EP0237477A3 - Powder-actuated setting tool - Google Patents

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EP0237477A3
EP0237477A3 EP87810096A EP87810096A EP0237477A3 EP 0237477 A3 EP0237477 A3 EP 0237477A3 EP 87810096 A EP87810096 A EP 87810096A EP 87810096 A EP87810096 A EP 87810096A EP 0237477 A3 EP0237477 A3 EP 0237477A3
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housing
tool
strip
muzzle
muzzle part
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EP0237477A2 (en
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Theo Gassner
Peter Von Flue
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Hilti AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25CHAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C1/00Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25CHAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C1/00Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
    • B25C1/08Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure
    • B25C1/10Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure generated by detonation of a cartridge
    • B25C1/18Details and accessories, e.g. splinter guards, spall minimisers
    • B25C1/182Feeding devices
    • B25C1/184Feeding devices for nails

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
  • Separation By Low-Temperature Treatments (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Material From Animals Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
  • Fertilizing (AREA)
  • Saccharide Compounds (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
  • Beverage Vending Machines With Cups, And Gas Or Electricity Vending Machines (AREA)
  • Photoreceptors In Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Heating, Cooling, Or Curing Plastics Or The Like In General (AREA)
  • Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
  • Filters For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)

Abstract

An explosive powder charge operated tool for driving nails includes a housing with a muzzle part mounted in and projecting axially outwardly from the housing. By moving the muzzle part rearwardly into the housing, the tool is in the ready-to-fire condition. A magazine is supported at one end within the muzzle part and extends generally radially outwardly from it. A slide in the magazine feeds individual nails in a nail strip into the bore in muzzle part into position to be driven by a piston located within the housing. When all of the nails in the strip have been driven from the tool, one end of the strip projects into the muzzle bore. A stop shoulder on the one end of the strip faces toward an end face on the housing and contacts the end face when the muzzle part is pressed into the housing, preventing the placement of the tool in the ready-to-fire condition.
EP87810096A 1986-03-12 1987-02-17 Powder-actuated setting tool Expired - Lifetime EP0237477B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT87810096T ATE65446T1 (en) 1986-03-12 1987-02-17 POWDER-POWERED SETTING TOOL.

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DE3608146 1986-03-12
DE19863608146 DE3608146A1 (en) 1986-03-12 1986-03-12 POWDER POWERED SETTING DEVICE

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EP0237477A2 EP0237477A2 (en) 1987-09-16
EP0237477A3 true EP0237477A3 (en) 1989-06-14
EP0237477B1 EP0237477B1 (en) 1991-07-24

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EP87810096A Expired - Lifetime EP0237477B1 (en) 1986-03-12 1987-02-17 Powder-actuated setting tool

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US (1) US4809898A (en)
EP (1) EP0237477B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH0635116B2 (en)
KR (1) KR920001598B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE65446T1 (en)
AU (1) AU585433B2 (en)
CS (1) CS276588B6 (en)
DE (2) DE3608146A1 (en)
DK (1) DK164778C (en)
ES (1) ES2023215B3 (en)
FI (1) FI88369C (en)
HU (1) HU196923B (en)
MX (1) MX168587B (en)
NO (1) NO167902C (en)

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ATE65446T1 (en) 1991-08-15
HUT43281A (en) 1987-10-28
FI870938A0 (en) 1987-03-04
EP0237477B1 (en) 1991-07-24
HU196923B (en) 1989-02-28
EP0237477A2 (en) 1987-09-16
NO167902C (en) 1991-12-27
AU6981287A (en) 1987-09-17
DK164778C (en) 1992-12-28
DK125987D0 (en) 1987-03-11
JPS62218078A (en) 1987-09-25
KR920001598B1 (en) 1992-02-20
FI88369C (en) 1993-05-10
AU585433B2 (en) 1989-06-15
CS150987A3 (en) 1992-07-15
NO870999L (en) 1987-09-14
MX168587B (en) 1993-06-01
FI870938A (en) 1987-09-13
NO870999D0 (en) 1987-03-11
DK125987A (en) 1987-09-13
CS276588B6 (en) 1992-07-15
FI88369B (en) 1993-01-29
JPH0635116B2 (en) 1994-05-11
US4809898A (en) 1989-03-07
DE3608146A1 (en) 1987-09-17
NO167902B (en) 1991-09-16
DE3771530D1 (en) 1991-08-29
DK164778B (en) 1992-08-17
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