Patent ID: 6702171
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A setting tool comprising a housing (1) made of a plastic material and forming an exterior surface of said setting tool and having a leading end and a trailing end, an axially displaceable bolt guide (8) mounted in and projecting outwardly from the leading end of said housing, said housing having a protective cap (5) adjacent the leading end thereof covering the plastic material of said housing (1) and formed of a material having a greater toughness than said plastic material forming the housing (1), said protective cap (5) being removably fixed to the housing (1), and a substantially radially displaceable fixation means (6) securing the protective cap (5) to said housing (1) and being interlocked in a form-fitting manner in a recess (9) in an outside surface of said housing.