Patent ID: 7021516
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A stamped elongate driver blade for use in a fastener driving tool having a piston, said driver blade comprising: an elongate body having a thickness and first and second opposite faces; a head at one end of said body for coupling to said piston; a tip at the other end of said body having a driving surface having a thickness for impacting a fastener to drive said fastener into a work piece, wherein said tip has a first tapered portion on said first face and a second tapered portion on said second face that taper toward said driving surface; and a stiffening rib protruding from said first face of said body having a thickness, said rib extending substantially along the length of said body; wherein said body thickness and said rib thickness taper at said tip to said driving surface thickness.