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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Stephen P. Moore, Carpentersville, IL (US);
James L. Kuhnwald, Richmond, IL (US);
Ryan W. O'nell, Chicago, IL (US);
Stephen P. Moore, Carpentersville, IL (US);
James L. Kuhnwald, Richmond, IL (US);
Ryan W. O'Nell, Chicago, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An adjustable depth of drive assembly for use with a fastener driving tool includes a workpiece contact element having a contact end and an adjustment end, a rotatable adjustment member configured for being securable to the tool and being displaceable between an adjusting position in which the workpiece contact element is movable relative to the tool and a locked position wherein the adjustment end is non-movable relative to the tool, and at least one locking detent being reciprocally engaged and disengaged from at least one locating hole by manually overcoming a spring bias to displace the rotatable member from said locked position to said adjustment position for securing said adjustment end in a selected locked position relative to said housing without the use of tools.