Patent ID: 8020739

Claim:
A positioning device for a hand-held setting tool ( 10 ) having an actuation switch ( 13 ) for actuating the setting tool ( 10 ), the positioning device comprising a rod-shaped holder ( 21 ) for supporting the setting tool; connection means ( 22 ) for connecting the positioning device with the setting tool ( 10 ) arranged at an end of the holder ( 21 ); and an actuating switching device including an actuation element ( 24 ), a switching link ( 30 ) for connecting the actuation element ( 24 ) to the actuation switch ( 13 ) of the setting tool ( 10 ) and having first ( 34 ) and second ( 35 ) rod-shaped controlling elements arranged coaxially with each other and spaced from each other and associated, respectively, with the actuation element ( 24 ) and the actuation switch ( 13 ) for actuating the actuation switch ( 13 ) of the setting tool ( 10 ) in response to actuation of the actuation element ( 24 ), and a safety device ( 40 ) for preventing actuation of the actuation switch ( 13 ) at a predetermined orientation of the setting tool ( 10 ), the safety device ( 40 ) having a gravity-controlled intermediate element ( 41 ) displaceable between an actuation position in which it is positioned in a space region between the first controlling element ( 34 ) and the second controlling element ( 35 ) for transmitting a switching movement from the first controlling element ( 34 ) to the second controlling element ( 35 ) and an interruption position ( 16 ) in which it is unable to transmit the switching movement from the first controlling element ( 34 ) to the second controlling element ( 35 ).