US 7,882,994 B2Granted

45 degree adjustable adapter for flooring nailer

AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.

InventorOttaviano Francescon

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Abstract

An adjustable adapter configured to position a fastening tool for driving a fastener into tongue-and-groove flooring material in order to secure the flooring material to a subfloor is disclosed. The adapter comprises a fastening tool mounting plate, a base slidably mounted to the bottom of the mounting plate and a support plate slidably mounted to the top of the mounting plate. A nose plate of the fastening tool is secured to the mounting plate between the mounting plate and the support plate and a safety actuator arm is disposed between the mounting plate and the nose plate. The base and the support plate are movable such that the adapter can be configured to engage the tongue and the top surface of various sizes and configurations of tongue-and-groove flooring materials in order to maintain a desired fastener driving angle and insertion location.

Claims14

Dependent claims

An adjustable adapter for positioning a fastening tool to drive a fastener into a tongue-and-groove flooring material to secure the flooring material to a subfloor, the adapter comprising:

a fastening tool mounting plate having a top and a bottom;
a generally wedge-shaped base slidably mounted to the bottom of the mounting plate;
and,
a support plate slidably mounted to the top of the mounting plate;
wherein the mounting plate is configured to engage a tongue extending outwardly from an edge of the tongue-and-groove flooring material and to direct the fastener into an interface between the tongue and the edge of the tongue-and-groove flooring material;
wherein the base is configured to maintain the mounting plate at an angle relative to the subfloor;
and
wherein the support plate is configured to engage a top surface of the tongue-and-groove flooring material, and wherein the base and the support plate are movable relative to the mounting plate, and wherein movement of the base relative to the mounting plate causes the mounting plate to engage the tongue, and wherein movement of the support plate relative to the mounting plate causes the support plate to engage the top surface of the tongue-and-groove flooring material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.