Patent ID: 8851352

Claim:
A setting tool for driving a fastening element in a constructional component, comprising: a housing ( 11 ); a guide ( 12 ) located in the housing ( 11 ); a drive member ( 13 ) displaceable in the guide ( 12 ) and defining an operational axis (A); a bolt guide ( 15 ) for guiding the fastening element ( 50 ) and adjoining the drive member guide ( 12 ) in a direction of the operational axis (A), the drive member ( 13 ) having a drive end ( 14 ) located in the bolt guide ( 15 ) in an initial position of the drive member ( 13 ) for driving the fastening element ( 50 ) received in the bolt guide, the bolt guide ( 15 ) forming a dog point ( 16 ) for abutting the constructional component; and a drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ) for displacing the bolt guide ( 15 ) axially relative to the drive member guide ( 12 ) for setting a distance (D) between the drive end ( 14 ) of the drive member ( 13 ) and the dog point ( 16 ) of the bolt guide ( 15 ) in an initial position of the drive member ( 13 ), wherein the drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ) has a manually operable actuation member ( 24 ) that is located in at least two switching positions ( 46 , 47 ) of the drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ), in which the device axially secures the bolt guide ( 15 ) in the at least two positions ( 36 , 37 ) of the bolt guide ( 15 ), respectively, in a window ( 17 ) formed in the housing ( 11 ) where the actuation member ( 24 ) is accessible, and in a release switching position ( 45 ) of the drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ), is covered by a housing section ( 18 ) located adjacent to the window ( 17 ), wherein the drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ) comprises a control link ( 22 ) and link block ( 25 ) displaceable in the control link ( 22 ), which operate between the actuation member ( 24 ) and the bolt guide ( 15 ), wherein the drive-in depth setting device ( 20 ) has a control roller ( 21 ) connected with the actuation member ( 24 ) for joint rotation therewith, and the control link ( 22 ) is provided on the control roller ( 21 ), and the link block ( 25 ) is provided on the bolt guide ( 15 ).