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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Chinbay Q. Fan, Chicago, IL (US);
Patrick Talano, Chicago, IL (US);
James Haberstroh, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a powered fastener driving tool with an auto ignition assembly. In certain embodiments, the tool includes a housing containing a combustion chamber, a removable fuel container configured to communicate fuel into the combustion chamber, a removable oxidizer container configured to communicate an oxidizer into the combustion chamber, a piston and a fastener driving blade connected to the piston and configured to engage and drive fasteners upon the fuel and the oxidizer chemically reacting in the combustion chamber. In certain embodiments, the auto ignition assembly includes a catalyst in the combustion chamber for causing, enhancing, or accelerating the reaction between the fuel and the oxidizer.