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Fastening tool apparatus and method for operating the engine of fastening tool

US7185712B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 2004
Grant dateMar 6, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25C1/046
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pneumatic fastening tool assembly that employs an engine having a sliding sleeve arrangement to control the supply of air to and exhaust from the pneumatic engine. The sliding sleeve arrangement eliminates the need for a conventional main valve and thereby reduces the overall weight and length of the pneumatic fastening tool relative to those tools that employ a conventional engine configuration.

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