Patent ID: 7866018

Claim:
A fastener installation tool for installing blind fasteners, the tool comprising a tool handle, a trigger and an air valve, wherein the trigger is connected to the air valve and the air valve controls a flow of air through the tool, and wherein the tool further comprises an actuating means for installing fasteners, wherein pressing of the trigger causes actuation of the actuating means, the trigger having: (a) a first position wherein the valve is configured to prevent air flow through the tool; (b) a second position in which the trigger activates the actuating means to cause installation of the fastener and the valve is configured to permit air flow through the tool; and (c) a neutral position in which air flow through the tool is enabled without activation of the actuating means wherein said air valve is a rotary valve, and wherein the trigger has an extension directed into the tool handle, wherein the extension terminations in a yoke formation at a distal end of the extension; and wherein the yoke formation engages a pin which extends from the valve generally parallel with a rotational axis of the valve.