Abstract: The present invention includes devices and methods that assist in hanging pictures or other things in a desired position on a wall or other surface where it is desired to insert two or more mounting nails or studs. Embodiments of the invention include a pair of nail-inserting punch assemblies that are provided on one or more stabilizing bars, although other embodiments may include more than two punch assemblies. Preferred embodiments may also include a measuring strip (ruler) between the punch assemblies, a slidable level, a slidable nail or stud carrier, and/or a laser. The unique nail insertion mechanism of each punch includes a sleeve for receiving a finishing nail, a magnet for holding the nail in place, and a coil spring for maintaining the handle in striking position. After positioning the device on a wall, applying punching force to each handle collapses the spring and causes a nail to be driven into the wall.

Abstract: A multi-purpose hand tool includes a first side and a second side that are pivotally connected. The first side includes a lower end having a first handgrip and an upper end including a shaft having a hammer head at one end; a first recess extending at least partially along a bottom of the shaft for holding one or more straight fasteners; and a second recess located substantially in a bottom part of the hammer head for holding one or more rounded fasteners.

Abstract: A striking tool having an improved attachment mechanism to safely and securely attach the head of the tool to the tool handle. In one configuration, the attachment mechanism has a key at the upper end of the handle that is sized and configured to be received in and engage a cooperatively configured keyway on the lower side of the head. In another configuration, the attachment mechanism has a connecting element with an elongated body that extends through a tubular body portion at an upper section of the handle and into a passageway in the head. In yet another configuration, the striking tool has both attachment mechanisms. A striking member made out of harder material can be utilized for the striking portion of the head. The connecting element can connect to an aperture in the striking member. A side nail puller can be positioned on the outer surface of the handle.

Abstract: A forming and framing hammer comprises an elongate handle and a head fixed to the top end of the handle. The head has three striking surfaces: two on a striking body and one on the side of the head. The third striking surface is cushioned by a neoprene bushing to reduce vibration in the handle of the hammer. The head has two pulling tools for pulling nails. The bottom of the handle accepts interchangeable tools.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nail-in anchor pin setting device that is used in conjunction with a hammer to set an anchor into a surface prior to driving the setting nail thereinto to expand the anchor. The device comprises an elongated, largely cylindrical device having an impact end and a driving end. The impact end receives driving loads from a hammer, while the driving end comprises an internal bore to accept the anchor pin therethrough. The driving end is placed against the collar of the anchor while the anchor pin is accepted through the device bore. The hammer end is driven against the collar to force the anchor into a wall surface substrate, whereafter the tool can be removed from the anchor to reveal the set anchor and exposed nail pin to be driven into the anchor for expansion and securement thereof.

Abstract: A hammer device is provided for facilitating the driving, countersinking, and removal of relatively small fasteners, such as penny nails. A hammer includes a handle that can define an on-board tool storage area. A nail start accessory can include a tool portion and a nail holder portion. The tool portion can have a first end and a second end, with the nail holder portion being arranged at one of the first end and the second end. The on-board tool storage area of the hammer can be configured to removably store the nail start accessory substantially within the handle.

Abstract: A hammering tool with buffer design includes: a hammering member, a protrusion block section extending from a lower side of the hammering member, a right side of upper section of the protrusion block section being notched to form a first receiving space; a handle member having a grip section, a first plate section, a second plate section and a third plate section being disposed at an upper end of the grip section to define a receiving chamber for inserting the protrusion block section therein; a pivot member for pivotally connecting the protrusion block section of the hammering member with the handle member; and a buffer assembly including a first compression spring received in the first receiving space. A right end face of the protrusion block section of the hammering member is spaced from a left face of the first plate section by a predetermined buffering distance.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for frame fabrication includes at least one nail gun (15) adapted to fire nails substantially in a selected plane of the frame (2). The nail gun (15) translates vertically and is configured with a control input device (19) activated by an operator which extends substantially across the width of the frame fabrication apparatus.

Abstract: An ergonomic side-load nail holding hammer for the industry of striking tools and hammers. It comprises a magnetic hammerhead including a multinail holder and starter, with half conical shaped vertical slots (such as 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e) with magnets (9) and self-releasing groove. It also permits nails to be straightened when hammered. It has curved shaped claws (6) for digging nails and preventing damage to the surface where the nail is located. The claw body (7) has a curved shape and the claws have a small claw end (5a) and a larger claw end (5b). The neck includes an indentation (3).

Abstract: The hammer system of an embodiment may allow a user to start driving a nail (e.g., into a board or the like) without having to hold the nail with their other, non-hammering hand. For example, the hammer system may accept and detachably couple to a nail. Once coupled, the hammer system may partially drive the nail, for example with a moderate strike and/or multiple taps, such that the nail is substantially secure and/or stable enough to accept subsequent driving strikes without the user having to hold the nail in place.

Abstract: Nail set hammer with a hand held hammer, a nail set tool, a cover panel, a compression spring and a magnet. The hammer handle has a recessed portion capable of storing the nail set tool. The recess portion is enclosed by the cover panel which is flush with the outside surface of the hammer handle. The cover panel includes a downwardly disposed magnet that holds the nail set tool in place within the recess. The cover is attached to the handle by a hinge pin so that when a person presses on the end of the cover panel, the nail set tool is lifted from within the recess so that it can be removed by the user. The nail set tool can be easily removed and replaced from the recess by the user without undue interruption of the nailing or nail setting operations being performed by the user.

Abstract: A hammer assembly having means for holding a nail includes a hammer and a nail holder. The nail holder is detachably mounted to the hammer to expose its one part or entirety outside an external surface of the hammer. When the nail holder is separated from the hammer, the nail holder can be used for holding a nail which is to be hit by the hammer. In this way, the user does not need to hold the nail by his or her hand to prevent the user's hand from any accidental hit of the hammer. Besides, when the nail holder is not needed, the user can mount it to the hammer. Therefore, the hammer assembly can be operated safely and stored conveniently.

Abstract: A hammer device is provided for facilitating the driving, countersinking, and removal of relatively small fasteners, such as penny nails. A hammer includes a handle that can define an on-board tool storage area. A nail start accessory can include a tool portion and a nail holder portion. The tool portion can have a first end and a second end, with the nail holder portion being arranged at one of the first end and the second end. The on-board tool storage area of the hammer can be configured to removably store the nail start accessory substantially within the handle.

Abstract: A siding hammer having a depth control face spaced in front of a striking face of a hammer head of the hammer. The depth control face strikes a substrate into which a fastener is being driven when the fastener has been driven to a predetermined depth of penetration in the substrate to inhibit the fastener from being driven further into the substrate. In certain embodiments, the depth control face is removable to permit the hammer to be used without depth of penetration control. In certain embodiments, the depth control face is adjustable to adjustably control fastener depth penetration. Attachments are also provided for temporarily converting a hammer into a siding hammer.

Abstract: This tested invention, for use with an unmodified hammer (402), is a simple attachment (31) whose fastener-receiving region (57), and fastener-holding apparatus (54), along with a magnetism and support extender (542), allow safe, one-handed starting of a wide range of size and types of fasteners (562), including nails, screws, tacks, and staples. With the attachment, a fastener can be easily started with the usual initial hammer swing and then driven to the desired depth by striking it with the hammer face in the conventional manner with an unbroken rhythm. The attaching mechanism (72) enables attaching to and detaching from a hammer with only one hand. Spacers (202), or tailor forming of the attachment body (32), allow it to fit all of the common household hammers. Alternative holding fingers (314, 316, 318 FIG. 20) handle nonmagnetic fasteners.

Abstract: A dual headed hammer is a hammer with special features for framing and finishing applications. A first head of the hammer has a smaller head and face for finish carpentry applications, and may have a gridded-face to prevent nail slippage. A nail-extractor is located midway between the head and the handle. The opposite end of the hammer has a larger second head for framing applications. Additionally, the larger second head has a plurality of nail holders, complete with magnets, on the top and lateral sides of the second head. The handle is sized such that the total length of the invention is exactly 17.5 inches to aid in construction of walls that use 2×4 studs, 16 inches on center.

Abstract: A marker tag for tree trunks is provided with a flat element bearing indicia adapted to clip onto an applicator hammer. A nail extends perpendicularly through the flat element and is able to slide in a passage opening in the flat element preferably subject to the action of a clamping force and only able to be slid on application of a force. After driving the nail provided with the marker tag into a living tree trunk the trunk continues to increase in diameter and accordingly pushes the marker tag along the nail so that after a certain number of years it is stripped off and drops to the ground.

Abstract: A flooring nailer includes a main body, and a handle structure mounted on the main body. The handle structure includes a fixing seat and a handle. Thus, the snapping portion of the handle is locked in the locking portion of the fixing seat to form a first locking effect, and the tapered face of the support rack of the fixing seat is rested on the tapered face of the pivot shaft of the handle to form a second locking effect, so that the handle is fixed on the fixing seat rigidly and stably, thereby preventing the handle structure from detaching from the main body due to the shock or vibration produced during operation of the flooring nailer.

Abstract: A hammer configuration possessing a conventional striking end opposed to a fastening pin starting end presenting a cylindrical blind cavity enables manual starting of a collared fastening pin typically utilized in fastening metal tracks to typically concrete substrates and driving of the same home with placement of the fastening pin in the blind cavity, striking and penetrating the metal track with the exposed point of the fastening pin embedding the same partially in the substrate, retracting and then rotating the hammer head 180°, and striking the head of the fastening pin with the flat face of the conventional striking end. An optional bifurcated claw on the top of the head provides optimal leverage in conventional use pulling nails also driven by the conventional striking end. Conventional use with nails and similarly driven fasteners and safe, efficient, and reliable starting and driving of collared fastening pins is provided in a single hammer.

Abstract: A nail-setting claw hammer head includes a main body and a claw. The main body has a top surface and a rear surface with the rear surface including a nail-head receiving recess formed therein. The claw is connected to the rear surface at one end and terminates at an opposite second end with a pair of claw sections that define a V-shaped slot therebetween. The nail-head receiving recess is positioned to face the V-shaped slot and is in a plane defined by horizontal and vertical axes of the main body.

Abstract: A striking adapter configured to be coupled to a tool handle, preferably a hammer handle, having a first end and a second end, the tool handle having a head coupled to the first end, the striking adapter preferably comprising a generally cylindrical body configured to be coupled to the second end, the cylindrical body having an appropriate weight and a striking surface positioned parallel to the second end. The striking surface is substantially flat or curved. The striking surface preferably includes a predetermined gripping pattern and a flanged outer surface located adjacent to the striking surface. The striking adapter includes an aperture for removing an object, such as nail. The striking adapter is coupled to the second end with an adhesive, mechanical attachment means and alternatively form fit.

Abstract: A hand tool having novel features including an outwardly extending protrusion which provides a multitude of various angular substantially V-shaped extracting claws and a downwardly extending protrusion having fastener extracting means thereon, with the fastener extracting means being substantially formed from a cutout in the shape of a partial star interconnected with a teardrop.

Abstract: An instrument for inserting and removing a bone nail connected to a rod is provided. The instrument includes a head element that has a guide surface for guiding the head element along the guide rod. The head element is cylindrical or barrel-shaped, and the guide surface is formed by an axial channel in the head element, and has a lateral access which is formed in the head element. The access is used to introduce the guide rod into the axial channel, in such a way that the head element is secured to prevent it from being removed from the guide rod in the lateral direction.

Abstract: Hammer loadable with different sizes of nails, including an adjustment member manually rotatably disposed on the hammerhead. A predetermined number of loading positions are formed on the adjustment member at intervals for loading a nail therein. The loading positions are spaced from the hammering end of the hammerhead by different distances. According to the length of the nail, the adjustment member can be turned to select one of the loading positions for loading the nail therein. The front end of the nail protrudes from the hammering end by a certain length, whereby the tip of the nail can be hammered into the surface of a work piece.

Abstract: A structure of a hammer includes a hammer-head engaged with a handle which is combined by a pair identical halves to form a nail chamber in rear end, a tunnel extending from the nail chamber to a slit in front end of the handle and intercepted by a vertical slot into which is a control button to control the nail from going through the tunnel, an exit in front end of the handle beneath the slit, a magnet disposed under the exit and a cylinder cavity in the back of the exit for disposing a counterblow mechanism therein. The hammer of the present invention further have a nil magazine and a trumpet tube for serving small sized nails.

Abstract: A hammerhead made of tool steel and having in combination a pair of asymmetric claws and a magnetic nail holder, the holder being in the form of a T-shaped notch and a permanent magnet having a very high field intensity as compared to the conventional permannet magnet.

Abstract: A hammer includes an elongated handle having a top end and a bottom end and a hammer head mounted on the top end of said handle, the hammer head including a body section and a rigid nail striking head section having a nail striking face. A nail pulling device is mounted on the handle, the nail pulling device having a nail-engaging plate and at least one generally keyhole-shaped slot formed therein, the slot including an access opening having a relatively wide transverse dimension sized to receive a nail head therethrough and a narrowed groove section having a transverse dimension smaller than the transverse dimension of the access opening and sized to inhibit passage of a nail head therethrough, the nail pulling device operating such that the head of a nail to be pulled is moved through the access opening of the slot and the hammer is positioned to secure the nail in the groove section.

Abstract: A nail-setting claw hammer head includes a main body and a claw. The main body has a top surface and a rear surface with the rear surface including a nail-head receiving recess formed therein. The claw is connected to the rear surface at one end and terminates at an opposite second end with a pair of claw sections that define a V-shaped slot therebetween. The nail-head receiving recess is positioned to face the V-shaped slot and is in a plane defined by horizontal and vertical axes of the main body.

Abstract: An improved hammer head structure with integral nail-starting feature. The nail-starting feature is accomplished by a nail head seat horizontally forged, bored or otherwise machined into the neck of the hammer head parallel to and beneath the poll. The nail head seat is formed with a conical-taper to accommodate a range of nail types/sizes, and to eliminate sliding and prevent shifting of the nail head despite a downwardly-arcing drive. In addition, a nail-holding device is inserted upwardly into the poll of the hammer head, and this extends either a clip or magnet downward beneath the poll to support the length of the nail. The nail-holding device is flanked by two opposing lobes which provide a deeply grooved nail shaft guide for further support and protection of the nail. The length of the nail is supported by a clip or magnetic nail-holding insert that is set into a borehole running upward into the poll of the hammer.

Abstract: The anti-splitting device of the present invention has a central-web portion and a pair of end web portions, which are joined adjacent to their midpoints to opposite ends of the central web portion to provide the device with generally I-shaped cross-sectional configurations. The web portions have first side edges tapered to define a cutting edge and second side edges serving to define a planar driven surface disposed parallel to the cutting edge. And on the central web portion are at least two projections to upstand from driven surface. The projections are adapted to removably attach the device to a driver employed to insert the device into a log. The driver of the present invention is preferably in the form of a manually operational hammer having a planar driver surface of circular plan form configuration and a circular groove that has an outer diameter equidistant and an inner diameter equidistant from a given fixed point, the center of the planar driving surface.

Abstract: A multi-purpose tool includes a weighted driver that can carry either of a pair of rods having different widths for driving different sized fasteners or can carry various other attachments to provide six different tool configurations. Each rod slides within a correspondingly sized hollow sleeve. The weighted driver is repeatedly translated causing one of the rods to slide within its corresponding sleeve and repeatedly impact the head of a fastener to drive the fastener into a desired surface. The rods are each selectively threadably attached to the driver and readily removed therefrom thus permitting the tool to be easily switched between first and second configurations and easily disassembled for storage in a tool belt or in a tool box. A plumb bob tip and a string brace are attachable to the weighted driver to provide a relatively heavy plumb bob, the plumb bob tip being directly attachable to the string brace to provide a relatively lightweight plumb bob.

Abstract: A nail starter for a hammer includes integral protrusions and a spring member disposed between these two protrusions for releasably holding the body of a nail in a predetermined position.

Abstract: A hammerhead used for magnetically holding different sizes and lengths of nails. Also, the hammerhead can be used for holding tacks, brads and other types of fasteners. The hammerhead is used to start the initial driving of a nail into a nail receiving surface and avoids the holding of the nail with one hand and possibly hitting the hand with the hammerhead. The hammerhead is characterized by having a head member with an outwardly extending annular shaped nose. The nose includes a rear portion integral to and extending outwardly from the head member, a front portion with a nail striking face, a top portion and a bottom portion. The length of the top portion of the nose includes a "V" shaped groove for receiving a portion of the nail therein. A magnet hole, in the top portion of the nose, is disposed next to the nail striking face. The magnet hole is used for receiving a magnet with a non-magnetic sleeve therearound.

Abstract: A nail holding hammer includes a hammer head having a forward nail striking surface; and a nail holding structure for releasably holding a nail having a point, a head and a body portion therebetween wherein the nail holding structure holds the nail with the point facing forward, the nail holding structure including a notch for receiving the body portion and a striking anvil for contacting the head with the body portion in the notch.

Abstract: A nail starter for a hammer includes an attachment for the head of the hammer or at least one integral protrusion for defining a pocket that receives the head of a nail. The starter may further include a spring member for releasably holding the body of the nail in a predetermined position.

Abstract: A multi-purpose hammer that starts nails with the use of only one hand, drives nails in restricted areas, and draws circles. The hammer includes a handle, a head, and holding apparatus. The head extends generally perpendicularly from the handle, at an end thereof. The holding apparatus is associated with the head and holds the nail and includes a pair of dimples in a surface of an intermediate portion of the head. Another surface of the intermediate portion of the head has a striking surface that drives a nail in the restricted area by reducing the needed swing. And, the handle of the hammer has a plurality of grooves therealong with inch indica next thereto that function as the radius of the circle, with the nail in one dimple functioning as the center of the circle and a marking device inserted into a desired groove with the handle being swung and marking the circle.

Abstract: A hammer having a handle connected to the bottom end of the hammer head assembly. The hammer head assembly has a claw portion, a central portion, a head portion and a relieved connecting portion between the head portion and the central portion. The head portion has a flat top wall surface. The front surface of the head portion has a plurality of recesses formed therein with no protrusions extending outwardly from the front surface. The recesses cover at least 30 percent of the surface. The recesses may be aligned in rows and columns and they provide a better gripping surface when they strike the head of a nail.

Abstract: A method of assemblying a hammer from a handle, a wedge unit and a hammer head unit. The handle has a top end having a neck portion that has a pair of vertical slots that intersect each other at substantially 90 degrees to each other. The wedge unit is formed from an x-axis wedge and a z-axis wedge section that are oriented to each other at substantially 90 degrees. The hammer head unit has a hammer portion a central portion and a claw portion. The central portion has a bore hole that extends from its top surface to its bottom surface. An arbor press is used to press the wedge section into the grooves on the top end of the handle.

Abstract: A hammer having unique structure in the handle receiving central portion of its hammer head unit. A wedge unit is formed from two intersecting wedge sections that are made of a specific plastic material. The top surface of one of the wedge sections is spaced downwardly a predetermined distance from the top surface of the other wedge section to form a channel for receiving a magnet. The wedge unit is driven into the top end of the hammer causing the wood to be wedged outwardly in four directions within the handle receiving central portion of the hammer head unit. The wedge sections of the wedge unit have a plurality of horizontal barbs and the respective slots formed in the top end of the handle have mating notches for receiving the horizontal barbs of the wedge unit. An epoxy adhesive may also be used to aid in holding the wedge unit in the top end of the handle.

Abstract: A generally I-shaped, plastic anti-splitting device is provided with projections serving to removably attach the device to a driver, such as a manually operated hammer.

Abstract: A hammer having unique structure in the handle receiving central portion of its hammer read unit. A wedge unit is formed from two intersecting wedge sections driven into the top end of the handle of the hammer causing the wood to be wedge outwardly in four directions within the handle receiving central portion of the hammer head unit. The wedge unit has a groove in the top surface of one of the wedge sections that allows a nail to be layed horizontally along the top surface of the wedge with part of the nail passing through grooves in the side walls of the handle receiving central portion of the hammer head unit. The wedge unit is also made of magnetic material thereby allowing the nail to be temporarily captured by the wedge unit during the initial stroke of the hammer.

Abstract: A framing hammer construction in which a conventional hammer head is provided with a boss permanently secured to one side of the hammer head, this boss containing double tapered grooves for releasably holding laterally projecting nails, together with a flattened boss on the side of the hammer head opposite to the grooved boss for driving nails with sideways blows of the hammer head.

Abstract: A hammer including an elongate hammer head mounted orthogonally to a handle. The hammer head includes an impact head, wherein the impact head is defined by an impact face that defines an acute angle relative to the elongate handle axis of substantially 8 to 11.5 degrees to minimize strain and deflection upon an individual impacting a nail in use of the hammer. The impact face includes a semi-spherical recess to receive the nail and minimize deflection of various portions of the nail that may be fractured upon impact. A modification of the invention includes deformable inserts mounted within the semi-spherical recess for minimizing abrasion to various upholstery nails and the like upon impact.

Abstract: A hammer having an improved head assembly. The hammer head assembly has a head portion, a shank portion, and a claw portion. The head portion has a front face having a triangular configuration. The head portion also has a horizontally oriented top wall and two side walls that converge downwardly toward their bottom ends where they meet. The center of the front face of the head portion lies on an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle and they intersect at the center of gravity of the hammer head assembly. The top end of the shank portion is flat so that the hammer can free stand on the surface. There is a rounded indentation between the shank portion and the claw portion so that it may be rested upon a block or cats paw for extra leverage. A T-shaped slot may be formed in the top end of the handle and it may have a related magnet for detachably capturing the head of a nail therein for hammering purposes.

Abstract: A nail holding attachment for a hammer including a generally flat, relatively rigid back plate, a generally flat resiliently flexible holding sheet overlying the back plate, opposite side edge portions of the back plate being folded over into clamping engagement with adjacent side portions of the holding sheet, a notch extending inwardly from an unsecured edge of the holding sheet and converging inwardly to define a pair of resiliently flexible frictional lips for holding engagement with a nail, the back plate being attached to a hammer for holding a nail while starting penetration of the nail.

Abstract: A hammer attachment comprising a loop engagable about a hammer handle closely beneath the hammer head, a strap engaged outwardly about the hammer head onto opposite sides of the head and there secured to opposite regions of the loop, and at least one nail head receiver on the strap for holding a nail to be started.

Abstract: A hammer head for a hammer which includes a nail-holding part which allows a nail to be initially driven in a wall by a worker using only one hand. The nail-holding part includes a striking surface which engages the head of a nail and a pair of pinching pieces which engage opposite sides of the shank of the nail therebetween. The pair of pinching pieces permit nails of various diameters to be held therebetween and the pair of pinching pieces are disposed adjacent to the striking wall for tightly holding the nail with the head of the nail in tight engagement with the striking wall. A groove is provided in the hammer head at a location further from the striking wall than the pinching pieces for supporting the shank of the nail. The nail-holding part is disposed within a recess in the hammer head and does not interfere with the normal operation of the hammer head.

Abstract: A nail holder is provided and consists of an elongated bent body member and a magnetic head having a V-shaped slot therein which employs a magnetic field of a magnet to hold a nail in the V-shaped slot so that the nail can be driven into a surface area by a hammer.

Abstract: A nail holding accessory for a hammer includes a body member having an upstanding pair of gripping fingers formed at a forward end thereof and an arcuate surface defined at a rearward end thereof. The pair of gripping fingers establish therebetween an open-ended slot for receiving and retaining a nail forwardly of a striking face of the hammer. An elastomeric band having a portion connected to the body member forwardly of the arcuate surface and a remaining portion adapted to encompass a transverse exterior section of the hammer rearwardly of the striking face thereof is provided for coupling the body member to the hammer such that the pair of gripping fingers are positioned forwardly of the striking face of the hammer. Rebound of the hammer away from a nail initially driven into a wooden board or like workpiece causes the gripping fingers to exert a pivot force on the body member thereby responsively pivoting the gripping fingers away from the striking face of the hammer to release the nail.