Patents by Inventor Torsten Weigmann
Torsten Weigmann 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).
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Patent number: 11491622Abstract: This relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, nails/staples, into a workpiece, a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the tool onto the workpiece, the tool operates in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the tool operates in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly providing, by means of which the tool is resettable from the bump firing mode into single shot mode in an automatic, time-controlled resetting operation. It is proposed that a signaling assembly, which emits a feedback signal to the user before, after or during each automatic resetting operation, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Patent number: 11224959Abstract: A driving tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece and operable in a single shot mode and in a bump fire mode, wherein the driving tool includes a resetting assembly including a control volume, wherein the resetting assembly is activatable in the bump fire mode by movement of a piston during each fastener driving-in cycle so that a fluid path from a cylinder to the control volume facilitates an increase in pressure to the control volume, and wherein responsive to a pressure in the control volume falling below a limit value due to venting of air from the control volume, the resetting assembly is operable to prevent actuation of a workpiece contact element from causing a valve piston to move to an actuation position until a trigger lever is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Publication number: 20200269403Abstract: This relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, nails/staples, into a workpiece, a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the tool onto the workpiece, the tool operates in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the tool operates in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly providing, by means of which the tool is resettable from the bump firing mode into single shot mode in an automatic, time-controlled resetting operation. It is proposed that a signaling assembly, which emits a feedback signal to the user before, after or during each automatic resetting operation, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Publication number: 20200215673Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered The invention relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, in particular nails or staples, into a workpiece, an actuator unit being provided, by means of which the fastening means can be driven into the workpiece in driving-in cycles, a triggering assembly being provided, by means of which the driving-in cycles of the actuator unit can be triggered, the triggering assembly having a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the driving tool onto the workpiece, the driving tool being able to operate in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the driving tool being able to operate in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggeType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Patent number: 10688641Abstract: This relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, nails/staples, into a workpiece, a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the tool onto the workpiece, the tool operates in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the tool operates in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly providing, by means of which the tool is resettable from the bump firing mode into single shot mode in an automatic, time-controlled resetting operation. It is proposed that a signaling assembly, which emits a feedback signal to the user before, after or during each automatic resetting operation, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Patent number: 10596690Abstract: This disclosure relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means into a workpiece, an actuator unit allows the fastening means to be driven into the workpiece in driving-in cycles, a triggering assembly triggers the driving-in cycles of the actuator unit and a workpiece contact element, which is actuated by placing the driving tool onto the workpiece. The tool is operable in single shot mode. Each sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of a trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle. The tool is operable in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly, which can be activated in the bump firing mode and, after a delay time starting from the activation, results in transferring the tool from the bump firing mode into the single shot mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Klaus Von Soest, Olaf Haehndel
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Patent number: 9975229Abstract: The invention is directed to a nail driving device, comprising a driving ram having a drive unit and a feed mechanism for a nail strip that is transportable in a transporting direction, wherein a guide member and/or a transporting member of the feed mechanism acts in operation on the receiving ribbon. It is proposed that the guide member and/or transporting member is formed to operate on receiving ribbons of different widths.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Olaf Haehndel, Torsten Weigmann
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Publication number: 20160136797Abstract: The invention relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, in particular nails or staples, into a workpiece, a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the driving tool onto the workpiece, being provided, the driving tool being able to operate in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the driving tool being able to operate in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly being provided, by means of which the driving tool can be reset from the bump firing mode into the single shot mode in an automatic, time-controlled resetting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Torsten WEIGMANN, Klaus VON SOEST, Olaf HAEHNDEL
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Publication number: 20160114470Abstract: The invention relates to a driving tool for driving fastening means, in particular nails or staples, into a workpiece, an actuator unit being provided, by means of which the fastening means can be driven into the workpiece in driving-in cycles, a triggering assembly being provided, by means of which the driving-in cycles of the actuator unit can be triggered, the triggering assembly having a trigger lever, which can be actuated manually, and a workpiece contact element, which can be actuated by placing the driving tool onto the workpiece, the driving tool being able to operate in a single shot mode, in which each individual sequence of an actuation of the workpiece contact element with subsequent actuation of the trigger lever triggers a driving-in cycle, the driving tool being able to operate in a bump firing mode, in which, with the trigger lever continuously actuated, each individual actuation of the workpiece contact element triggers a driving-in cycle, a resetting assembly being provided, which can be acType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Torsten WEIGMANN, Klaus VON SOEST, Olaf HAEHNDEL
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Publication number: 20150136827Abstract: The invention is directed to a nail driving device, comprising a driving ram having a drive unit and a feed mechanism for a nail strip that is transportable in a transporting direction, wherein a guide member and/or a transporting member of the feed mechanism acts in operation on the receiving ribbon. It is proposed that the guide member and/or transporting member is formed to operate on receiving ribbons of different widths.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Olaf Haehndel, Torsten Weigmann
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Patent number: 8960518Abstract: The invention relates to a device for setting fasteners, in particular a driving tool, comprising at least one striking pin for a particular fastener, wherein the striking pin and the fastener to be set by the striking pin are guided at least in some sections in a channel, which comprises at least one stationary channel part and a channel closure flap arranged so as to be pivotable relative to the channel part. The channel closure flap is held at the upper end thereof by an eccentric shaft that can be adjusted about the rotational axis, wherein the closure flap comprises at least one holding part corresponding to the channel part for forming a lock. The eccentric shaft preferably comprises two end sections oriented coaxially to each other and a center part arranged eccentrically to the end sections, wherein the closure flap is rotatably mounted on the center part of the eccentric shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Olaf Hahndel
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Patent number: 8733609Abstract: In a fastening apparatus, a lockable slider is movably held along a magazine carrier, and coupled to a feeding element for a movement of fastening elements into an operating position below a firing pin. An adjustable retaining part for locking the slider is disposed on the magazine carrier, and has, in its locking position, at least one component section which protrudes into the feed path of the slider for a form closure with the slider in its locking position. The component section has at least one sliding surface running obliquely to the guide surfaces of the magazine carrier for shifting the retaining part from the locking position. The retaining part has a shoulder running approximately perpendicularly to the guide surfaces of the magazine carrier, which is configured so that it directly adjoins the obliquely running sliding surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Olaf Hahndel
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Publication number: 20120006878Abstract: The invention relates to a device for setting fasteners, in particular a driving tool, comprising at least one striking pin for a particular fastener, wherein the striking pin and the fastener to be set by means of the striking pin are guided at least in some sections in a channel, which comprises at least one stationary channel part and a channel closure flap arranged so as to be pivotable relative to the channel part. The channel closure flap is held at the upper end thereof by means of an eccentric shaft that can be adjusted about the rotational axis, wherein the closure flap comprises at least one holding part corresponding to the channel part for forming a lock. The eccentric shaft preferably comprises two end sections oriented coaxially to each other and a center part arranged eccentrically to the end sections, wherein the closure flap is rotatably mounted on the center part of the eccentric shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Olaf Hahndel
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Publication number: 20110297726Abstract: In a fastening apparatus, a lockable slider is movably held along a magazine carrier, and coupled to a feeding element for a movement of fastening elements into an operating position below a firing pin. An adjustable retaining part for locking the slider is disposed on the magazine carrier, and has, in its locking position, at least one component section which protrudes into the feed path of the slider for a form closure with the slider in its locking position. The component section has at least one sliding surface running obliquely to the guide surfaces of the magazine carrier for shifting the retaining part from the locking position. The retaining part has a shoulder running approximately perpendicularly to the guide surfaces of the magazine carrier, which is configured so that it directly adjoins the obliquely running sliding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Torsten Weigmann, Olaf Hahndel