Patent ID: 8408438
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. An adjustable depth-of-drive assembly for use with an upper probe of a fastener-driving tool, said assembly comprising: a workpiece contact element carried on said upper probe and having a contact end and an adjustment end; at least one stop configured for being secured to said upper probe and being moveable between an adjusting position in which said workpiece contact element is movable relative to said upper probe, and a locked position wherein said adjustment end is secured against movement relative to said upper probe; at least one biasing element associated with said stop and configured for urging said stop and said adjustment end into a selected locked position relative to said upper probe with a biasing force; and at least one camming element carried on said stop for selective camming engagement between said upper probe and said stop by means of a user's manual force to urge said stop into said adjusting position against said force of said biasing element.