Patent ID: 8777078
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A driving tool comprising: a drive unit; a driver driven by the drive unit configured to be moved in a driving direction; a driver guide defining therein a drive passage of a driven member and having an end portion configured to guide the driver and having a drive opening at one end in a driving direction, the drive opening having a first axis; and a contact arm having a contact portion in the shape of a hollow tube movable between a first position and a second position, wherein: a driven member magazine is provided in the driver guide and is configured to house a plurality of driven members and supplying a driven member one by one to the drive passage; an actuating bar is coupled to one of the right and left side of the contact portion and a contact bar is coupled to the other side of the contact portion, the contact portion being coupled to the contact arm via the actuating bar; and the contact bar is configured to prevent a blank driving, the contact bar permitting the contact portion to move to the first position only when driven members are supplied from the driven member magazine to the drive passage.