Tool for attaching a stud to a surface
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorsChristopher David Condliff, James Sullivan Bowlen
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Abstract
A tool for applying a fastener, such as a stud, is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the tool applies the fastener assembled with an applicator. The applicator has at least two legs. The tool includes a housing portion configured to releasably receive the fastener and the applicator. The tool further includes an actuating portion slidingly connected to the housing portion and having one or more projections. Movement of the actuating portion towards the contact surface presses the fastener against the contact surface and bends the at least two legs of the applicator towards the contact surface.
Claims21
A tool for attaching a fastener to a contact surface, the tool comprising:
- a housing portion configured to releasably receive the fastener and an applicator, the applicator having at least two legs;
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- an actuating portion slidingly connected to the housing portion and comprising two projections, a first projection aligned with a top portion of a first leg and a second projection aligned with a top portion of a second leg, wherein movement of the actuating portion towards the contact surface presses the fastener against the contact surface and bends the at least two legs of the applicator towards the contact surface.
A tool for attaching a fastener to a contact surface using an applicator, the fastener having a base and a shaft, the applicator having at least two legs and means to releasably receive the shaft of the fastener, the tool comprising:
- a housing portion having a bearing surface and a receptacle, the bearing surface configured to contact at least a portion of the applicator, the receptacle configured to releasably receive a portion of the fastener shaft;
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- an actuating portion slidingly connected to the housing portion and having two projections, a first projection configured to contact and bend the a first leg of the applicator towards the contact surface a second projection configured to contact and bend a second leg of the applicator towards the contact surface and the housing portion configured to press the base of the fastener against the contact surface.
An apparatus for attaching a fastener to a contact surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing portion configured to releasably receive the fastener and an applicator, the applicator having at least two legs;
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- an actuating portion slidingly connected to the housing portion and comprising two or more projections constructed and arranged for separate engagement with each of the at least two legs of the applicator, such that engagement of the two projections with the at least two legs bends the at least two legs towards and into attaching contact with the contact surface and moves the fastener towards and into attaching contact with the contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.