Patent ID: 7201303

Claim:
A fastener driving tool, comprising: a housing; a fastener driver within said housing having a first at rest/fired position and a second firing position; a fastener driving subassembly within said housing including compressible means for storing energy shiftable between an at rest position and an energized position; a first cam plate rotatably mounted on a shaft capable of rotation in a first direction and a second opposite direction; a means for driving the tool comprising a toothed gear wherein said toothed gear and said first cam plate have opposing surfaces; wherein said toothed gear contains a drive pin and said first cam plate contains a cam lobe on said opposing surface such that said drive pin and said cam lobe engage each other to rotate said first cam plate in said first direction; a motor/gear subassembly within said housing for compressing said means for storing energy and moving said fastener driver to said firing position; such that when said motor/gear subassembly moves said fastener driver to said firing position, energy stored in said means for storing energy moves said fastener driver from said firing position to said fired position, whereby driving a fastener.