Apparatus for deflecting a nail into an arcuate path
OwnerDean R. Gordoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for deflecting a driven nail into an arcuate path including a guide body which supportingly guides movements of the nail into engagement with a deflection means which bends the shank of the nail into an arcuate configuration of predetermined curvature. The apparatus also includes a disengagement device which is employed for removing the apparatus from nails having heads thereon.
Claims9
An apparatus for deflecting a nail into an arcuate path and directing the arcuately configured nail into a workpiece, said apparatus comprising:
- a. a guide plate for placement adjacent the workpiece, said guide plate having a slot formed to extend inwardly from one edge thereof and extend between the planar surfaces of said guide plate, the slot of said guide plate adapted to receive and supportingly guide movements of the nail from the inlet to the outlet thereof;
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- b. a deflection block mounted on said guide plate adjacent the outlet of the slot of said guide plate, said deflection plate having an inclined surface which projects therefrom at least part way over the outlet of the slot of said guide plate with the inclined surface of said deflection block spaced a predetermined distance from the outlet of the slot of said guide plate so that when the shank of a nail emerges from the outlet of the slot of the guide plate that shank will engage the inclined surface of said deflection block and be deflected thereby into an arcuate configuration of predetermined curvature.
An apparatus for deflecting a nail into an arcuate path and directing the arcuately configured nail into a workpiece, said apparatus comprising:
- a. a guide housing having a boss in which a laterally opening slot is formed with that slot extending between the opposite ends of the boss of said guide housing to provide that slot with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said guide housing adapted for placement of the outlet opening thereof adjacent a workpiece;
- b. means adjacent the boss of said guide housing to close the lateral opening of the slot formed in the boss of said guide housing to adapt that slot for receiving and supportingly guiding the movements of a nail from the inlet opening to the outlet opening thereof;
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- c. deflection means on said guide housing adjacent the outlet opening of the slot formed in the boss thereof, said deflection means projecting at least part way over the outlet opening of the slot of the boss and spaced a predetermined distance therefrom so that when the shank of a nail emerges from the outlet opening of the slot of said boss, that shank will engage said deflection means and will be deflected thereby into an arcuate configuration of predetermined curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.