Nail checker assembly
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Beville, Patrick G. Barry
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Abstract
A nail checker assembly, disposed with a nail loading assembly, provides a pivoting probe assembly which engages with a nail, advancing down the nail loading assembly, and determines if the nail is correctly aligned. If the nail is properly aligned the pivoting probe assembly, coupled with a pivoting probe base assembly, rotates and allows the nail to advance. If the nail is improperly aligned the pivoting probe assembly engages with a lock ledge assembly providing a stop and hindering the advancement of the nail.
Claims13
A nail checker assembly for use with a nail loading assembly of a nail gun, comprising:
- a pivoting probe assembly including a first probe and a second probe for engaging a nail advancing within the nail loading assembly;
- a pivoting probe base assembly coupled with the pivoting probe assembly, the pivoting probe base assembly for enabling rotation of the pivoting probe assembly;
- a base assembly coupled with the pivoting probe base assembly and the nail loading assembly, the base assembly for enabling rotation of the pivoting probe base assembly;
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- a lock ledge assembly coupled with the base assembly, the lock ledge assembly being suitable for providing a stop by engaging with the pivoting probe assembly when the nail engages with only one of the probes of the pivoting probe assembly,
- wherein the pivoting probe assembly allows the nail to advance when the nail engages with both the first and second probes of the pivoting probe assembly;
- wherein the pivoting probe assembly hinders the nail from advancing when the nail engages with only one of the probes of the pivoting probe assembly by causing the pivoting probe assembly to engage against the lock ledge assembly, thereby preventing further advancement of the nail within the nail gun.
A nail checker assembly for use with a nail loading assembly of a nail gun, comprising:
- means for engaging a nail advancing within the nail loading assembly;
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- means for hindering the nail from advancing if the advancing nail is misaligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.