Portable device for inserting into predetermined seats in a body, such as an item of furniture, fixing and/or support elements for load-bearing members associated with said body, such as support feet for the item of furniture

A portable device (1) for inserting fixing and support elements (8) into predefined seats in a body of soft material, said device (1) comprising a casing (2) with a handgrip portion (3) an expulsion unit (7) for said support elements (8) to which a pressurized fluid is fed and which has a movable element (14) subjected to said fluid and movable between two working positions, in one of which positions, retracted, it is retracted into said unit and in the other of which positions, expulsion, it cooperates with said elements (8) for their expulsion from an exit mouth (10) of said expulsion unit (7), said support elements (8) originating from a magazine (9) associated with said casing (2), there being provided command means (47) for triggering said expulsion and valve means (46) for selectively subjecting the movable element (14) to the pressurized fluid and thereby enabling the movable element (14) to pass from the expulsion position to the retracted position, wherein when in the expulsion position, the movable element (14) emerges from the exit mouth (10) of the expulsion unit (7), said expulsion position being attained on connecting the device (1) to the pressurized fluid source, wherein pressurized fluid enters said expulsion unit (7) and moves the movable element (14) to the expulsion position prior to any expulsion of a corresponding fixing and support element (8), wherein the movable element (14) acts as a centering member for the implementation of said expulsion.