| US 7,513,404 B2 | ||
| Depth of drive control with load transfer for fastener driver | ||
| Yury Shkolnikov, Glenview, Ill. (US); Anatoly Gosis, Palatine, Ill. (US); and Tony Deieso, Wadsworth, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/786,939. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0251567 A1, Oct. 16, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B25C 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 227—8 [227/130; 227/142] | 20 Claims |
| 11. A fastener driving tool, comprising:
a driver blade having a body with at least one longitudinal guide formation and a tapered driving end;
a nosepiece defining a fastener passageway and configured for reciprocally receiving said driver blade, said passageway having
at least one complementary rib slidably engaging said at least one guide formation; and
a depth of drive adjustment element being reciprocally movable relative to an end of said nosepiece, said depth of drive adjustment
element defining a nosepiece chamber dimensioned for slidably receiving said nosepiece and including a driver blade stop configured
for receiving said driver blade end to terminate vertical driving motion of the driver blade.
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