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Overdrive signalling structure for fastener driving tool

US5480088A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 1994
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25C1/047
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fastener driving tool is provided including a portable housing defining a fastener drive track, a fastener driving element carried by the housing for movement within the drive track through successive cycles of operation, each of which includes a fastener driving stroke and a return stoke, and a drive piston operatively connected with the fastener driving element for movement therewith. The tool also has a magazine assembly carried by the housing for receiving a supply of fasteners and feeding successive fasteners into the drive track in a position to be driven into a work piece during successive fastener driving strokes of the fastener driving element, an actuating structure carried by the housing and being constructed and arranged to move from a normal, inoperative position into an operative position to initiate the movement of the drive piston and the fastener driving element through a fastener driving stroke, and an overdrive signaling structure carried by the housing. The overdrive signalling structure includes an impulse responsive member constructed an arranged (1) to remain in a first position when the fastener driving tool is being operated at an acceptable power require…

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