Powered fastener driving tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10828761-B2
Application number	US-201715665513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Aug 15, 2016
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A powered fastener driving tool such as a powder-actuated tool including a housing assembly including a side wall having a first outer section, a raised section, and a recessed section, the raised section including a rim that extends in an outermost plane of a side wall of the housing and a spring-loaded slidable power setting switch partially positioned in and partially extending from the housing. The spring-loaded slidable power setting switch includes a depressible button movable from a resting position in which an outer surface of the button extends outwardly beyond the plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies to a depressed position in which the outer surface of the button extends in a same or substantially same plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A powered fastener driving tool comprising:
(a) a housing assembly including a main compartment assembly and a handle assembly extending from the main compartment assembly, the main compartment assembly including a side wall, the side wall including a first outer section, a raised section, and a recessed section, the raised section including a rim having an outer surface that extends in an outermost plane of the side wall of the main compartment assembly;
(b) a power supply assembly positioned in the housing assembly;
(c) a fastener supply assembly configured to receive fasteners and positioned in the housing assembly;
(d) a fastener driving assembly configured to drive a fastener in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the fastener driving assembly and positioned in the housing assembly, the fastener driving assembly having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, wherein the first direction is toward the first longitudinal end;
(e) a trigger mechanism assembly supported by the handle assembly;
(f) a workpiece contact element assembly supported by the housing assembly; and
(g) a spring-loaded slidable power setting switch partially positioned in and partially extending from the main compartment assembly, the spring-loaded slidable power setting switch being movable from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is closer to the first longitudinal end of the fastener driving assembly than the first position;
wherein the spring-loaded slidable power setting switch includes a depressible button movable in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction from: (i) a resting position in which an outer surface of the depressible button extends outwardly beyond the plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies, to (ii) a depressed position in which the outer surface of the depressible button extends in a same or substantially same plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies.

2. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 1 , wherein the raised section includes an outwardly-extending section, the rim, and an inwardly-extending section.

3. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 2 , wherein the outwardly-extending section extends from the first outer section to the rim.

4. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 3 , wherein the inwardly-extending section extends from the rim to the recessed section.

5. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 4 , wherein the rim extends from an outermost edge of the outwardly-extending section to an outermost edge of the inwardly-extending section.

6. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 1 , wherein the spring-loaded slidable power setting switch also includes a slider, a locking member, a spring, an actuation member, and an assembly pin.

7. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 1 , wherein the depressible button includes a substantially rectangular body having a front side and a back side, and a plurality of outwardly extending ridges that respectively have outer surfaces that lie in a same or substantially same extending plane.

8. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 1 , which is powder-actuated.

9. A powered fastener driving tool comprising:
(a) a housing assembly including a main compartment assembly and a handle assembly extending from the main compartment assembly, the main compartment assembly including a side wall, the side wall including a first outer section, a raised section, and a recessed section, the raised section including an outwardly-extending section, a rim having an outer surface that extends in an outermost plane of the side wall of the main compartment assembly, and an inwardly-extending section, wherein the outwardly-extending section extends from the first outer section to the rim, the inwardly-extending section extends from the rim to the recessed section, and the rim extends from an outermost edge of the outwardly-extending section to an outermost edge of the inwardly-extending section;
(b) a power supply assembly positioned in the housing assembly;
(c) a fastener supply assembly configured to receive fasteners and positioned in the housing assembly;
(d) a fastener driving assembly configured to drive a fastener in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the fastener driving assembly and positioned in the housing assembly, the fastener driving assembly having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, wherein the first direction is toward the first longitudinal end;
(e) a trigger mechanism assembly supported by the handle assembly;
(f) a workpiece contact element assembly supported by the housing assembly; and
(g) a spring-loaded slidable power setting switch partially positioned in and partially extending from the main compartment assembly, the spring-loaded slidable power setting switch being movable from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is closer to the first longitudinal end of the fastener driving assembly than the first position;
wherein the spring-loaded slidable power setting switch includes a depressible button, a slider, a locking member, a spring, an actuation member, and an assembly pin, the depressible button movable in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction from: (i) a resting position in which an outer surface of the depressible button extends outwardly beyond the plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies, to (ii) a depressed position in which the outer surface of the depressible button extends in a same or substantially same plane in which the outer surface of the rim lies.

10. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 9 , wherein the depressible button includes a substantially rectangular body having a front side and a back side, and a plurality of outwardly extending ridges that respectively have outer surfaces that lie in a same or substantially same extending plane.

11. The powered fastener driving tool of claim 9 , which is powder-actuated.

12. A powered fastener driving tool comprising:
(a) a housing having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, wherein the powered fastener driving tool is configured to drive a fastener toward the first longitudinal end, the housing having a side wall including an outwardly-extending section, an inwardly-extending section, a rim spanning the outwardly-extending and inwardly-extending sections, and a recessed section bound by the inwardly-extending section, wherein the rim extends in an outermost plane of the side wall;
(b) a power supply positioned in the housing assembly, the power supply adjustable between a plurality of different power levels; and
(c) a power setting switch supported by the housing and operably connected to the power supply, the power setting switch being slidably movable in a first direction from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is closer to the first longitudinal end of the housing than the first position;
wherein the power setting switch includes a depressible button at least partially extending from the housing, the depressible button movable in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction from: (1) a resting position in which an outer surface of the depressible button extends outwardly beyond the plane in which the rim lies and in which the power setting switch is not slidably movable relative to the housing, to (2) a depressed position in which the outer surface of the depressible button is substantially coplanar with the plane in which the rim lies and

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Dill Michael C
• Lee Chung-Yi

Classifications

• B25C1/10 Primary

  generated by detonation of a cartridge · CPC title

• B25C1/143

  trigger operated · CPC title

• B25C1/186

  for cartridges or pellets · CPC title

• B25C1/163

  Cartridges · CPC title

• B25C1/06

  operated by electric power · CPC title