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US 2018/0001451 A1Published application
Single-motion magazine retention for fastening tools
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsJeffrey J. MEYER, Stuart E. GARBER
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Abstract
A fastening tool including a magazine securely and releasably retained on the fastening tool by a cam mounted on one of the fastening tool and the magazine. In a single rotary motion, the cam wedges together the housing member of the fastening tool and the housing member of the magazine, while simultaneously rotating cam lobes into respective chambers formed on the fastening tool and the magazine. The cam rotation and magazine retention system is accomplished without tools.
Claims26
A method of removably retaining a magazine on a fastening tool, comprising:
- moving a movable member into releasable engagement with one of a magazine housing member of a magazine housing and a fastening tool housing member of a fastening tool housing;
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- wedging the magazine housing member and the fastening tool housing member together.
A fastening tool, comprising:
- a fastening tool housing including a fastening tool housing member;
- a drive system disposed in the housing and defining a drive track for guiding a fastener along a drive axis;
- a magazine connected to the fastening tool housing, the magazine having a magazine housing including a magazine housing member, the magazine further having a drive interface, the drive interface being configured to present fasteners to the drive track;
- a wedge rotatably engageable with one of the fastening tool housing member and magazine housing member to sandwich said one of the housing members between the wedge and the other of the fastening tool housing member and magazine housing member to releasably maintain the magazine fully connected to the fastening tool housing,
- wherein the wedge is moved to a connected position,
- wherein the magazine is at least partially removable from the fastening tool housing, and
- wherein the fastening tool housing member is disposed proximate the magazine housing member when the magazine is fully connected to the fastening tool housing.
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A fastening tool, comprising:
- a fastening tool housing having a fastening tool housing member and including a motor operatively associated with a fastener drive system;
- a magazine having a magazine housing member and being releasably connected to the fastening tool housing, the magazine being configured to supply a plurality of fasteners to the fastener drive system;
- a floating nut arranged on one of the fastening tool and magazine housing members, the floating nut being operatively associated with a bolt defining an axis;
- a bolt receptacle arranged on the other of the fastening tool and magazine housing members, the bolt receptacle being operatively associated with the bolt, and being axially aligned with the bolt axis,
- wherein the magazine is releasably retained on the fastening tool when the bolt is threaded in the floating nut and is tightened against the bolt receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.