Patent ID: 9221161
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A fastening tool comprising: a housing having an engine receiving portion; a drive engine located in the engine receiving portion, the drive engine comprising a cylinder and a piston reciprocally mounted within the cylinder, the piston comprising a driver configured to move along a drive axis to drive a fastener during a drive stroke; a nose assembly carried by the housing, the nose assembly comprising a fastener drive track configured to receive the driver, and a movable portion biased in a retracted position towards the housing and movable to an extended position away from the housing; a magazine assembly constructed and arranged to feed successively leading fasteners from a supply of fasteners contained therein into the drive track; and an actuation device configured to actuate the drive engine to initiate the drive stroke, the actuation device comprising assembly, the contact trip assembly comprising a trigger assembly comprising