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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
David A. Bierdeman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Mackenzie J. Nick, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Beth E. Cholst, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Troy C. Thorson, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Nathan Bandy, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jacob P. Schneider, Cedarburg, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a driven or bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The drive unit includes an output shaft. The powered fastener driver also includes a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade. The lifter is configured to receive torque from the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The powered fastener driver further includes a kickout arrangement located between the lifter and the output shaft. The kickout arrangement is configured to permit limited rotation of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position.