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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Graeme Laurence Young, Hamilton, NZ;
Gordon Douglas Irving, Auckland, NZ;
Simon Gerard Hall, Auckland, NZ;
Ashif Iqbal Memon, Auckland, NZ;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A tool for fastening an insulator to a support, the insulator including an insulator body having a front and back, a formation for supporting a barrier, and at least one mounting formation having a front and a back by which the insulator is attached to a support, the back of the mounting formation in use being proximal to the support, at least one of the at least one mounting formation including at least one passage extending transversely through the mounting formation from the front to the back of the mounting formation, and at least one alignment member, the tool including a driver blade for driving a staple, and at least one passage alignment member, in use the at least one passage alignment member aligning at least one passage of the insulator, with one leg of a staple.