Patent ID: 9381633
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B25C

Claim Text:
1. A fastener-driving tool including a trigger control mechanism, said tool comprising: a housing; a workpiece-contacting element movably connected to said housing, said workpiece-contacting element being movable between a rest position and an activated position; a trigger movably connected to said housing, said trigger being movable between a rest position and an activated position; an actuation lever movably connected to said trigger; and a control valve including an actuating pin and an electromagnet, said actuating pin being movable between a rest position and an activated position; wherein in a powered mode, said electromagnet is energized causing said actuation lever to be attracted to said actuating pin and hold said actuation lever and said actuating pin in said respective activated positions such that the tool is actuated each time said workpiece-contacting element contacts a workpiece and moves to said activated position; and wherein in a non-powered mode, said electromagnet is not energized such that the tool is actuated each time said workpiece-contacting element and said trigger are each moved from said rest position to said activated position in a designated sequence.