Patent ID: 7410084
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B25C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An adapter for converting a hammer tool into a multiple-impact object driving tool, the hammer tool having a housing with a barrel portion including a rear section and a nose section, a passage extending through the barrel portion with an opening in the nose section extending into the passage, the hammer tool having a reciprocating impact member being positioned in the passage, the adapter comprising: a shroud for removably mounting on a hammer tool, the shroud having a forward end and a rearward end, a bore being formed through the upper shroud between the forward and rearward ends, the shroud having a rear portion located at the rearward end of the shroud for removably receiving a portion of the hammer device, the shroud having a front portion located forward of the rear portion; a drive punch positioned in the bore of the shroud with a rear section for being impacted by the reciprocating impact member of the hammer tool and a forward end for impacting an object to be driven; a guide bushing extending forwardly from the shroud, the guide bushing having a forward end and a rearward end, a channel extending through the guide bushing between the forward and rearward ends for receiving a portion of the object to be driven, the guide bushing being slidably mounted on the front portion of the shroud such that the guide bushing is movable between an extended position and a retracted position; wherein the channel of the guide bushing has an entire length extending from a first end of the guide bushing to a second, opposite end of the guide bushing, the channel having a uniform diameter along said entire length of the guide bushing; and wherein the uniform diameter of the channel of the guide bushing along said entire length is slightly larger than a diameter of the forward end of the drive punch; a magnetic member mounted on the guide bushing for facilitating hold of an object to be driven in the guide bushing; an annular groove formed in an interior surface of the bore of the shroud, and a securing ring removably mounted in annular groove in the bore for holding the securing ring in a stationary position on the shroud.