Quotables
"Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need."
Charles Kettering
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167183 | Electric drive tool A lock lever is provided in association with a trigger, and the trigger is configured not to be turned on unless the third operation for unlocking the lock lever is performed, so that it is ensured that an erroneous operation of the trigger is prevented further reli... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162195 | Trigger valve controlling device for pneumatic nail gun A trigger valve controlling device for a pneumatic nail gun includes a main air passageway, a valve sleeve and a main air valve opening. The valve sleeve separates the main air passageway into a front passageway, a middle chamber and a rear passageway. After hitting... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146788 | Fastening tool with releasable work contact element A tool for driving fasteners includes a work contact element configured to move between a first position and a second position. The tool is prevented from driving fasteners when the work contact element is in the first position. The tool further includes an extensio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109425 | Shooting mode switch control mechanism for nail gun A shooting mode switch control mechanism used in a nail gun is disclosed to include a trigger, a lever function stop member pivotally mounted in the trigger, a spring member stopped against the stop member and a switch pivotally mounted in the trigger. The spring me... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104658 | Block device for nail gun A blocking device for a nail gun includes a push member disposed on a nail pusher in a nail cartridge of the nail gun for moving toward a nail groove base with the nail pusher, a brake member movably installed on the nail pusher for moving toward the nail groove bas... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096456 | Fastener driving tool with retractable nose assembly A fastener driving tool arranged to drive fasteners into a workpiece includes a support, a pair of sub-assemblies movably mounted on the support, each sub-assembly comprising a motor and an associated flywheel, and a nose part retractable relative to the support. Th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083116 | Braking and driving mechanism for nail gun A braking and driving mechanism includes a guide plate, a driving rod, a magazine, and a pressing rod. The pressing rod consists of a bar shaped arm with its two opposite ends extending to respectively form a tongue portion and a pushing portion. A pivot portion is ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074854 | Safety nailing device A safety nailing device of the present invention includes a main body, an actuator, a striking plate and a disengaging means. The main body defines a chamber therein, and an opening is defined on a bottom surface of the main body to communicate with the chamber. The... | 12/13/2011 |
| RE42987 | Nail gun with safety portion mechanism for preventing misfires A nail gun has a free end 19a and central potion of a trigger arm 19 positioned within a trigger 11, on an upper end 12a of a safety portion 12 and at a plunger 17, respectively. When the trigger 11 is pivoted on its ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061573 | Mode switch for fastener driving tool An fastener driving apparatus has an actuator linked to a work contact element so as to move a trigger plate when the work contact element retracts. A button is movable back and forth along a transverse axis when depressed from its opposite ends. The actuator has a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047415 | Flywheel driven fastener driving tool having retractable nose assembly A fastener driving tool arranged to drive fasteners into a workpiece includes a support, at least one wheel movably mounted on the support, a driver arranged to contact and he guided by the wheel when the wheel is in an operative position in use, a nose part retract... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042718 | Fuel cell actuation mechanism for combustion-powered tool A combustion nailer includes a tool housing, a combustion source disposed at least partially in the housing and including a valve sleeve reciprocating relative to a cylinder head along a tool axis between a rest position and a pre-firing position, a fuel cell chambe... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025197 | Profile lifter for a nailer A driving tool that includes a frame, a motor assembly and a resilient member. The motor assembly is coupled to the frame and includes an electric motor, a flywheel driven by the electric motor, a pinch roller and a driver disposed between the flywheel and the pinch... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020739 | Positioning device with actuating switching means for a hand-held setting tool A positioning device for a hand-held setting tool (10) having an actuation switch (13) for actuating the setting tool (10), with the positioning device including a rod-shaped holder (21); a connection element (22) for the setting t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011547 | Fastener driving tool using a gas spring A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movemen... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011548 | Nail gun having safe firing mechanism A nail gun having a safe firing mechanism is composed of a main body, a nail-driving member, a safety member, and a linkage. The main body includes a nail passage for receiving nails and a nail chamber for receiving a nail ready to be fired by the nail-driving membe... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7980439 | Nailing machine According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nailing machine including: a housing; an ejection section in the housing; an activation lever provided in the ejection section to be movable inside a traveling course; a magazine holding nails; a f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980438 | Latch assembly for a staple gun A latch assembly for a staple gun has a front cover, a locking element, a pushing element and a staple driver. The front cover has a connecting bolt. The locking element is mounted on the front cover and has two cams, a torsion spring and a locking block. The cams a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975890 | Switching mechanism for stapling modes of a stapler The purpose of this invention is to provide a switching mechanism for switching stapling modes of a stapler, which mainly comprises a trigger, a supporting member, a slide member, a spring, a hooking member and a torsion spring. When the safety device of the stapler... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971767 | Driving machine When a push lever is brought in contact with a member to be driven, a second trigger stopper slides and a first trigger stopper slides via a second spring. After a third trigger stopper turns ON a push switch 18 according to sliding of the first trigger stopp... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971766 | Switch mechanism for staplers A switch mechanism for a stapler includes a trigger, a pivotable member, and a swing member, which is pivotably connected to the trigger by two pins. The pivotable member has a first protrusion extending from a top of the pivotable member. The pivotable member is re... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7946462 | Electric stapler A slide frame is mounted on a driver unit that can be vertically reversed on a base frame. A guide pin disposed in the slide frame engages with a concave portion of a cam plate portion formed in the base frame. When a fixation releasing handle of the driver unit is ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931180 | Pneumatic nail gun A pneumatic nail gun includes a gun body, a connecting mechanism, an acting valve, a trigger, a safety valve, and a trigger valve. The gun body includes a safety compressed air inlet and a firing compressed air inlet. The connecting mechanism is slidably disposed on... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922054 | Nail gun with integrated safety device A device for impacting a fastener in one embodiment includes a trigger. A trigger disabling mechanism changeable between a first condition wherein operation of the trigger is not disabled and a second condition wherein operation of the trigger is disabled is also in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918373 | Combustion type power tool A combustion type power tool capable of avoiding wasteful injection of combustible gas from a gas canister even if an unintentional operation of the push lever takes place, and capable of avoiding wasteful electric power consumption even if a battery used as power s... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913888 | Positioning device with actuating switching means for a hand-held setting tool A positioning device for a hand-held setting tool (10) includes an actuation element (24), a switching link (30) for connecting an actuation element (24) to the actuation switch (13) of the setting tool (10) for actuating th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905377 | Flywheel driven nailer with safety mechanism A device for impacting a fastener in one embodiment includes a drive mechanism, a flywheel pivotable between a first flywheel position whereat the flywheel is not in contact with the drive mechanism and a second flywheel position whereat the flywheel contacts the dr... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905378 | Trigger valve for nail gun A trigger valve includes a valve base, a valve rod, a sliding portion and a shuttle valve. The valve base is disposed at a gun body of the nail gun between a compressed chamber and a main air valve of the nail gun. The valve rod is capable of being driven by a trigg... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7896210 | Fastener actuation system A fastener actuation system for driving fasteners into a work surface separated a significant distance from a user, the system comprising a fastener actuation tool coupled to a pole assembly, the assembly including a lockout mechanism. The tool may have a firing pin... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870987 | Fastener driving tool with protection inserts A fastener driving tool includes a housing, a nose assembly having a fastener passage configured to allow fasteners to be advanced therethrough, and a safety contact assembly movable in relation to the nose assembly between a disable position and an enable position.... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866520 | Staple gun with a safety device and its safety device A staple gun with a safety device and its safety device are disclosed. The staple gun with a safety device comprises a safety device and a staple-floating unit that are installed in a housing of the staple gun. The safety device includes a safety push sheet and a sw... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7845530 | Contact trip mechanism for nailer A contact trip assembly for a power nailer, wherein a contact member includes a curved portion that loops rearwardly towards a handle of the nailer. Also provided is an adjustment assembly including an adjustment plate and a pinion gear, a trigger that is slidably e... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7815085 | Combustion type driving tool A combustion type driving tool including a combustion chamber frame which is provided in a housing, and can move in one direction and in the other direction thereby to define a combustion chamber when it has moved in the other direction, moving means which can selec... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815086 | Nailing machine A nailing machine is provided with a nailing machine body 1 in which a contact arm 16 is arranged so as to slide along a nose portion 10, and a plurality of contact noses 2(3) having different inside diameters. The contact noses | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810688 | Nail gun switch mechanism A nail gun switch mechanism includes a gun body and a trigger. A safety slidable bar has a bottom part which extends outside of a hitting mouth at a bottom of the gun body. The trigger has a trigger lever being pivotably disposed therein. A top part of the safety sl... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7766205 | Manually controlled, gas-operated tool having a real-time clock The tool includes a cylinder inside of which is slidably mounted a piston for driving a fastening element, as a result of the explosion inside of a combustion chamber of a mixture of gas and air that has been injected therein from a gas cartridge, after which the to... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766204 | Hand-held drive-in tool A hand-held drive-in tool driving fastening elements (60), e.g., nails in a workpiece (U) includes a magazine (61) projecting sidewise from the muzzle part (15) and having a spring-biased transporting slide (63) for displacing the fasteni... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7757920 | Combustion nailer workpiece contact element with enhanced gripping A combustion-powered driving tool for propelling fasteners into a workpiece includes a housing, a power source located in the housing, a nosepiece associated with a lower end of the power source, a magazine associated with the housing and constructed and arranged fo... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753243 | Lock-out mechanism for a power tool A fastening tool can include a housing and a motor assembly in the housing. The motor assembly can include an output member and a motor for translating the output member. A contact trip assembly can include a contact trip slidably disposed relative to the housing be... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7721928 | Nail-driving device with safety unit A nail-driving device includes a body having a nail ejection portion, a nail-striking member, an activation switch, a trigger mechanism, a force-transmitting member, and a safety mechanism. The force-transmitting member is connected pivotally to the safety mechanism... | 05/25/2010 |
