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Portable setting tool for fastening elements

US6783043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 2002
Grant dateAug 31, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25C5/1665
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable setting tool includes a housing (2), a guide tube (3) for guiding the fastening elements and connectable with the housing and having a side cut-out through which the fastening elements are fed into the guide tube (3), and a feeler (13) extendable into the guide tube (3) at a location opposite the cut-out (11) of the guide tube (3) and having, at an end thereof extendable into the guide tube (3), an end surface (13a) providing for displacement of the feeler (13) in a direction transverse t a longitudinal axis (14) of the guide tube (3) upon being acted upon by a fastening element, and an adjusting rim (17) adjoining the end surface (13a) and forming, with a longitudinal axis (14) of the guide tube (3), an acute angle (&agr;1) opening in a direction toward a mouth opening of the guide tube (3) with the adjusting rim providing for displacement of the feeler (13) in the transverse direction upon being acted upon by an object displaceable along the longitudinal axis (14) of the guide tube (3).

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