Abstract: An apparatus for pushing a fastener from a host material with, for example, an air hammer includes a punch shank, a compression spring, a hollow sleeve, a fastener and a punch. The hollow sleeve includes an opening formed therein for interfitment over a central portion of the punch shank, and a set screw placed therein for engagement with a retention flat portion of a central portion of the punch shank. The punch includes a top that operably engages with the air hammer, and a bottom end having a recess formed therein, where the recess is configured and arranged for retention of a top of the punch shank. The spring fits over the punch shank, and contacts the bottom end of the punch and the top end of the sleeve.

Abstract: The invention discloses a metal positioning device. The device comprises a bottom section with a front end having a downward facing lip, a second back end having a handle, a side wall on both sides of said bottom section, said side walls running the length of the bottom section and a plurality of apertures formed along a longitudinal axis of said bottom section, said apertures being dimensioned to receive and allow passage of a lever bar therethrough. The invention further discloses a method of using the metal positioning device. The invention decreases the time needed to position metal sheets and eases the job for workers.

Abstract: A duct securing gun comprising: a holder for retaining a material, a fastener driver for installing at least east one fastener, a track to align the material with respect to at least one of the holder, and the fastener driver, wherein the fastener driver installs at least one fastener to secure at least one end of the material. The fastener driver comprising of a cutout to allow for the material and fastener to exit the track unobstructed the majority of the time.

Abstract: A system for automatically stretching and stapling a foundation cover to a spring unit for a foundation, including a support table for supporting the foundation and cover, and a series of stretching/stapling assemblies or units positioned along the support table. The stretching/stapling assemblies include a series of tension applicators that engage and pull the cover taut against the sides of the spring unit of the foundation, while staplers are lowered into engagement with the cover and foundation frame, automatically stapling the cover to the sides of the foundation frame.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus to attach a continuous sheet of flexible material, such as fabric, to pairs of elongated rigid members such as wooden slats. The flexible member is attached on each side to one of the pairs of rigid members. A table supports the apparatus and has recessed guides longitudinally located on each side of the table. A magazine holder overlays each of the guides and each magazine holds a plurality of elongated rigid members in an aligned, vertically stacked, relationship. A pair of slides advances a pair of the rigid members, one along each guide to a first drive mechanism. The first drive mechanism advances each of the pair of elongated rigid members at a constant linear speed into an attachment zone. Flexible material is also guided into the attachment zone to lay atop each of the elongated rigid members.

Abstract: A fastener-driving and batten-positioning machine useful in roofing applications includes a shoe, which has an underside and a pair of spaced guides depending from the underside, and which is arranged to position a batten over a sheet of roofing material, beneath the underside and between the guides, while the batten is being fastened. A stand-up screw gun, which is incorporated into the machine, is used to drive a fastener, such as, for example, a screw, through a batten, through the sheet and through any underlying sheets of roofing materials, into an underlayment. The screw gun is mounted upon the shoe, which is mounted upon a base in such a manner as to provide for relative movement between the shoe and the base. The shoe is biased gravitationally, and by means of a spring, so as to urge the shoe toward the batten while the batten is being fastened.

Abstract: A riveting press wherein a vertically movable downwardly yieldable platform supports a selected portion of a textile workpiece between a passive lower tool and a vertically rciprocable upper tool. The upper tool is surrounded by a set of two or more radially outwardly movable and vertically reciprocable grippers having serrated undersides which are moved downwardly and into engagement with the upper side of the workpiece on the platform before the upper tool descends to affix a first component of an article of hardware to the workpiece simultaneously with the application of a second component of such article to the first component and to the workpiece. One such component is supported by the lower tool and the other component is releasably held in sockets of the grippers below the upper tool.

Abstract: A string stapler comprising a stapling gun, a string guide guiding string from a spool to a position under the staple outlet of the gun whereby an operator can dispense string and also staple the string in place with a same unit, a hollow string-spool axle being mounted at the air inlet of the gun.