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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
G. Lyle Habermehl, Gallatin, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A driver attachment ( ) for a collated screwstrip ( ) carrying screws ( ) in which a slide body ( ) is slidable in a housing ( ) parallel a longitudinal axis ( ) about which a drive shaft ( ) is rotatable. The slide body ( ) receives a screwstrip ( ) such that a screw feed activation mechanism coupled between the housing ( ) and the slide body ( ) advances successive screws ( ) into a position to be driven by the drive shaft ( ) with relative sliding of the slide body ( ) relative the housing ( ) between an extended and a retracted position. A latch system is provided to latch the slide body ( ) to the housing ( ) against extension towards the extended position beyond an extension limit position. With the slide body ( ) and housing ( ) latched together, the drive attachment ( ) may be used to drive or withdraw separate screw ( ) independently of the screwstrip, with or without the screwstrip ( ) engaged in the slide body ( ).