Patent ID: 7086574

Claim:
An explosion-operated power tool, comprising: a housing ( 1 ) having a cylindrical cavity ( 5 ), a piston chamber ( 2 ) for receiving a drive piston ( 3 ), and a channel ( 7 ) for communicating the piston chamber ( 2 ) with the cavity ( 5 ); a breech bottom ( 8 ) located opposite the cavity ( 5 ) and fixedly secured relative to the housing ( 1 ) at a predetermined distance from the housing ( 1 ); and a sealing sleeve ( 12 ) located in the cavity ( 5 ) of the housing ( 1 ) and displaceable between a first position in which the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) is located axially away from the breech bottom ( 8 ) for enabling a sidewise feeding of a cartridge ( 10 ) for positioning the cartridge between the breech bottom and the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) and in which the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) blocks the communicating channel ( 7 ), and a second position in which the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) adjoins the breech bottom ( 8 ) for securing the cartridge between the breech bottom ( 8 ) and the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) and in which the sealing sleeve ( 12 ) does not block the communicating channel ( 7 ).