Patent Application: US-201414287059-A

Abstract:
a framing hammer including an automatic feeding magazine supported within the hammerhead by guide rails with a self - loading magazine . through the center of the upper portion of the hammer handle lies the self - loading reciprocating magazine . the top end of the magazine actuates due to the force of the impact of the tool through its natural operation . the magazine is inclined at 21 ° relative to the handle and is spaced in the center of the handle from the rear of the nail driving face . structure is provided for individually driving a nail from a magazine contained row of commercially available 21 ° collated nails toward the rearward facing end of the hammerhead . upon impact the tool dispenses and sets a nail up to a 1½ ″ into the work surface , upon disengagement the tool reciprocates to resets to its resting position whereupon the tool is ready to repeat the action .

Description:
forming the automatic hammer body ( 1 a ), inertia device plunger stop lever ( 2 d ), nail driver ( 1 e ), and guide rails ( 2 b ) the head is made by a process called hot forging . a length of steel bar is heated to about 2 , 200 - 2 , 350 ° f . ( 1 , 200 - 1 , 300 ° c .). this may be done with open flame torches or by passing the bar through a high - power electrical induction coil . the hot bar may then be cut into shorter lengths , called blanks , or it may be fed continuously into a hot forge . the bar or blanks are positioned between two formed cavities , called dies , within the forge . one die is held in a fixed position , and the other is attached to a movable ram . the ram forces the two dies together under great pressure , squeezing the hot steel into the shape of the two cavities . this process is repeated several times using different shaped dies to gradually form the hammer head . the forging process aligns the internal grain structure of the steel and provides a much stronger and more durable piece . during this process , some of the hot steel squeezes out around the edges of the die cavities to form flash , which must be removed . as a final step the head is placed between two trimming dies , which are forced together to cut off any protruding flash . the head is then cooled , and any rough spots are ground smooth . in order to prevent chipping and cracking of the hammer head in service , the face , poll , and claws are heat treated to harden them . hammer heads are made of high carbon , heat - treated steel for strength and durability . the heat treatment helps prevent chipping or cracking caused by repeated blows against other metal objects ( cavette , n . d .). forming the automatic hammer nail magazine ( 1 b ), spring follower ( 1 c ), and top collated nail guide ( 4 b ) the nail magazine will be manufactured though the process of bending and welding to the specifications and tolerances which are to be determined during the initial prototype phase . the process of bending which is typically performed on a machine called a press brake , which can be manually or automatically operated . for this reason , the bending process is sometimes referred to as press brake forming . a press brake contains an upper tool called the punch and a lower tool called the die , between which the sheet metal is located . the sheet is carefully positioned over the die and held in place by the back gauge while the punch lowers and forces the sheet to bend . in an automatic machine , the punch is forced into the sheet under the power of a hydraulic ram . the bend angle achieved is determined by the depth to which the punch forces the sheet into the die . this depth is precisely controlled to achieve the desired bend ( sheet metal forming , n . d .). the handle will be made of a composite or fiberglass material at specifications to be determined during the research and development phase . the handle will be approximately nine inches long with an oblong shape to be best suited for gripping . certain parts will be outsourced once they have been determined in size and strength . such as springs ( 7 a , 5 c , 6 c , 3 d , and 3 e ), roll pins ( 5 a and 4 c ), and the rubber magazine head ( 6 b ). fig8 — side view with cut in hammer body and upper magazine only fig1 is the side view of the automatic hammer with integrated magazine composed of hammer body ( 1 a ), divided hammer handle ( 4 a ), and hammer handle ( 8 a ), and is broken down in more detail in fig7 showing the following components roll pin ( 5 a ), neck ( 2 a ), hammer head ( 3 a ), guide rail channel ( 6 a ), and guide rail spring ( 7 a ). fig3 is a top view of the automatic hammer with integrated magazine more specifically composed of the inertia device system including the following parts : inertia device housing ( 1 d ), inertia device plunger ( 2 d ), inertia device spring ( 3 d ), and inertia device notch ( 4 d ). the illustrated integrated magazine in fig1 is composed of parts of the nail magazine ( 1 b ) broken down and in more detail in fig6 showing the following components guide rail ( 2 b ), stop tab ( 5 b ), top collated nail guide ( 4 b ), rubber magazine head ( 6 b ), nail magazine ( 1 b ), nail guide rail ( 3 b ), stop lever ( 3 c ), stopper spring ( 5 c ), stop lever mechanism ( 2 c ), stop lever roll pin ( 4 c ), magazine spring ( 6 c ), and spring follower ( 1 c ). fig9 is the small parts individually designed . these parts consist of a spring follower ( 1 c ), nail driver spring ( 3 e ), nail driver spring stop ( 2 e ), nail driver ( 1 e ), hammer handle ( 8 a ), and hammer hanger ( 9 a ). through the set of a nail use of the automatic hammer , this entire single operation is accomplished through the act of manually swinging the component with enough force to actuate the nail magazines &# 39 ; ( 1 b ) lateral movement upon impact with the work surface , there by driving the fastener into the intended position . this entire sequence starts with the impact of the rubber magazine head ( 6 b ), which is connected to the face of the nail magazine ( 1 b ), with the intended work surface through the manual use of this device . upon impact with said work surface the nail magazine ( 1 b ) moves laterally through the divided hammer handle ( 4 a ) while being supported by the guide rails ( 2 b ) within the guide rail channels ( 6 a ) and guided through the divided hammer handle ( 4 a ) to prevent side to side movement . while this is occurring during impact with the device to the work surface , the guide rail channel spring ( 7 a ) contained within the guide rail channel ( 6 a ) is compressed . as can be seen in fig8 , the top collated nail held within the nail magazine ( 1 b ) remains in a fixed position against the nail driver ( 1 e ) as the lateral movement of the nail magazine ( 1 b ) naturally compresses the nail driver spring ( 3 e ). the action leaves the nail in the work surface up to a maximum 1½ ″. the collation of the nails contained with the nail magazine ( 1 b ) are striped off of referenced set nail , due to the rearward lateral movement of the nail magazine ( 1 b ). after impact and removal of the automatic hammer from the surface , the springs move into action . the guide rail channel springs ( 7 a ) and nail driver spring ( 3 e ), which is retained by the nail driver spring stop ( 2 e ), decompress and subsequently force the nail magazine ( 1 b ) to its original resting position . the nail magazine ( 1 b ) is prevented from exiting the hammer body ( 1 a ) through the retention of a roll pin ( 5 a ) and stop tab ( 5 b ). upon the nail magazine ( 1 b ) reaching its natural resting position , the collated nails contained in the nail magazine ( 1 b ) are forced upward along the nail guide rail ( 3 b ) by the contained spring follower ( 1 c ) which is forced by the decompression of the magazine spring ( 6 c ) which allows the top most collated nail to be guided into position by the top collated nail guide ( 4 b ) contained within the nail magazine ( 1 b ) to a loaded position against the nail driver ( 1 e ). once all intended nails have been set into the work surface detailed in the sequence of operations above , the automatic hammer is rotated 180 ° in the workhand . the user will then proceed to drive set nails completely into the work surface through impact of the hammer head ( 3 a ) supported by the neck ( 2 a ). the prevention of the nail magazine ( 1 b ) from lateral movement upon impact is due to the inertia device plunger ( 2 d ) extending into the inertia device notch ( 4 d ) contained within the hammer body ( 1 a ). once impact is complete , the inertia device plunger ( 2 d ) is reset to its natural position by the force of inertia device spring ( 3 d ) into the inertia device housing ( 1 d ). once the automatic hammer is out of nails , the user must insert a fresh set of collated nails . this is done by holding the automatic hammer within the workhand and using off - hand to compress the magazine spring ( 6 c ) by manually pulling the spring follower ( 1 c ) until it is retained by the stop lever ( 3 c ). the stop lever ( 3 c ) is contained within the stop lever mechanism ( 2 c ) and retained in place by the stop lever roll pin ( 4 c ) which effectively compresses the stopper spring ( 5 c ). this allows for the manual insertion of a fresh set of collated nails within the nail guide rail ( 3 b ) track . once complete the spring follower ( 1 c ) is released by disengaging the stop lever ( 3 c ). the automatic hammer tool is designed to be hung from a carpenter &# 39 ; s tool belt upside - down . this is done by a hook on the tool belt and a hammer hanger ( 9 a ) which is installed at the base of the hammer handle ( 8 a ). cavette , c . 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