Patent ID: 8671804

Claim:
A fastener installation tool for installing a threaded nut onto the threaded shank of a fastener bold, said fastener installation tool comprising: a tool component having a power drive tool; and a gear head component having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said gear head component further comprising: a gear box housing defining an upper cover plate attached to a lower cover plate, said upper cover plate having a top surface, said gear box housing further comprising at least one gear mounted between said upper and lower cover plates, said at least one gear comprising a socket gear; a retainer slide housing mounted to said upper cover plate, said retainer slide housing having a lower surface facing and attached to said top surface of said upper cover plate; a laterally extending boss portion at one end thereof; a through passage centrally disposed in said laterally extending boss; a cavity contiguous said top surface of said upper cover plate; a slot having one end communicating with said cavity and an opposite end extending through said retainer slide housing to a top surface thereof; and a passage extending between said cavity and said through passage of said boss; a retainer slide mounted in said cavity of said retainer slide housing, said retainer slide having an extended rod portion slidingly received in said passage extending between said cavity and said through passage of said boss; a hold bit mounted in said through passage of said boss; means for preventing rotatable motion of said hold bit while installing said threaded nut onto said threaded shank of said bolt fastener by use of said socket hear driven by said power drive tool; means for providing lineal motion of said hold bit during installation of said threaded nut onto said threaded shank of said bolt fastener by use of said at least one socket gear that is attached to said power drive tool, said providing means further comprising second biasing means; and means for attaching said tool component to said gear head component.