Patent ID: 7721817
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B25C,B27F,E04F

Abstract:
1. A fastener driving device for fastening flooring boards to a sub-floor, each flooring board having a top surface, a tongue, and a front surface connecting the top surface and the tongue, the device comprising: a housing containing an engine for driving a fastener through the flooring board and into the sub-floor; a magazine for supplying a plurality of fasteners for the engine to drive; a handle for receiving a user's hand; and a shoe connected to the housing, the shoe being configured to locate the engine relative to the flooring board so that the fastener is driven into the flooring board at an angle, wherein the shoe comprises a bottom workpiece engaging surface for engaging the top surface of the flooring board, and a workpiece engaging surface for engaging the front surface of the flooring board, and wherein the shoe is configured to provide relative movement between the bottom workpiece engaging surface and the forward workpiece engaging surface while the shoe remains connected to the housing to adjust an exposure of the forward workpiece engaging surface to accommodate different thicknesses of the flooring boards, the exposure being the height of the forward workpiece engaging surface that is below a plane that includes the bottom workpiece engaging surface.