US 11,679,480 B2
Nosepiece latch mechanism for a fastening tool
Wei-Chih Peng, Taichung (TW); and Yao-Te Yang, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,918.
Application 16/889,918 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/064436, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/595,739, filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0290191 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B25C 5/16 (2006.01); B25C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 5/1675 (2013.01) [B25C 1/047 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening tool comprising:
a housing;
a nosepiece assembly carried by the housing, the nosepiece assembly including a nose portion having first end adjacent to the housing and a second end opposite to the housing, a pair of hooks integrally formed on the nose portion, a door arranged opposite the nose portion and a fastener drive track disposed therebetween;
a magazine for feeding fasteners successively to the fastener drive track of the nosepiece assembly;
an engine carried by the housing and configured to drive a fastener out of the fastener drive track and into a workpiece during a drive stroke; and
a latch mechanism arranged to cover the nosepiece assembly, the latch mechanism including:
a latch cover;
a latch plate disposed between the latch cover and the door; and
a latch member connecting the latch plate to the latch cover,
wherein the pair of hooks are disposed on opposite lateral sides of the nose portion, each hook being open toward the housing.