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US 2019/0168367 A1Published application
Fastener-driving tool with multiple combustion chambers and usable with fuel canisters of varying lengths
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMarc Largo, Maureen Shea, Charles Zhao
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including multiple combustion chambers and/or usable with fuel canisters of varying lengths.
Claims24
A fastener-driving tool comprising:
- a first combustion cylinder partially defining a first combustion chamber;
- a fuel assembly configured to direct a fuel/air mixture to the first combustion chamber;
- a second combustion cylinder attached to the first combustion cylinder and partially defining a second combustion chamber;
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- a combustion chamber sealing assembly comprising a combustion chamber shaft, a first seat disc fixedly attached to the combustion chamber shaft, a second seat disc slidably mounted to the combustion chamber shaft, and a second seat disc biasing element that biases the second seat disc to a biased position,
- wherein when the combustion chamber sealing assembly is in an unsealed configuration, the first seat disc is disengaged from a first valve seat and the second seat disc is disengaged from a second valve seat such that the fuel assembly, the first combustion chamber, and the second combustion chamber are in fluid communication,
- wherein when the combustion chamber sealing assembly is in a sealed configuration, the first seat disc sealingly engages the first valve seat and the second seat disc sealingly engages the second valve seat such that the fuel assembly, the first combustion chamber, and the second combustion chamber are not in fluid communication, and
- wherein when the combustion chamber sealing assembly is in a partially sealed configuration, the first seat disc sealingly engages the first valve seat and the second seat disc is displaced from the biased position and disengaged from a second valve seat such that the fuel assembly and the first combustion chamber are not in fluid communication and the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber are in fluid communication.
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A fastener-driving tool comprising:
- a first combustion cylinder defining a combustion chamber;
- a fuel assembly comprising:
- a fuel routing subassembly configured to direct a fuel/air mixture to the first combustion chamber;
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- a canister-mounting carriage movable relative to the fuel routing subassembly between a rest position and a dispense position, the canister-mounting carriage configured to hold a fuel canister such that the fuel canister moves with the canister-mounting carriage;
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- a canister mover movable from a rest position to a dispense position to cause the canister-mounting carriage to move from the rest position to the dispense position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.