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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
Frank C Howard, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Mohamed K Wagdy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Reinhold Meditz, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
In pneumatically powered combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including a nosepiece, a mechanism is provided for positioning the tool relative to an opening in a workpiece to be fastened to another workpiece. A probe connected to an actuator used in such a tool, preferably via a spring strip, so as to be laterally movable extends into the opening to align the nosepiece so that a fastener can be precisely driven. The probe has a surface engageable by a driven fastener to move the probe laterally and from the opening as the tool recoils. Optionally, a guide spaced from the probe and mounted pivotally is adapted to bear against the workpiece with the opening. The probe and the guide have respective grooves defining a channel for guiding a driven fastener.