Patent ID: 6053388
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A setting tool for driving-in nail-shaped fastening elements into hard constructional components, the setting tool comprising a housing (10, 100); a guide cylinder (20, 120) displaceable in the housing (10, 110) in a direction opposite to a setting direction against a spring-biasing force; a drive piston (40, 140) axially displaceable in the guide cylinder (20, 120); a pivotal resetting element (50, 150) having a first lever arm (51, 151) cooperating with the drive piston (40, 140) for resetting the drive piston (40, 140) to an inoperative position thereof and a second lever arm (152) cooperating with the guide cylinder (20, 120) for displacing the first lever arm (151) in accordance with displacement of the guide cylinder (20, 120); and axle means (61, 161) supported in the housing (10, 110) and pivotally supporting the resetting element (50, 150).