Positioning mechanism for powered fastener-driving tool
CA 2104490 C · Owner: Wagdy, Mohamed K. · Inventors: Meditz, Reinhold; Wagdy, Mohamed K.; Howard, Frank C.
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In a pneumatically powered or combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including a nosepiece a mechanism is provided for positioning the tool relative to an opening in a workpiece to be fastened to another workpiece. A probe connected to an actuator used in such a tool preferably via a spring strip, so as to be laterally movable extends into the opening to align the nosepiece so that a fastener can be precisely driven. The probe has a surface engageable by a driven fastener to move the probe laterally and from the opening as the tool recoils. Optionally a guide spaced from the probe and mounted pivotally is adapted to bear against the workpiece with the opening. The probe and the guide have …
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- Filed August 20, 1993 and granted February 4, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 2013.
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