Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Scanlon

Patrick J. Scanlon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5480088
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool is provided including a portable housing defining a fastener drive track, a fastener driving element carried by the housing for movement within the drive track through successive cycles of operation, each of which includes a fastener driving stroke and a return stoke, and a drive piston operatively connected with the fastener driving element for movement therewith. The tool also has a magazine assembly carried by the housing for receiving a supply of fasteners and feeding successive fasteners into the drive track in a position to be driven into a work piece during successive fastener driving strokes of the fastener driving element, an actuating structure carried by the housing and being constructed and arranged to move from a normal, inoperative position into an operative position to initiate the movement of the drive piston and the fastener driving element through a fastener driving stroke, and an overdrive signaling structure carried by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Stanley-Bostitch, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip M. Braun, John J. Harrison, Arthur E. Perra, Patrick J. Scanlon, David J. Simonelli