Patent ID: 8746526
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A device for driving a fastener comprising: a housing; a magazine configured to retain a plurality of fasteners; a driver assembly configured to provide an expulsion force that expels one of the plurality of fasteners from the magazine; a rotatable depth adjustment mechanism configured to rotate about an axis defining an axis of rotation aligned along a linear direction; a lockout arm coupled to the rotatable depth adjustment mechanism and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between an unlocked position and a lockout position, the pivot axis configured to move in the linear direction and relative to the housing from a first position to a second position, wherein the driver assembly is prevented from providing the expulsion force when the lockout arm is in the lockout position; and a work contact element coupled to the rotatable depth adjustment mechanism and coupled to the lockout arm, the work contact element moveable in the linear direction between an extended position and in the linear direction toward the housing to a depressed position, wherein the driver assembly is prevented from delivering the expulsion force when the work contact element is in the extended position, and wherein the pivot axis is located at the first position when the work contact element is in the extended position and movement of the work contact element from the extended position to the depressed position results in movement of the pivot axis in the linear direction from the first position to the second position.