the magazine proximate the nose portion is in the range of from 60 mm to 70 mm.
A method of minimizing the height of a concrete nailer having a housing and a contact trip, the height being measured from a work surface to the top of the housing, comprising:
- connecting a magazine to the housing so that the magazine provides the concrete nailer with a reach ranging from 60 mm to 70 mm into a channel having a U-shape when the contact trip is fully actuated against a bottom of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.