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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
William H. Hoffman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William H. Hoffman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Senco Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable hand-held screw driving tool is provided for use with collated strips of screws. A collated strip of screws enters from the 'bottom' area of the tool and runs through a fixed guide along a front area of the tool's handle, and then to a movable slide body having a rotatable sprocket that receives the collated strip, and indexes the strip so a screw can be driven by the tool. Between the slide body and the fixed guide is a flexible strap with a bracket that places tension on the collated screw strip, which prevents the flexible collated strip from becoming substantially misaligned (e.g., bunching, sagging, or becoming tangled) in the area between the fixed guide and the slide body. The collated strip is kept sufficiently taut, regardless of the orientation of the screw driving tool with respect to the ground.