Black Decker Inc.

Stanley Fastening Systems, L.p.

Jonathan W Fairbanks

Alexander J Calvino

Prudencio S Canlas, Jr

Donald R Perron

David M McGee

Richard Waterman

Wai Jun Ho

James Sareault

Daniel R Burgjohann

Paul Jacey

Jared Rondeau

A self-adjusting cable guide can be coupled to a nosepiece assembly having a contact end and can be movable between an extended guide position and a retracted guide position relative to the contact end of the nosepiece assembly. A contact trip arm can be adjacent the cable guide and can have a distal end positioned to contact a cable received within a guide recess of the cable guide. The contact trip arm can be movable between an extended arm position corresponding to an inactive state of the tool and a retracted arm position corresponding to an active state of the tool. In addition, the cable guide can have a non-aligned orientation, in which cooperating misalignment stop surfaces can engage each other to stop movement of the self-adjusting cable guide toward the retracted guide position and an aligned orientation in which movement into the retracted guide position is permitted.

Cable staple tool assembly with a self-adjusting cable guide

Frangible connectors can extend between and can alone couple adjacent insulator bodies together. The insulator bodies can also include counteracting frangible connectors that can be spaced from and coupled solely to a single one of the plurality of insulator bodies. The counteracting frangible connectors provide a counteracting shearing operation, which can help counteract the counterclockwise rotational movement that the frangible connectors tend to impart as they are sheared. The insulator bodies can be mounted on staples. The insulator bodies can have an upper bridge profile and the staples can have a lower crown profile opposing the upper bridge profile. The lower crown profile and the upper bridge profile can have opposite end portions that engage each other and can have central portions that are simultaneously spaced from each other to provide a central space between corresponding central portions of the insulator bridge and the staple crown.

Cable staple assembly and system

A fastener magazine of a fastening device may include a track defining an elongated channel with a dispensing end at which fasteners are dispensed from the magazine. A runner positioned in the track may include a release member that projects outward from an outer surface of the runner. A pusher may be positioned in the track and coupled to the runner such that the pusher exerts a force in a direction toward the dispensing end of the track on the fasteners when the runner is in a closed position. A retention member that is attached to a side wall of the track can engage the pusher through an aperture in the track to prevent the pusher from contacting the fasteners until the runner has reached a desired position in the track. The release member can contact the retention member to disengage the retention member from the pusher.

Magazine with lockback pusher for use with stapling device

A fastener driving device for use in driving a fastener into an elongated contoured portion of a workpiece is disclosed. The elongated contoured portion has a surface that is contoured perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elongated contoured portion. The device includes a contact arm that is operatively connected with the trigger assembly, and a contoured contact foot for engaging the workpiece. The contact arm is constructed and arranged to move relative to a housing assembly of the driving device when the contact foot is pressed against the workpiece. The contact foot has a contoured engaging surface that includes a recess that is shaped to generally complement the shape of the contoured surface of the workpiece.

Finish nailer with contoured contact trip foot

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Coventry, RI, United States of America

Jonathan W Fairbanks