Patent ID: 7594598
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A safety adapted to be incorporated in a nailing device that comprises a housing containing therein a nail, a striker plate that is mounted in the housing and movable to a ready-to-strike position from which the striker plate is selectively released to strike a nail out of the housing, a spring plate that applies a spring force to cause the striker plate to move from the ready-to-strike position to strike the nail, and a handle for moving the striker plate to a ready-to-strike position, the safety being arranged in a location corresponding to the striker plate, and the safety comprising a release plate, a retainer, and a recoiling spring, wherein the release plate is movably mounted in the housing and movable in a direction similar to a moving direction of the striker plate, the release plate being arranged to be normally and partially projecting beyond a bottom of the housing in a non-detachable manner, the retainer being rotatably mounted to the housing and having first and second end portions respectively corresponding to and engaging the release plate and the striker plate, the recoiling spring being arranged above the first end portion of the retainer to bias the release plate to normally project beyond the bottom of the housing with the second end portion of the retainer retaining the striker plate against movement to the ready-to-strike position; wherein when the release plate is caused to move against the recoiling spring to get back into the housing, the retainer is rotated to have the second end portion thereof moved in such a manner to disengage from the striker plate thereby releasing the striker plate from being retained against upward movement to the ready-to-strike position.