Nail guide
AssigneeM.G.H. Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd.
InventorGilad Rafaeli
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Abstract
A nail-guiding device comprising a sleeve having a linear passage therethrough, the linear passage having a first end at least partially covered by a flexible membrane with an opening, the membrane operative to engage and hold the nail, and a piston slideably engaged in the linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation.
Claims17
A nail-guiding device that assists in the proper guiding of a nail with respect to a surface and with respect to a driver, comprising:
- a. a body including abutment features for abutment against the surface and a sleeve defining a linear passage;
- b. a flexible membrane deployed so as to at least partially overlap an end of said linear passage, said flexible membrane including an opening for engaging the shaft of a nail;
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- c. a piston slideably engaged in said linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation, wherein said membrane is sufficiently flexible to allow insertion via said opening of the head of a nail having dimensions greater than dimensions of said opening, and wherein said membrane is deployed relative to said abutment features such that when said abutment features are brought into abutment with the surface, at least a portion of said flexible membrane adjacent to said opening is spaced away from the surface, thereby holding and guiding the nail throughout said drive-in operation.
A hand tool for assisting the driving of a nail into a surface at a drive-in location, comprising:
- a. a guiding mechanism having abutment features for abutting the surface and a flexible membrane nail holding and guiding element, said flexible membrane nail holding and guiding element including an opening for engaging the shaft of a nail;
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- b. a driving element slideably engaged in said guiding mechanism and operative to drive the nail into the substrate at the drive-in location, wherein said membrane nail holding and guiding element is sufficiently flexible to allow insertion via said opening of the head of a nail having dimensions greater than dimensions of said opening,
- and wherein said membrane nail holding and guiding element is deployed relative to said abutment features such that, when said abutment features are brought into abutment with the surface, at least a portion of said flexible membrane nail holding and guiding element adjacent to said opening is spaced away from the surface, thereby holding and guiding the nail throughout said drive-in operation.
A method for driving a nail into a surface comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a body including abutment features for abutment against the surface and a sleeve defining a linear passage;
- b. providing a flexible membrane deployed so as to at least partially overlap an end of said linear passage, said flexible membrane including an opening for engaging the shaft of a nail;
- c. providing a piston slideably engaged in said linear passage and operative to transfer the impact of the driver to the nail in a drive-in operation;
- d. inserting the head of a nail via said opening, the head of the nail having dimensions greater than dimensions of said opening and passing through said opening by flexing of said membrane;
- e. deploying said abutment features in abutment with the surface while at least a portion of said flexible membrane adjacent to said opening remains spaced away from the surface, thereby holding and guiding the nail;
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- f. impacting said piston so that the nail is driven into the surface while being guided by said flexible membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.