Patent ID: 6085616
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A screwdriver mechanism for driving a screw into a workpiece having:a drive shaft rotatable about an axis, the drive shaft having a bit at one end for engaging and driving a screw,a screw guide to receive a screw therein coaxially aligned with the drive shaft,the drive shaft reciprocally axially slidable relative the screw guide to engage a screw in the screw guide and advance the screw forwardly into a workpiece,the screw guide having a nose assembly comprising:a forwardly directed touch down foot to engage a workpiece;an arm member located forwardly relative the foot, the arm member having a first connected end, a second free end, and a rearwardly directed arm surface;a bridge portion joining the first end of the arm member to the nose assembly at a location spaced radially from the axis;the arm member extending generally normal the axis from the bridge portion to the free end; anda slotway extending generally normal the axis forward of the foot between the foot and the arm member from the free end of the arm member to the bridge portion,wherein the arm member is spaced from the foot sufficiently to permit at least two sheets of material desired to be secured together by screws to be received therebetween within the slotway.