A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a driven or bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The drive unit includes an output shaft. The powered fastener driver also includes a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade. The lifter is configured to receive torque from the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The powered fastener driver further includes a kickout arrangement located between the lifter and the output shaft. The kickout arrangement is configured to permit limited rotation of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position.

A pneumatic electric nail gun includes a muzzle unit, a striking cylinder that is connected to the muzzle unit, a piston rod subunit that extends movably from the striking cylinder into the muzzle unit, an electric unit that drives movement of the piston rod subunit from a standby position to a nail-striking position for striking a nail, and a connecting unit that includes a plurality of fasteners and a plurality of buffer members. The fasteners extend through the electric unit and secure the electric unit to the muzzle unit. Each of the buffer members surrounds a respective one of the fasteners and fills a space between the respective one of the fasteners, the electric unit and the muzzle unit for shock absorption during a nail-striking process.

A fastener driver includes a housing, a cylinder disposed within the housing, and a piston positioned and moveable within the cylinder. The fastener driver additionally includes a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track through which fasteners are driven, and a driver blade attached to the piston and moveable with the piston to drive the fasteners through the fastener driving track. The driver blade includes an axial guiding projection for guiding the driver blade within the nosepiece, and wherein the projection terminates before a distal end of the driver blade.

A lifting gear assembly for an electric nail gun that strikes a nail in a nail-striking direction includes a muzzle seat connected to the electric nail gun, a sprocket unit including two sprocket wheels spaced apart from each other and rotatably mounted in the electric nail gun, a motor unit for driving rotation of one of the sprocket wheels, and a chain unit including a roller chain trained on the sprocket wheels and a lifting gear device mounted to the roller chain. The lifting gear device includes a pushing member driven movably by the roller chain along a path having a stroke in which the pushing member moves in a pressure-generating direction opposite to the nail-striking direction. The pushing member pushes the striking pin, when moving along the first stroke, to move the striking pin from a post-striking position to a pre-striking position.

A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time.

A driver has: a strike section moving in a first direction to strike a fastener; and a bumper contacting the strike section and restricting the range of movement of the strike section in the first direction. The driver further has: a support section for supporting the bumper; a connection section connected to the support section and disposed in a direction intersecting the first direction; a drive section supported by the connection section and moving the strike section in a second direction; a first receiving section which, when the strike section moves in the first direction to hit the bumper, receives a load acting on the support section in the first direction; and a second receiving section which, when the strike section moves in the first direction to hit the bumper, receives a load acting on the support section in the circumferential direction about a first centerline of the drive section.

A combination nail dowel gun for efficient tilt up construction includes a hollow gun body comprising a handle portion and an upper portion. A pneumatic hammer is coupled within the gun body and has a barrel extending through a barrel aperture. A projectile feed belt is disposed within a canister, through a belt feed track, and into a muzzle of a projectile feeder. The projectile feed belt comprises a plurality of projectiles and a projectile alignment matrix. The plurality of projectiles is alternating dowels and nails and is coupled to the projectile alignment matrix. The plurality of projectiles is loaded into the barrel by the belt feed track and is then fired through the barrel by the pneumatic hammer. A trigger is coupled to the bottom side of the upper portion adjacent the handle portion. The trigger is in operational communication with the pneumatic hammer to fire the plurality of projectiles.

A pneumatic fastener driving tool includes a gas cylinder, and a piston disposed in the cylinder in such a way that a centerline of the piston is coaxial with the cylinder longitudinal axis, and the piston is movable along the cylinder longitudinal axis between ready and driven positions. The tool includes a blade having a blade first end that is connected to the piston, and a blade second end that is configured to contact a fastener during a fastener driving operation. The tool includes a reset mechanism that returns the tool to the ready to fire configuration by translating the piston along the cylinder longitudinal axis to a location in which gas is compressed in the cylinder. The reset mechanism includes a ball screw device that drives the piston toward the ready position via a force that is concentric with the centerline of the piston.

A fastener driving device includes a fastener and at least one gas spring. Additionally, the fastener driving device includes a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism being capable of selectively engaging and disengaging the at least one gas spring, the at least one gas spring capable of moving to an energized position upon being engaged by the drive mechanism. Additionally, the device includes an anvil, wherein the drive mechanism includes a first lifting mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, wherein the first lifting mechanism actuates the at least one gas spring for a portion of an operation cycle, and the second lifting mechanism thereafter actuates the at least one gas spring for a subsequent portion of the operation cycle before the drive mechanism ceases applying a force on the at least one gas spring and the at least one gas spring releases a portion of its potential energy and accelerates the anvil to drive a fastener.

A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time.