Patent ID: 9120214
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B25B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A fastener installation tool comprising: a primary housing defining an internal cavity; a secondary housing mounted at least partially within the internal cavity; a drive element having a drive feature, the drive element rotatably joined with at least one of the primary housing and the secondary housing so that the drive element rotates relative to the at least one of the primary housing and the secondary housing, the drive element being adapted for operably coupling to a rotating driving tool; an elongated shaft defining a shaft bore, the shaft bore configured to receive the drive element when the drive element is rotated by a drive tool; a guide joined with the elongated shaft, the guide defining an angled bore configured to receive a fastener, the guide having an exit opening from which the fastener exits the angled bore, the guide including an alignment projection extending downwardly from the guide a preselected distance, the alignment projection including an inner engagement surface oppositely disposed from an outer engagement surface, the inner and outer engagement surfaces merging together at a terminal end to form a wedge, the inner engagement surface contoured to engage at least one of a board side surface and an upper board corner, which transitions between the board side surface and an uppermost surface of the board, so as to align the angled bore with the corner at a preselected angle, the exit opening being defined by the inner engagement surface, wherein at least one of the elongated shaft and the guide are fixedly and non-rotatably joined with the at least one of the primary housing and the secondary housing; wherein the guide includes a bottom surface extending forwardly of the inner engagement surface, the guide bottom surface configured to engage the uppermost surface of the board to assist in aligning the angled bore with the at least one of the board side surface and the upper board corner at the preselected angle, wherein the angled bore is aligned with the shaft bore so that the drive element can be extended through the shaft bore and through the angled bore while rotating the fastener.