Driving tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10898993-B2
Application number	US-201816138602-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A driving tool drives a fastener by a striking mechanism which is operated by a fluid. The driving tool includes a trigger, a contact arm, a contact lever and a regulator. The trigger and the contact arm receive manipulations and the contact lever switches operating states of the striking mechanism according to operations of the trigger and the contact arm. The regulator switches operating states of the contact lever according to the contact arm. The regulator includes a regulation member and a controller. The regulation member regulates the contact lever at an operation standby position where the contact lever is operated by the contact arm. The controller operates the regulation member and includes first and second cylinders. The first cylinder operates the regulation member. The second cylinder to which a fluid operating the striking mechanism is partially supplied and generates a driving force for driving the first cylinder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving tool which is configured to drive a fastener supplied to a nose by using a striking mechanism which is operated by a fluid to be supplied, the driving tool comprising:
a trigger that is configured to receive a manipulation which operates the striking mechanism;
a contact arm that is configured to receive another manipulation which operates the striking mechanism;
a contact lever that is configured to operate according to operations of the trigger and the contact arm and that is configured to switch operating states of the striking mechanism; and
a regulator that is configured to switch operating states of the contact lever according to the contact arm,
wherein the regulator includes:
a regulation member that is configured to regulate a position of the contact lever at an operation standby position where the contact lever is operated by the contact arm; and
a controller that is configured to operate the regulation member, and

the controller includes:
a first cylinder that is configured to operate the regulation member; and
a second cylinder to which the fluid operating the striking mechanism is partially supplied and that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the first cylinder;

wherein the regulator includes a moving member that is configured to operate the regulation member, and
the controller is configured to control moving time of the moving member by controlling moving time of a piston of the first cylinder to regulate the position of the contact lever at the operation standby position by using the regulation member for a predetermined time period.

2. The driving tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to control a velocity of the moving member by controlling a velocity of a piston of the first cylinder to regulate the position of the contact lever at the operation standby position by using the regulation member for a predetermined time period.

3. The driving tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller includes a load passage that is configured to control the velocity of the moving member by interfering with a flow of the fluid discharged from the first cylinder.

4. A driving tool which is configured to drive a fastener supplied to a nose by using a striking mechanism which is operated by a fluid to supplied the driving tool comprising:
a trigger that is configured to receive a manipulation which operates the striking mechanism;
a contact arm that is configured to receive another manipulation which operates the striking mechanism;
a contact lever that is configured to operate according to operations of the trigger and the contact arm and that is configured to switch operating states of the striking mechanism; and
a regulator that is configured to switch operating states of the contact lever according to the contact arm,
wherein the regulator includes:
a regulation member that is configured to regulate a position of the contact lever at an operation standby position where the contact lever is operated by the contact arm; and
a controller that is configured to operate the regulation member, and

the controller includes:
a first cylinder that is configured to operate, the regulation member; and
a second cylinder to which the fluid operating the mechanism is partially supplied and that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the first cylinder,

wherein
the regulator moves the regulation member to a position where the second cylinder is operated with an operation of driving a fastener to regulate the position of the contact lever to the operation standby position.

5. The driving tool according to claim 4 , wherein
when the regulator is supplied with a part of the fluid which returns a driver of the striking mechanism after the driver strikes the fastener, the second cylinder is operated.

6. The driving tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the second cylinder is configured to shield the first cylinder and the load passage to regulate the fluid from entering the first cylinder, and
the load passage regulates the flow of the fluid between the first cylinder and the second cylinder to control the velocity of the moving member.

7. The driving tool according to claim 6 , wherein
the controller is configured to control the velocity of the moving member by regulating a flow rate resistance which is generated when the fluid passes through the load passage.

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Hiroshi

Classifications

• B25C1/043 Primary

  Trigger valve and trigger mechanism · CPC title

• B25C5/15

  operated by electric power · CPC title

• B25C1/046

  Trigger valve and trigger mechanism · CPC title

• B25C1/042

  Main valve and main cylinder · CPC title

• B25C1/008

  Safety devices · CPC title