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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1995
Brian M White, Riverside, RI (US);
Stanley-Bostitch, Inc., East Greenwich, RI (US);
Abstract
A control module for a pneumatically operated fastener driving device is constructed and arranged to be mounted with respect to a main frame portion of the device housing so as to open a passageway to operate the device. The control valve module includes a control module housing assembly providing an exhaust passage; a main valve mounted for movement between opened and closed positions for opening and closing the passageway; spring structure biasing the main valve towards its closed position, exhaust seal structure having an annular valve element operatively associated with the main valve for closing the exhaust passage when the main valve is disposed in its opened position; an actuating member mounted for movement from a sealed position into an unsealed position for initialing movement of the main valve to its opened position; and a trigger assembly mounted for movement from an inoperative position into an operating position, such that movement of the trigger assembly from its inoperative position to its operating position moves the actuating member from its normal position to its operative position. The control module being constructed and arranged so as to be mounted to and removable from the main frame portion of the device housing as a unit.