US 4,434,929 AGranted

Hammer with magazine nail feed

OwnerNeil F. Keenerinventor

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Abstract

A generally conventional hammer construction is provided including a nail containing and feeding magazine supported therefrom and extending through the head of the hammer and the adjacent handle portion thereof along a substantially straight path disposed in a plane which contains not only the handle of the hammer but also the transverse head thereof. One end of the magazine exits through the side of the head of the hammer remote from the handle and the other end of the magazine is inclined generally 45.degree. relative to the handle and is spaced outwardly of the side of the hammer handle remote from the nail driving face of the hammerhead. Structure is provided for biasing a row of transverse nails within the magazine toward the one end thereof and the hammerhead is equipped with nail feed and head backing structure operative from the remote end of the hammer handle to longitudinally feed a nail from the magazine to an initial set position with the nail tip extending slightly beyond the nail driving face of the hammerhead and with the remote head end of the nail rigidly backed in order to enable the hammer to be swung toward a workpiece for initial setting of the nail in the workpiece.

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Dependent claims

A hammer comprising an elongated handle including an elongated transverse head on one end defining an outwardly facing terminal end impact face on one end portion of said head, elongated generally straight magazine means carried by said hammer and inclined relative to said handle and head, said magazine means, head and handle being disposed in generally the same plan with said magazine means extending through the junction of said head and handle intermediate the opposite sides of said head and handle and with said magazine means including one discharge end opening outwardly of the side of said head remote from said handle, said magazine means slidingly receiving a row of side-by-side longitudinally staggered and transversely extending nails therein for successive lateral movement of said nails longitudinally of said magazine means to a first feed position at said discharge end wherein each nail in the feed position is oriented generally parallel with said head and with its tip end spaced from a plane normal to said nail and containing said impact fact and preparatory to subsequent longitudinal movement of said nail to a set position wherein the nail is oriented with its tip end extending through said plane normal to said nail and containing said impact face, feed means mounted on said hammer for movement between a first position behind and engaged with the head of a nail in the feed position and a second position displaced in the direction in which the feed position nail tip end faces for displacing the feed position nail from the feed position to the set position.

A hammer comprising an elongated handle including an elongated transverse head on one end defining and outwardly facing terminal end impact face on one end portion of said head, said head comprising a pair of laterally opposing head halves having opposing side faces, at least one of said side faces defining an inclined passage extending through said head in a plane containing said head and handle, elongated generally straight tubular magazine means extending through said passage and inclined relative to said handle and head, said magazine means including one discharge end opening outwardly of the side of said head remote from said handle, said magazine means slidably receiving a row of elongated side-by-side longitudinally staggered and transversely extending nails therein with said nails paralleling the longitudinal extent of said head and for successive lateral movement of said nails longitudinally of said magazine means to a first position at said discharge end wherein each nail in the feed position is oriented generally parallel with said head and with its tip end spaced from a plane normal to said nail and containing said impact face and preparatory to subsequent longitudinal movement of said nail to a set position wherein the nail is oriented with its tip end extending through said plane normal to said nail and containing said impact face, each of said head valves including an elongated mounting shank portion extending longitudinally of said handle toward the end thereof remote from said head, said shank portions being laterally spaced apart and receiving a portion of said magazine therebetween, the end of said handle adjacent said head having longitudinally endwise outwardly opening slots formed therein in which said shank portions are snugly received, and transverse fastener means secured through the end of said handle adjacent said head and said mounting shank portions.

A hammer comprising an elongated handle including an elongated transverse head on one end defining an outwardly facing terminal end impact face on one end portion of said head, elongated generally straight tubular magazine means carried by said hammer and inclined relative to said handle and head, said magazine means, head and handle being disposed in generally the same plane with said magazine means extending through the junction of said head and handle intermediate the opposite sides of said head and handle and with said magazine means including one discharge end opening outwardly of the side of said head remote from said handle, said magazine means slidingly receiving a row of elongated side-by-side longitudinally staggered and transversely extending nails therein with said nails paralleling the longitudinal extent of said head and for successive lateral movement of said nails longitudinally of said magazine means to a first feed position at said discharge end wherein each nail in the feed position is oriented generally parallel with said head and with its tip end spaced from a plane normal to said nail and containing said impact face and preparatory to subsequent longitudinal movement of said nail to a set position wherein the nail is oriented with its tip end extending through said plane normal to said nail and containing said impact face, feed means mounted on said hammer for movement between a first position behind and engaged with the head of a nail in the feed position and a second position displaced in the direction in which the feed position nail tip end faces for straight lengthwise displacing the feed position nail from the feed position to the set position, said head comprising a pair of laterally opposing opposite side head halves, the opposing sides of said head halves defining a passageway extending therebetween in which said magazine means is received, means removably securing said head together.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.