Disclosed is a device including an exhaust valve, that operates on a pressurised working fluid. The device includes a working chamber, defined at least in part by a side wall, which working chamber can hold a workload to or toward a first end thereof, the working chamber to receive the working fluid to act on a rear surface of the workload to propel the workload to or towards a second end, opposite the first, of the working chamber. The device also includes a return chamber to receive fluid under pressure from a front surface of the workload, the pressure developed at least in part by the movement of the workload towards the second end. Present also is an exhaust valve fluidly connected to the return chamber, the exhaust valve normally biased closed preventing working fluid from exiting the working chamber, but on receipt of, and action by, the fluid under pressure from the return chamber, will open to allow the working fluid to exhaust the working chamber to a lower pressure location, the working fluid exhausting via the side wall of the working chamber through to the exhaust valve. Provided then is a device that will remove or reduce pressure building on the rear surface of the workload when moved from the second end to the first end.

There is provided a driving tool driven by air pressure of compressed air. The driving tool includes: a driving cylinder to which compressed air is supplied; a driving piston configured to move in an up-down direction inside the driving cylinder by the supplied compressed air; a driver attached to the driving piston and configured to move in the up-down direction; and a guide portion provided on a lower side of the driving cylinder. The guide portion has a guide hole through which the driver passes and an exhaust hole that allows an inside of the driving cylinder to communicate with an outside of the driving tool. The exhaust hole is provided at a position separated outward from an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole.

An actuation trigger for a device, comprising or including, A dose chamber to hold a charge of high pressure working fluid, received from a high pressure source, A dose valve, biased closed to seal the dose chamber off from a working chamber, and hold the charge in the dose chamber, A hammer operated by a piston with a driven chamber on a first side of the piston, and a trigger chamber on a second side of the piston, sealed from the first side, the driven chamber receiving high pressure working fluid directly or indirectly from the high pressure source, A trigger valve to selectively supply high pressure working fluid to the trigger chamber, or to release high pressure working fluid from the trigger chamber, Such that when the hammer has high pressure working fluid in both the driven chamber and the trigger chamber it is held by a force imbalance in a first position, and when the high pressure working fluid is released from the trigger chamber, the hammer is driven to, or towards a second position towards the trigger chamber, The hammer, when driven to, or towards the second position strikes the dose valve, unseating the dose valve to unseal the dose chamber and the working chamber thus allowing the charge to enter the working chamber to do work therein.

A nail gun for repeatedly driving nails into a substrate includes a drive assembly having a longitudinal axis, a feed head assembly attached to the drive assembly and configured to provide the nails to an output segment, a hammer configured to reciprocate along the longitudinal axis of the drive assembly to drive the nails into the substrate, and a reservoir assembly configured to provide compressed air to the drive assembly to reciprocate the hammer and drive the nail into the substrate. A method drives nails into a substrate with the nail gun.

A fastening tool comprises a driver member, a controller configured to control a supply of power from a power source to a motor and to initiate a drive cycle, a piston configured to travel between at least two positions in a compression cylinder, a drive assembly, a drive cylinder, and a valve assembly operatively connected with drive cylinder and the compression cylinder. The driver member is at least partially disposed within the drive cylinder for movement along a drive axis to drive a lead fastener into a workpiece. The piston is configured to engage with and open the valve assembly to release the buildup of air in the compression cylinder, due to the travel of the piston between the at least two positions in the compression cylinder, to the drive cylinder so as to move the driver member along the drive axis to drive the lead fastener into the workpiece.

A powered fastener driver includes a drive 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, a piston coupled to the drive blade, a drive unit for providing torque to move the drive blade, a rotary lifter configured to receive torque from the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the drive blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, and a gas spring assembly having a master supply cylinder in which gas is compressed by the piston in response to being moved from the BDC position toward the TDC position, a drive cylinder having a flange against which an end of the master supply cylinder is abutted, and an end cap secured to the master supply cylinder to apply a clamping force to the flange against the end of the master supply cylinder.

A powered fastener driver including a piston movable within the inner cylinder from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a driven or bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. The piston has a diameter of less than 45 mm, and a stroke length of the piston between the TDC position and the BDC position measuring greater than 60 mm and less than 90 mm.

A power tool including a housing that has a handle portion and a trigger mechanism mounted on the handle portion. The trigger mechanism includes a first trigger for initiating an operation and a second trigger, each of the first and second triggers being movable between a first position and a second position. The second trigger, when in the first position, blocks movement of the first trigger from the first position to the second position.

There is provided a driving tool driven by air pressure of compressed air. The driving tool includes: a driving cylinder to which compressed air is supplied; a driving piston configured to move in an up-down direction inside the driving cylinder by the supplied compressed air; a driver attached to the driving piston and configured to move in the up-down direction; and a guide portion provided on a lower side of the driving cylinder. The guide portion has a guide hole through which the driver passes and an exhaust hole that allows an inside of the driving cylinder to communicate with an outside of the driving tool. The exhaust hole is provided at a position separated outward from an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole.

A powered fastener driver includes a piston movable within the inner cylinder from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a driven or bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. The piston has a diameter of less than 45 mm, and a stroke length of the piston between the TDC position and the BDC position measures greater than 60 mm and less than 90 mm.