Abstract: A fastener driver comprises a driver blade movable from a retracted position to a driven position and a lifter assembly for moving the driver blade from the driven position toward the retracted position. The fastener driver also includes a first sensor to detect the driver blade in the driven position, a latch which, in a locked position, maintains the lifter assembly in an engaged position, an actuator coupled to the latch for moving the latch between the locked position and a released position, in which the lifter assembly may move away from the driver blade, and a controller electrically connected with the first sensor and the actuator. In response to an absence of a signal from the first sensor after a predetermined time following initiation of a fastener driving operation, the controller triggers the actuator to move the latch from the locked position to the released position.

Abstract: A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, and a driver blade attached to the piston and moveable therewith from a retracted position to a driven position to drive a fastener into a workpiece. A fill valve is coupled to the cylinder and operable to selectively fill the cylinder with gas to a pressure.

Abstract: A brushless can motor includes a motor shaft, a rotor fixed to the motor shaft, a first end cap on which a first end of the motor shaft is rotatably supported, a second end cap on which a second end of the motor shaft is rotatably supported, and a stator placed between the first end cap and the second end cap along a longitudinal direction of the brushless motor. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets. The stator is configured with a plurality of windings adapted to connect to an external motor controller. The first end cap, the second end cap, and the stator are all formed in substantially cylindrical shape, such that said brushless motor, in its assembled form, has a substantially can shape.

Abstract: An extractor is provided. The extractor comprises: a base movable along a surface; a handle configured to be gripped by a user to move the base; a nozzle in fluid communication with a suction motor configured to generate a suction airflow through the nozzle; an encoder operable to generate an encoder signal as a first signal based on user-initiated movement of the base along the surface in a forward direction and as a second signal based on movement in a rearward direction; and a controller operatively connected to the encoder and the suction motor, the controller being configured to change a power to the suction motor to a forward power level based on the first signal during operation of the extractor and to a rearward power level based on the second signal during operation of the extractor, wherein the forward power level is less than the rearward power level.

Abstract: A tile saw including a saw unit having a motor and a saw blade, and a base supporting the saw unit above the base, where the base is fixed relative to the saw unit. A carriage is supported by the base. The carriage is translatable relative to the base and the saw unit, where the carriage is translatable along a first plane. The tile saw further includes a table for supporting a work piece to be cut by the saw blade. The table is translatable relative to the base and the saw unit, where the table is translatable along a second plane. The second plane is parallel to the first plane. The table is selectively translatable relative to the carriage.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a body formed by a foam material, the body having a first end and a second end. The vacuum cleaner further includes an air inlet adjacent the first end, an air outlet, and an airflow passage that extends from the air inlet to the air outlet. A suction source is disposed within the body operable to generate an airflow that travels from the air inlet through the air outlet. A separator is in communication with the airflow passage operable to filter dirt from the airflow. A battery is releasably mounted to a battery receiving portion operable to supply power to the suction source when the battery is mounted to the battery receiving portion and the battery receiving portion is in the second end of the body.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a surface cleaning head, a pivot assembly pivotally coupled to the surface cleaning head such that the pivot assembly is pivotable relative to the surface cleaning head, and a canister assembly coupled to the pivot assembly such that the canister assembly is supported above the surface cleaning head. The pivot assembly pivotally couples to the surface cleaning head such that the pivot assembly is pivotable relative to the surface cleaning head. The canister assembly includes an electrical source connector configured to connect to a power source. The electrical source connector is electrically connected to a plurality of electrical components via a pivot assembly electrical connection. The surface cleaning head further includes an appliance board having an appliance controller, a display board having a display, and a floor-type sensor, each of which being one of the plurality of electrical components.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the tile leveling device includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The base includes a projection extending upwardly from the top surface. The tile leveling device further includes a stem detachably coupled to the top surface of the base. The stem includes a lower portion and an upper portion having a threaded portion. The lower portion is wider than the upper portion.

Abstract: A mixed flow fan and a method of manufacturing a mixed flow fan. The method may include molding a fan wheel with a plurality of blades and a plurality of apertures. The plurality of blades extends radially outward from an axis of rotation and a plurality of apertures arranged with one aperture positioned between each pair of adjacent blades. The method also includes molding a plug having a conical shape. The plug includes a plurality of plugging members arranged circumferentially, where the number of the plurality of plugging members corresponds to the number of the plurality of apertures in the fan wheel. The method further includes welding together the fan wheel and the plug, where each of the plurality of apertures of the fan wheel is sealed by one of the plurality of plugging members of the plug to form a continuous surface.

Abstract: A power tool includes an output member, a drive mechanism operable to perform work on the output member in one of a first mode or a second mode, and an actuator for activating the drive mechanism in the first mode or the second mode based upon an amount of time the actuator is depressed.

Abstract: A fastener driver includes a drive blade movable from a retracted position to a driven position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a gas spring mechanism for driving the drive blade from the retracted position to the driven position. The gas spring mechanism includes a piston movable between a retracted position and a driven position. The fastener driver further includes a first return mechanism for moving the drive blade from the driven position toward the retracted position, and a second return mechanism for moving the piston from the driven position toward the retracted position.