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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2003
Applicants:
John M. Beville, Jackson, TN (US);
Patrick G. Barry, Jackson, TN (US);
Inventors:
John M. Beville, Jackson, TN (US);
Patrick G. Barry, Jackson, TN (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nail checker assembly, disposed with a nail loading assembly, provides a pivoting probe assembly which engages with a nail, advancing down the nail loading assembly, and determines if the nail is correctly aligned. If the nail is properly aligned the pivoting probe assembly, coupled with a pivoting probe base assembly, rotates and allows the nail to advance. If the nail is improperly aligned the pivoting probe assembly engages with a lock ledge assembly providing a stop and hindering the advancement of the nail.