Patent ID: 9662776
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B25C

Claim:
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, said actuation lever being movable between a rest position and an activated position; and a damper mechanism associated with said actuation lever and configured to, following an actuation of the tool in a sequential actuation mode, control a rate of movement of said actuation lever from said activated position to said rest position such that the tool is in a contact actuation mode at least part of the time the actuation lever is moving from the activated position to the rest position.