Patent ID: 8222568
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A tool adapted for applying an anchoring device to a support surface, the anchoring device having a forwardly protruding nose for carrying hot melt adhesive, a rear recess, and a rim surrounding the rear recess, said tool comprising: a housing having an opening; a heating unit disposed in said housing and having a heating head that extends forwardly out of said housing through said opening and that has a front pressing surface; and a movable unit including a movable member disposed movably on said heating head and extending forwardly out of housing through said opening, and a spring disposed between and abutting against said movable member and an assembly of said housing and said heating head, said movable member having an engagement hole permitting extension of said heating head therethrough, a front annular surface surrounding said engagement hole, a loading portion disposed on said front annular surface, and at least one loading space is defined between said loading portion and said front annular surface, said movable member being movable relative to said heating head between an extended position and a retracted position such that, when said movable member is at said extended position, said front pressing surface of said heating head is spaced apart from the forwardly protruding nose of the anchoring device, and when said movable member is at said retracted position, said front pressing surface is in thermal contact with the forwardly protruding nose, said movable member being biased by said spring toward said extended position.