Multiple Entry Angle Adaptor With Locator for Fastener Installation Tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024261943-A1
Application number	US-202418637658-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2024
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fastener installation assembly has a head with a fastener opening and a connector for connecting the head to a driving tool so that a fastener can be driven through the hole. A guide assembly with a locator is pivotally mounted to the head. The locator may be removable from the guide assembly and movable so that its locator surface is movable relative to a guide surface of the guide assembly. The locator may include a locator guide that is movable relative to the locator so that a position of an end of the locator guide relative to the locator surface is adjustable. The locator guide may be removable from the locator. The guide assembly is pivotable between multiple angular positions to vary the angle at which a fastener is driven into building materials which the guide assembly and locator engage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fastener installation assembly, comprising:
a head having an entry surface and defining a fastener opening in said entry surface; a connector configured to mount said head to a fastener driving tool at a fixed angular position thereto in a position such that a fastener is drivable through said opening by the driving tool; a guide assembly pivotally mounted to said head and having a guide surface; and a locator removably mounted to said guide assembly and having first locator surface, the locator surface being movable relative to the guide surface; and a locator guide with an abutment end attached to the locator, wherein the locator guide is movable relative to the locator such that a position of the abutment end relative to the first locator surface is adjustable.

2 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first locator surface is flat and lies at a non-parallel angle relative to the guide surface.

3 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , wherein when said guide assembly is at a first angular position relative to said head and said entry surface abuts a first surface of a building member, and said first locator surface abuts a second surface of the building member, a fastener is drivable through said fastener opening into said building member at a first entry angle, and
when said guide assembly is pivoted to a second angular position relative to said head and said entry surface abuts the first surface of the building member, and the first locator surface abuts the second surface of the building member, a fastener is drivable through said fastener opening at a second entry angle into said horizontal member.

4 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , wherein the locator includes at least one arm that is slidably engaged with the head to adjust a relative position between the locator surface and the fastener opening.

5 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 4 , wherein the at least one arm comprises two arms laterally spaced apart from one another to define a viewing window therebetween, further comprising an indicator lever positioned laterally between the respective arms such that the indicator lever is visible through the viewing window.

6 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an interlock assembly for fixing the guide assembly relative to the head at at least two different angular positions relative to one another.

7 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 6 , wherein interlock assembly comprises a lever with a protruding pawl receivable in one of a plurality of detents within the head to lock the head relative to the guide assembly in the at least two different angular positions relative to one another.

8 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an indicator assembly with an indicator lever positioned between the fastener opening and the locator surface, wherein when the guide surface is positioned flush against a building member surface, the indicator lever pivots from an initial position to a notification position to notify an installer.

9 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 1 , wherein the locator guide includes measurement markings on at least one surface thereof to indicate a spacing measurement relative between the abutment surface and the first locator surface.

10 . A fastener installation assembly, comprising:
a head having an entry surface and defining a fastener opening in said entry surface; a connector configured to mount said head to a fastener driving tool at a fixed angular position thereto in a position such that a fastener is drivable through said opening by the driving tool; a guide assembly pivotally mounted to said head and having a planar guide surface extending from a front end to a rear end such that the guide surface and entry surface can be shifted between a first angle and a second angle relative to each other, the first angle being substantially coplanar and the second angle being oblique; and a locator mounted to said guide assembly and having first locator surface substantially perpendicular to the guide surface, the locator surface being movable in a front-to-rear direction relative to the guide assembly and positioned rear of the front end of the guide assembly; and a locator guide with an abutment end attached to the locator, wherein the locator guide is movable in the front-to-rear direction relative to the locator such that a position of the abutment end relative to the first locator surface is adjustable.

11 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 10 , wherein the locator is removable from the guide assembly.

12 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 10 , wherein the locator is slidably mounted to the guide assembly, whereby sliding movement varies a position of the first surface.

13 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 12 , further comprising knobs that are loosenable to allow sliding movement of the locator relative to the guide assembly, and tightenable to lock the locator in a position relative to the guide assembly.

14 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 10 , further comprising an interlock assembly for fixing the guide assembly relative to the head at least two different angular positions relative to one another.

15 . A fastener installation assembly, comprising:
a head having an entry surface and defining a fastener opening in said entry surface and being connectable to a fastener driving tool to initiate driving of a fastener through the fastener opening; a guide assembly pivotally mounted to said head and defining a guide surface; and a locator mounted to said guide assembly via at least one arm and having first locator surface extending at a non-parallel angle relative to the guide surface, a locator guide engaged with the locator and including a front abutment end, wherein the at least one arm is reciprocable relative to the guide assembly in a front-to-rear direction to adjust a positioning of the locator surface relative to the front end, and the locator guide is reciprocable in a front-to-rear direction relative to the locator and independently from the at least one arm to adjust a positioning of the abutment end relative to the first locator surface.

16 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 14 , wherein the locator guide includes measurement markings on at least one surface thereof to indicate a spacing measurement relative between the abutment surface and the first locator surface.

17 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 14 , wherein the locator is removable from and re-attachable to the guide assembly.

18 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 14 , wherein the guide assembly is pivotally attached to the head and pivotable between a first position with the guide surface and entry surface substantially coplanar and a second position with the guide surface and entry surface non-coplanar and non-parallel relative to each other.

19 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 18 , wherein an angular position of the guide surface relative to the entry surface differs by between 10° and 15° in the second position.

20 . The fastener installation assembly of claim 14 , wherein the locator guide extends in a front-to-rear direction substantially perpendicular to the first locator surface.

Assignees

• Omg Inc

Inventors

• Irwin R Timothy
• Dicaire Mark A
• Will Christopher C
• Mathieu David L
• Gillis Timothy F
• Venkatesan Arun Srinivasan
• Dezielle Jonathan W

Classifications

• B25B23/0021

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• B25B23/12

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• B25B23/0078

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• B25B23/005

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• B25C7/00

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