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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Black & Decker, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Larry E. Gregory, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael P. Baron, Phoenix, MD (US);
Lee M. Brendel, Bel Air, MD (US);
Todd A. Hagan, Windsor, PA (US);
Stuart E. Garber, Towson, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 1/04 (2006.01); B25C 1/00 (2006.01); B25C 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C 1/008 (2013.01); B25C 1/005 (2013.01); B25C 5/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastening tool having a lockout mechanism which has a dry fire lockout which achieves a controlled lockout override. The lockout mechanism can be part of a fastening tool magazine, a pusher assembly or a nosepiece contact trip. The lockout mechanism can be an angled lockout, a torsion spring lockout, or a fixed member lockout. The fastening tool can have a method of controlling lockout override using a lockout control angle.