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

Claim 0:
1. 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, and a downwardly extending block configured to engage the ramp to move the downwardly extending block from a first block position to a second block position, and a block spring that biases the downwardly extending block toward the first block position, the trigger assembly 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.