Patent ID: 11897104
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A fastener driving tool comprising:
a tool housing;
a workpiece contact element; and
a trigger assembly including:
a pivotable trigger,
a ramp attached to the pivotable trigger,
a bottom assembly including:
an actuation lever coupled to the pivotable trigger,
an actuation lever spring coupled to the actuation lever to bias the actuation lever to a first lever position, and
a damper coupled to the actuation lever to control a rate of movement of the actuation lever; and

a top assembly including:
a top housing attached to the tool housing, and
a downwardly extending block slidably attached to a rod extending between side walls of the top housing, the downwardly extending block engages the actuation lever and the ramp to move the actuation lever to a second lever position different from the first lever position, and wherein the downwardly extending block engages the ramp to move the downwardly extending block from a first block position to a second block position,

wherein the trigger assembly is configured to:
cause the fastener driving tool to operate in a continuous actuation mode for a predetermined time period in response to actuation of the trigger;
reset the predetermined time period in response to actuation of the workpiece contact element; and
cause the fastener driving tool to switch from the continuous actuation mode in response to the predetermined time period elapsing without actuation of the workpiece contact element.