Patent ID: 7484649

Claim:
An adjustable exhaust assembly for a pneumatic fastening tool having a body and a handle extending from the body, the handle defining an inlet channel for receiving input of pressurized gas and an outlet channel for outputting exhaust gas, the adjustable exhaust assembly comprising: a base non-rotatably attachable to an end of the handle opposite the body, the base having a plate and a boss extending from the plate, the boss configured to receive an air hose and defining an inlet opening configured to direct compressed air to the inlet channel, and the plate having an outlet opening in communication with the outlet channel; a substantially annular cap rotatably received about the boss, the cap defining a substantially annular channel in communication with the outlet opening of the base and an outlet port defined in a portion of a circumferential wall of the annular cap and in communication with the annular channel, wherein rotation of the cap about the boss moves the outlet opening among a plurality of radial positions relative to the boss.