Setting tool
US6776320B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25C1/14
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A setting tool includes a piston guide (13) displaceably arranged in the tool housing (11) and in a hollow chamber (14) of which a piston guide (13) is displaceable under action of a propellant from an initial position thereof to an end position thereof, a device (20) for breaking displacement of the setting piston (15) in its end position at an end of a setting process, and a wear recognition device (30) associated with the setting piston braking device (20) for automatically blocking a setting process dependent on a wear condition of the setting piston braking device.
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