Patent ID: 11865693
Assignee: nan
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A tool that mounts onto a hand-held portable power driver of the type having a body covered by a case, a grip handle at a proximal end for holding the power driver in one hand, and a rotary spindle at a distal end holding a driver bit; the tool being configured for ensuring proper and uniform spacing of framing members in a building structure during installation, comprising
a support that includes an elongated bracket having a distal end and a proximal end, the bracket being removably attachable to the case of the power tool, and a clamping arrangement mounted on said bracket, the clamping arrangement comprising distal and proximal C-shaped spring clamp members disposed at the distal and proximal ends, respectively, of said bracket;
a generally round, tubular elongated gauge body adapted to snap-attach removably into place in the clamping arrangement, the gauge body having one end and another end, with an end bumper at said one end of the tubular gauge body;
a straight, generally cylindrical slide member that is slidably disposed within said tubular gauge body and can be slidably extended from the other end of said tubular gauge body, with a stop member at an end of the extended portion of said slide member, and the slide member being extendable from said gauge body for a sufficient distance such that the combined length of the tubular gauge body and the extended portion of said slide member can be set at a given length that is a proper spacing of said framing members; and
a slide lock disposed at said other end of the gauge body for releasably holding said slide member such that said extended portion is lockable to set the slide member at said given length.