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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1991
Donald M Dutton, Milton Keynes, GB;
Duo-Fast Corporation, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastener driving tool includes a pointing device permitting the tool to be positioned against a workpiece so that a fastener is driven precisely at a target point. The tool includes a body with a nose portion in which is a fastener drive track. A foot assembly moves from a rest position toward the tool body to a drive position when the tool is pressed against the workpiece. In the rest position, the pointing device is aligned with the drive track and is adjacent the workpiece. When the tool is moved to the drive position, the pointing device is retracted, the nose portion approaches the workpiece, a safety mechanism is operated and a fastener is driven into the selected target point.