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Combustion-powered nail gun

US7108164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateNov 18, 2005
Grant dateSep 19, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25C1/08
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustion-powered nail gun drives nails into a workpiece when both a head switch and a trigger switch are turned ON while a safety switch is turned ON. The nail driving operation cannot be performed if the safety switch is not ON even if both the head switch and the trigger switch are ON. The head switch is turned ON when a push lever is urged against the workpiece. Fuel/air mixture in a combustion chamber is ignited when the head switch and the trigger switch are turned ON irrespective of an order in which the head switch and the trigger switch are turned ON, whereby “successive-shot driving” can be performed in which the trigger switch is maintained in its ON position while successively driving a plurality of nails at different locations of the workpiece by repeatedly pushing and releasing the push lever toward and away from the workpiece.

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