Patent ID: 11911886
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A fastener-driving tool comprising:
a combustion cylinder defining a combustion chamber; and
a fuel assembly comprising:
a fuel routing subassembly configured to direct a fuel/air mixture to the combustion chamber;
a canister-mounting carriage movable relative to the fuel routing subassembly from a rest position to a dispense position, the canister-mounting carriage configured to hold a fuel canister such that the fuel canister moves with the canister-mounting carriage; and
a canister mover movable from a rest position to a dispense position to cause the canister-mounting carriage to move from the rest position to the dispense position,
wherein the canister-mounting carriage defines a lip-receiving channel sized to receive a lip of a cover of the fuel canister and to prevent the fuel canister from moving longitudinally and laterally relative to the canister-mounting carriage; and
wherein the canister-mounting carriage includes a pair of fingers sized and shaped to receive and retain an outer housing of the fuel canister.