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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Walter J. Taylor, McHenry, IL (US);
Walter J. Taylor, McHenry, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An adjustable depth-of-drive assembly for use with a fastener-driving tool upper probe includes a workpiece contact element carried on the upper probe and having a contact end and an adjustment end, a stop configured for being secured to the upper probe and being moveable between an adjusting position in which the workpiece contact element is movable relative to the upper probe, and a locked position wherein the adjustment end is secured against movement relative to the upper probe, a biasing element associated with the stop and configured for urging the stop and the adjustment end into a selected locked position relative to the upper probe with a biasing force, and at least one camming element carried on the stop for selective camming engagement between the upper probe and the stop by means of a user's manual force to urge the stop into the adjusting position against the biasing element force.