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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn J. Tebo, Kingston, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 1/04 ;
Abstract
A device and method for driving a first prong of a multi-pronged fastener into a first board and bending a second prong angularly to give it a desired orientation with respect to the first prong. The invention involves an alignment structure, a first driver for driving the fastener into the first board, and a second driver for impacting and bending the second prong angularly with respect to the first prong.