Patent classifications
B25C5/15
FASTENER DRIVING TOOL
A fastener driving tool is provided with a plunger, an impact spring, a motor, a drive mechanism, a motor drive control unit, a position detection unit, and a timer unit. The drive mechanism moves the plunger from a stop position to top dead center by rotation of the motor. The impact spring moves the plunger in a driving direction. The position detection unit detects that the plunger has reached a predetermined position by the rotation of the motor, and the timer unit measures time therebetween. The motor drive control unit, after power supply to the motor is cut off, performs a stop control for stopping the motor at the predetermined stop position based on the time measured by the timer unit.
FASTENER DRIVING TOOL
A fastener driving tool is provided with a plunger, an impact spring, a motor, a drive mechanism, a motor drive control unit, a position detection unit, and a timer unit. The drive mechanism moves the plunger from a stop position to top dead center by rotation of the motor. The impact spring moves the plunger in a driving direction. The position detection unit detects that the plunger has reached a predetermined position by the rotation of the motor, and the timer unit measures time therebetween. The motor drive control unit, after power supply to the motor is cut off, performs a stop control for stopping the motor at the predetermined stop position based on the time measured by the timer unit.
Staple remover
An automatic staple remover in a gun-shaped housing comprises a trigger that engages a series of levers and one or more springs that ultimately engage a rotating tumbler. Alternatively, the trigger engages an electric motor and gears, or a pneumatic motor and lever arrangement, or a combination of levers and motors to engage the rotating tumbler. Around the perimeter of the tumbler are one or more teeth capable of sliding under a staple. Positioned below the tumbler a removable receptacle catches removed staples. Additionally, the automatic staple remover can include stapler components side-by-side in the same housing that can be engaged by a common trigger. Stapler components comprise a series of levers and springs, a blade assembly, and a plurality of staples in a sleeve. Alternatively, stapler components can include pneumatic motor components or electric motor components.
Staple remover
An automatic staple remover in a gun-shaped housing comprises a trigger that engages a series of levers and one or more springs that ultimately engage a rotating tumbler. Alternatively, the trigger engages an electric motor and gears, or a pneumatic motor and lever arrangement, or a combination of levers and motors to engage the rotating tumbler. Around the perimeter of the tumbler are one or more teeth capable of sliding under a staple. Positioned below the tumbler a removable receptacle catches removed staples. Additionally, the automatic staple remover can include stapler components side-by-side in the same housing that can be engaged by a common trigger. Stapler components comprise a series of levers and springs, a blade assembly, and a plurality of staples in a sleeve. Alternatively, stapler components can include pneumatic motor components or electric motor components.
ELECTRIC CARPET STAPLER WITH ELECTRONIC SENSOR SWITCH
An electric carpet stapler comprises a trigger and switch assembly that has an actuation caused by a change of state of a sensor, which causes the sensor to send a signal to a control circuit to begin a process to supply power to a winding. The trigger and switch assembly includes a trigger that moves in a trigger actuation direction to move a sensor actuator in a sensor actuation direction, causing a change of state in the sensor, which causes the control circuit to begin the process to supply power to the winding. The trigger and switch assembly may also include a toggle. At the actuation of the trigger and switch assembly, the toggle creates a mechanical instability, and a toggle signal to the user, which may be produced mechanically.
ELECTRIC CARPET STAPLER WITH ELECTRONIC SENSOR SWITCH
An electric carpet stapler comprises a trigger and switch assembly that has an actuation caused by a change of state of a sensor, which causes the sensor to send a signal to a control circuit to begin a process to supply power to a winding. The trigger and switch assembly includes a trigger that moves in a trigger actuation direction to move a sensor actuator in a sensor actuation direction, causing a change of state in the sensor, which causes the control circuit to begin the process to supply power to the winding. The trigger and switch assembly may also include a toggle. At the actuation of the trigger and switch assembly, the toggle creates a mechanical instability, and a toggle signal to the user, which may be produced mechanically.
POWERED FASTENER DRIVER
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.
Fastener carrier with depth limiter
A carrier with a fastener depth limiter. The carrier may be used to drive fasteners of a staple type. Carriers may include a fastener holder and a fastener depth limiter securable to the holder. The holder may include an axial body with distal and proximal ends, a fastener-receiving opening in the distal end normal to the axis, and an anvil-receiving opening in which an anvil repeatedly strikes a fastener held by the holder as the holder retracts during fastener driving. The fastener depth limiter may be a collar and the collar may be axially adjustable along the holder to enable user selection of the depth limitation. A workpiece-contacting distal end of a collar-type depth limiter may be spaced axially outward from the distal end of the holder a distance approximately the same as a thickness dimension of the fastener, which may be the thickness dimension of the crown of a staple-type fastener. The carrier enables consistent driving of each and every fastener relative to a cable or other workpiece thereby providing securement without damage that could be caused by excessive contact with the crown.
Fastener carrier with depth limiter
A carrier with a fastener depth limiter. The carrier may be used to drive fasteners of a staple type. Carriers may include a fastener holder and a fastener depth limiter securable to the holder. The holder may include an axial body with distal and proximal ends, a fastener-receiving opening in the distal end normal to the axis, and an anvil-receiving opening in which an anvil repeatedly strikes a fastener held by the holder as the holder retracts during fastener driving. The fastener depth limiter may be a collar and the collar may be axially adjustable along the holder to enable user selection of the depth limitation. A workpiece-contacting distal end of a collar-type depth limiter may be spaced axially outward from the distal end of the holder a distance approximately the same as a thickness dimension of the fastener, which may be the thickness dimension of the crown of a staple-type fastener. The carrier enables consistent driving of each and every fastener relative to a cable or other workpiece thereby providing securement without damage that could be caused by excessive contact with the crown.
Reload assembly for circular stapling devices
A reload assembly includes a shell housing, a knife carrier, a lockout component, and a hook component. The lockout component is supported on an inner wall of the knife carrier and has a body formed of a resilient material that defines a window. The hook component is supported on the inner housing portion of the shell housing and includes a body having a hook that is received within the window of the lockout component when the knife carrier is in its retracted position after the reload assembly has been fired to obstruct readvancement of the knife carrier.