Patent ID: 8387846
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A blind guide, work contact tip for mounting onto a U-shaped drive probe of a fastening tool having a driver blade for driving a fastener into a workpiece, the blind guide work contact tip comprising: a body including a front side, a rear side opposite the front side, a work contact surface having a peak, a first sloped side and a second sloped side on opposite sides of and adjacent to the peak, and a trailing surface opposite the work contact surface, the sloped sides being flat and uninterrupted; a pair of wings integral with opposing ends of the front side of the body, the pair of wings having resilient contact surfaces, the pair of wings forming a channel; and a recess located in the trailing surface of the body for retaining the drive probe, the recess being generally U-shaped to complement and receive the U-shaped drive probe, wherein the body has a thickness that is between 55% and about 65% of a total length of the work contact tip and a width that is essentially the entire width of the blind guide work contact tip.