Expanding gas-operated setting tool
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorThomas Granacher
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Abstract
An expanding gas-operated setting tool for driving fastening elements, such as nails, bolts, pins, etc., into a substrate, includes a housing (11), a setting mechanism (15), located in the housing (11) for driving the fastening element into a substrate, electrical consumers at the setting tool (10), the source of power comprising a fuel cell (31), which is mounted on the setting tool for supplying power to electronic components of the setting tool and which can be operated with fuel in a fuel reservoir (20, 30), which is mounted on the setting tool (10), and with oxygen.
Claims8
An expanding gas-operated setting tool for driving fastening elements in a substrate, comprising a housing (11);
- a setting mechanism (15) located in the housing for driving-in the fastening elements (40);
- a fuel cell (31) for supplying power to electronic components of the setting tool and which is one of arranged in the housing (11) and arranged on the housing (11) and is operable by a mixture of fuel and oxygen;
- and a fuel reservoir (20, 30) for supplying fuel to the fuel cell (31) and which is one of arranged in the housing (11) and arranged on the housing (11).
An expanding gas-operated setting tool for driving fastening elements in a substrate, comprising a housing (11);
- a setting mechanism (15) located in the housing for driving-in the fastening elements (40);
- a first fuel reservoir (20) for operating the setting mechanism (15);
- a fuel cell (31) for supplying power to electronic components of the setting tool and which is one of arranged in the housing (11) and arranged on the housing (11) and is operable by a mixture of fuel and oxygen;
- and a second fuel reservoir (30) for supplying fuel to the fuel cell (31) and which is one of arranged in the housing (11) and arranged on the housing (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.