Abstract: An impact tool and a hammer. The impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing, an anvil extending from the housing, and a drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to intermittent applications of torque to the anvil. The drive assembly includes a camshaft driven by the motor and a hammer configured to reciprocate along the camshaft. The hammer includes a core coupled to the camshaft and a sleeve coupled to the core.

Abstract: Position sensing related to a component within a power tool. The component within the power tool is, for example, a hammer of an impact mechanism and can include one or more sensible features that allow a controller of the power tool to precisely determine the position, speed, and acceleration of the component. One or more sensors can be used to determine the rotational position of the hammer and the axial position of the hammer. The rotational position of the hammer can then be used to calculate, for example, rotational speed and acceleration of the hammer. With precise determinations of the rotational and axial position of the hammer, the controller of the power tool is able to precisely time the impact between the hammer and the anvil to optimize the impact between the hammer and the anvil (e.g., to maximize energy transfer between the hammer and the anvil).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for latching a hammer of an impact tool, the hammer being displaceable along a cam shaft between a latched or retracted position and an impact position at which the hammer impacts an anvil. The apparatus can include one or more latching bodies, a portion of the one or more latching bodies being positioned within the hammer groove when the hammer is at the latched position, and removed from the hammer groove when the hammer is to be released from the latched position. The apparatus can also include an actuator sleeve that is configured to retain at least the portion of the one or more latching bodies within the hammer groove when the actuator sleeve is at the first position, and accommodate removal of the portion of the latching bodies from the hammer groove when the actuator sleeve is at a second position.

Abstract: An electric pulse tool includes an electric motor drivingly connected to a flywheel, an output shaft drivingly connected to a drive element, and a compression spring. The electric pulse tool is operative to oscillate the flywheel between a first and a second direction. The flywheel is configured to drive the drive element in the first direction to provide a torque pulse on the output shaft in the first direction, whereby the drive element compress the compression spring. The drive element is configured to drive the flywheel in the second direction, when the compression spring is decompressed and forces the drive element to rotate in the second direction.

Abstract: In a hand-held power tool that includes a mechanical striking mechanism, including a drive shaft for rotatably driving a impactor associated with the mechanical striking mechanism, at least one V-shaped guide groove, whose base lines that converge into a connecting section have a concave-polygonal design, at least in sections, is provided on an outer circumference of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A handheld power-tool device is described as including a drive unit, which includes at least one driveshaft, and at least one rotary striking mechanism, which includes at least one intermediate shaft aligned at least essentially flush with respect to the driveshaft, and at least one bearing for mounting the driveshaft. It is provided that the bearing is situated at least partially in a plane, which intersects the intermediate shaft and extends at least essentially perpendicularly with respect to the intermediate shaft.

Abstract: A hand tool includes a housing defining a receiving space, a shaft rotatably extending through the receiving space and having opposite end portions that are exposed from the housing, a ring-shaped flywheel disposed rotatably in the receiving space and surrounding the shaft, and a speed-increasing gear mechanism. The gear mechanism includes a start gear coupled co-rotatably to the shaft and disposed in the receiving space, at least one transmission gear rotatably disposed in the receiving space and meshing with the start gear, and a final gear coupled co-rotatably to the flywheel, disposed in the receiving space and meshing with the transmission gear. A rotational speed of the final gear is greater than that of the start gear.

Abstract: A hand-held power-tool device including at least one drive housing, at least one striking mechanism housing, and at least one rotary striking mechanism, which includes at least one planetary gear including at least one annulus gear. It is provided that the annulus gear is clamped between the drive housing and the striking mechanism housing.

Abstract: A tool holder is provided for holding one of a tool and workpiece. The tool holder is configured for mounting to a driving member of a machining device. The tool holder includes a tool holder first end including a coupler for coupling the tool holder to the driving member of the machining device. A tool holder second end includes a clamp for releasably holding one of the tool and workpiece. A force sensor is disposed between the clamp and the coupler for sensing force exerted on the one of the tool and workpiece held by the clamp. A linear actuator is disposed between the clamp and the force sensor for linearly moving the one of the tool and workpiece.

Abstract: A hand tool device has a tool spindle and a hammer mechanism which includes a hammer and at least one curve guide driving the hammer at least during a hammer drilling operation. The tool spindle has at least one bearing surface on which the hammer is movably supported in at least one operating state.

Abstract: A force-limiting and damping device has a body, a tapping element, and an elastic element. The body has a connecting segment and a holding segment. The connecting segment is formed on an end of the body and has a mounting hole. The holding segment is formed on the body opposite the connecting segment. The tapping element is connected to the body to move relative to the connecting segment. The elastic element is mounted between the tapping element and the connecting segment to abut against the tapping element and to enable the tapping element to move relative to the connecting segment. The structural relationship between the connecting segment, the tapping element, and the elastic element may provide a delayed rebound and damping effect to the reaction force, and the applied force is continuously transferred to a tapping object. This may reduce noise and the loss of energy.

Abstract: In order to provide an impact tool which is capable of increasing a striking force in a rotational direction of being applied from a hammer to an anvil, the impact tool includes: an electric motor; an anvil which supports a work tool and is driven by the electric motor; and a hammer which applies the striking force in the rotational direction to the anvil. The impact tool is provided with: a spindle which is arranged to be concentric with the anvil, supports the hammer to be movable in an axial direction and the rotational direction with respect to the anvil, and transmits motive power of the electric motor to the anvil; and a control unit which controls rotation speed of the electric motor. The number of strokes of the anvil due to one rotation of the hammer differs in response to rotation speed of the electric motor.

Abstract: A modulating tool holder includes a tool holder first end and a tool holder second end, and a central axis extending between the tool holder first end and the tool holder second end. The tool holder first end has a coupler for coupling the tool holder to a drive member of a machining device and the second end includes a clamp for releasably holding either a tool or a workpiece. A rotatable spindle member extends axially in the tool holder and imparts a rotational movement to the clamp. A central fluid passageway extends between first and second ends of the rotatable spindle member for conveying a fluid. A linear actuator is configured to impart an oscillating movement to the clamp. The linear actuator is functionally decoupled from the torsional load of the rotatable spindle member.

Abstract: A drill includes a housing and a motor having a drive spindle. An output spindle is capable of being rotationally driven by the drive spindle via a torque clutch. The drill further includes a tangential impact mechanism for superimposing tangential impacts onto the output spindle when activated. The tangential impact mechanism includes a sleeve rotatably mounted on the output spindle, and an anvil rotatably mounted onto the output spindle. The sleeve is rotationally driven by the drive spindle via a gear system at a first rotational rate when the torque clutch is not slipping and at a second rotational rate when the torque clutch is slipping.

Abstract: An electric torque delivering impulse tool includes a housing with a front end and a back end, an electric torque delivering motor with a rotor that is arranged to rotate with respect to a stator, an output shaft arranged at the front end of the housing, and a pulse unit intermittently coupling the motor to the output shaft, wherein the pulse unit includes an inertia drive member that is connected to the rotor. The rotor and the inertia drive member are rigidly assembled to each other without play so as to form one integrated rotatable structure which is mounted as one single unit inside the housing.

Abstract: Various devices, methods, and systems to implant and secure a fusion cage or intervertebral prosthesis during treatment of spinal injury or disease are provided. In various embodiments, such devices may comprise an instrument assembly having a body comprising a head, a shaft, and a handle; an insertion stop; and an intervertebral device retainer. Various embodiments also may comprise an impactor assembly comprising a housing; a bit comprising a head, a shaft, and a coupler; a transmission comprising a housing, a cam, a cam follower, a collet, and a driveshaft; and the motor. In various embodiments, the impactor assembly may be deployed with adjustments for the frequency, displacement, and force of impulses delivered to an anchor for the intervertebral device.

Abstract: An angle impact tool includes a handle assembly extending along a first axis, a prime mover in the handle, an output shaft rotatable about the first axis, and a work attachment connected to the handle assembly. An output drive is supported in the work attachment for rotation about an output axis perpendicular to the first axis. A gear assembly including a spur gear is positioned within the work attachment to transfer torque from the prime mover about the first axis to the output drive about the output axis. An impact mechanism is positioned within the work attachment and includes a hammer and an anvil. The hammer rotates under the influence of the prime mover and is operable to periodically deliver an impact load to the anvil. The output drive rotates about the output axis under the influence of the impact load being transmitted to the output drive by the anvil.

Abstract: A hand held power tool, for delivering a torque to a joint, includes a housing that houses a motor arranged to drive an input shaft; an output shaft arranged to provide a torque to the joint; and a planetary gear connecting the input shaft to the output shaft. A flywheel is arranged to rotate freely with respect to the housing. A cam block, loosely fitted inside the housing, is rotatively connected to a part of the planetary gear and connected to the housing via a cam profile, wherein an interaction between the cam block and the cam profile will force the cam block into contact with the flywheel when the cam block is rotated. Thus, any counterforces acting on the output shaft will be provided to the flywheel via the planetary gear, such that the operator will not need to provide any counterforces.

Abstract: An impact device includes a transmission shaft, an impact cylinder, two first impact pins and a first ring. The transmission shaft has an impacted section disposed in the impact cylinder, an extending section extending along an axis, a first protrusion extending toward a first radial direction, and two first concave surfaces located at the first protrusion. The impact cylinder has two elongated protrusions and two first radial holes separated by the elongated protrusions. The first impact pins are received in the first radial holes in parallel to the axis and abuttable against the first concave surfaces. The first ring is sleeved onto the impact cylinder and the first impact pins and has a first narrow groove in which one elongated protrusion is located, and a first wide groove in which the other elongated protrusion is movably located. The impact device has sufficient torque output and long lifetime.

Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a rotary impact tool may include an anvil and at least one hammer configured to impact the anvil to cause the anvil to rotate. The anvil may include an output shaft, a first lug extending outward in a radial direction from the output shaft and extending a first distance around the output shaft in a circumferential direction, and a second lug extending outward in the radial direction from the output shaft and extending a second distance, different from the first distance, around the output shaft in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A dog clutch that transmits driving force from a driving-side rotating body to a driven-side rotating body. In the bottom face of recessed parts formed in the driving-side rotating body there is a strip-shaped island part protruding from the bottom face in the circumferential direction, and there are groove parts between the island part and torque-receiving surfaces. The groove parts and the bottom face are formed by a forging mold, and their surfaces are forged mill scale. The island parts have a cut surface, which is formed by cutting the top part of the islands after they have been formed by the forging mold, and which receives the tip surface of a protruding part. The groove parts are formed so as to be deeper than the bottom face, and the cut surface is formed as to be shallower than the bottom face.

Abstract: A cam shaft is disclosed having an asymmetric chamfer for guiding a ball bearing deeper into a cam shaft groove to avoid ball loss when an immediate deceleration force is applied. The chamfer spaces the ball from an opening in the front face of a hammer that moves axially relative to the cam shaft when a tool having the cam shaft and hammer is dropped. The ball is therefore less likely to escape through the front opening of the hammer when the impact wrench is dropped.

Abstract: A coolant application device includes a nozzle which spouts coolant and a motor which adjusts the rotation angle of the nozzle. The coolant application device also includes a housing, a hollow shaft rotatively and fluid-tightly inserted into the housing, a coolant passage formed in the hollow shaft, a port arranged at a lateral wall of the hollow shaft and communicating with the coolant passage, and an inlet passage arranged in the housing and communicating with the coolant passage through the port. The nozzle is connected to the hollow shaft and communicates with the coolant passage. The hollow shaft is coaxially arranged and directly connected to an output shaft of the motor.

Abstract: A power tool having a rotary impact mechanism and a mode change mechanism. The impact mechanism is driven by an output member of a transmission and includes a hammer and an anvil. The mode change mechanism includes a mode collar that is movable between a first position, in which the mode collar directly couples the hammer to the transmission output member to inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle, and a second position in which the mode collar does not inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle. A power tool having an impact mechanism with an external adjusting member that can be moved to vary a trip torque of the impact mechanism is also provided.

Abstract: A rotary power tool operable in either an impact mode or a drill mode comprising a driveshaft (10), an output shaft (32), a hammer (18) coupled to the driveshaft (10) for transmitting torque to the output shaft (32), and a blocking member (40, 74) which is in a first position wherein it blocks the hammer (18) from moving axially along the rotational axis (37) of the tool when the power tool operates in the drill mode and is in a second position wherein it allows the hammer (18) to move axially along the rotational axis (37) of the tool when the power tool operates in the impact mode, wherein the blocking member (40, 74) is supported by the driveshaft (10).

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a socket device comprises a sleeve portion for engaging the rotatable driveshaft and a socket portion for use with an impact hammer. The sleeve portion further comprises opposing openings to engage a locking mechanism, such as a pin-lock, nut and bolt, cotter pin, or other locking device appreciated by those with skill in the art.

Abstract: A hand tool impacting device may include a drive shaft, an impaler disk, and a floating pin positioned in an aperture of the drive shaft. Circular ramps along an outer edge of the impaler disk may interact with a stationary pin to translate the drive shaft and generate an impacting motion. A pair of springs placed against a side of the floating pin may allow a tool bit to engage or disengage the impaler disk, for selective use of translational impacting motion or rotational torque. An impact bit for engaging the impaler disk may include a tool head that may engage a work piece and a tool shaft inserted into the drive shaft to engage the floating pin.

Abstract: An impact device includes a transmission shaft, an impact cylinder, two first impact pins and a first ring. The transmission shaft has an impacted section disposed in the impact cylinder, an extending section extending along an axis, a first protrusion extending toward a first radial direction, and two first concave surfaces located at the first protrusion. The impact cylinder has two elongated protrusions and two first radial holes separated by the elongated protrusions. The first impact pins are received in the first radial holes in parallel to the axis and abuttable against the first concave surfaces. The first ring is sleeved onto the impact cylinder and the first impact pins and has a first narrow groove in which one elongated protrusion is located, and a first wide groove in which the other elongated protrusion is movably located. The impact device has sufficient torque output and long lifetime.

Abstract: A tool assembly for a rotary hammer is provided. The tool assembly includes an adapter and a drive socket removably mounted on the adapter. The adapter has a first end portion configured to be held by a chuck of the rotary hammer and a second end portion that includes a socket square drive fitting on which the drive socket is removably mounted. The socket drive fitting can have any suitable size. For example, the socket drive fitting can be a ¼ inch, a ? inch, a ½ inch, or a ¾ inch square drive fitting.

Abstract: A tool assembly for a rotary hammer is provided. The tool assembly includes an adapter and a drive socket removably mounted on the adapter. The adapter has a first end portion configured to be held by a chuck of the rotary hammer and a second end portion that includes a socket square drive fitting on which the drive socket is removably mounted. The socket drive fitting can have any suitable size. For example, the socket drive fitting can be a ¼ inch, a ? inch, a ½ inch, or a ¾ inch square drive fitting.

Abstract: A pile driver provided with a housing and at least one body connected with the housing so as to be moved back and forth over a predetermined path, the pile driver being further provided with a drive for moving the body back and forth over the path for the purpose of pile-driving, the pile driver comprising at least two parts movable relative to each other, respectively having at least a first type of sliding surface and at least a second type of sliding surface which during pile-driving slide along each other and between which there is a lubricant, wherein the first type of sliding surface is provided with polyether ether ketone.

Abstract: In an impact tool, a hammer is divided into an inner-side main hammer engageable with or disengageable from an anvil and an outer-side sub hammer having a peripheral wall covering an outer periphery of the main hammer and formed as a separate member. The sub hammer is rotatably disposed in a rearward position, and the peripheral wall is engageable with the main hammer so that the main hammer and the sub hammer are unitarily rotatable. A connecting member is disposed between the main hammer and the peripheral wall in such a manner as to be movable between a connecting position and a disconnected position using a switching device. When the connecting member is moved in the connecting position, a drill mode is selected, in which retraction of the main hammer is restricted.

Abstract: The present invention provides both an impact switching function and a shaft locking function for use in an impact screwdriver. The impact screwdriver includes a housing, a motor located in the housing, a motor drive shaft driven by the motor, a hammer which can move axially and rotate around the motor drive shaft, a hammer anvil, an impact switching device and a shaft locking apparatus. The shaft locking apparatus has a mating member coupled with the hammer anvil, an engagement ring fixed to the housing and a middle member located between the mating member and the engagement ring. The shaft locking apparatus has a locked position, where the mating member is secured to the hammer anvil and also secured to the engagement ring and the housing.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool is provided that is switchable between an impact mode where the tool delivers an impacting torque on an output tool and a drill mode where the driver delivers a smooth output on an output tool. The impact rotary tool includes an impact mechanism and a hammer block that in the impact mode is movable parallel to the axis of the driver shaft and delivers reciprocating blows to rotate an anvil and in the drill mode substantially constantly engages the anvil. The impact mechanism includes a stopper that does not contact the hammer block in the impact mode and engages the hammer block in the drill mode to maintain the substantially constant contact between the hammer block and the anvil.

Abstract: An impact tool includes: a spindle disposed in a housing; an anvil disposed in front of the spindle and rotatably supported by the housing through a metal bearing, a rear surface of the anvil having a bearing hole in which a front end of the spindle is received; an impact mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the spindle to the anvil; an outer groove formed on an outer periphery of the anvil and opposed to the metal bearing; and a connecting opening radially extending in the anvil and connecting the bearing hole and the outer groove to provide a communication therebetween. The outer groove is formed to have a depth in the range of 3-10% of an outer diameter of the anvil, and the connecting opening opens at a rear end of the outer groove in an axial direction of the anvil.

Abstract: An impact mechanism (12) for an impact wrench comprises an anvil (8) with a middle portion (13), at least one abutment surface (14) radially protruding therefrom, which forms at least one abutment surface (15), a hammer (4) with an impact surface (16) suitable to give rotational pulses to the anvil (8) by the impact surface (16) hitting the abutment surface (15). The anvil (8) comprises a first connection area (17) connecting the abutment portion (14) to the middle portion (13) within the axial extension of the abutment surface (15) and the middle portion (13) and a reinforcement rib (18) axially arranged out of the abutment surfaces (15) that connects the abutment portion (14) to the middle portion (13) of the anvil (8), thereby forming a second connecting area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anvil, an anvil and socket combination and an anvil attached to a power tool. The anvil structure includes a drive head with an end and a body portion having a channel spaced there between. A friction ring is retained in the channel. Flats are provided on the end and on the sides of the end and the square portion in a coordinating alignment such that the flats generally lie in the same plane. The ring retained in the channel between the end and the portion at least partially extends relative to the flap. A transition cone is provided on the anvil for distributing impact load. Additional, relief grooves are provided on corners of the polygon portion to help further relieve stress in the anvil structure.

Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring is disposed rearward of a piston cylinder inside a housing so as to press the piston cylinder to an advanced position when the hammer drill operates in a drill mode, and a supporting plate is disposed at a rear end of the piston cylinder. The supporting plate includes a pair of side plates and a base portion connecting front ends of the side plates. The base portion is in contact with a rear surface of the piston cylinder, and rear ends of the side plates are in contact with a front end of the coil spring. Openings provided in the side plates are configured to hold a pin on which a connecting arm is pivoted.

Abstract: In an impact tool including a spindle, an anvil, and an impact mechanism having a hammer and a coil spring, a restricting portion is provided at a front surface of a large-diameter portion of the spindle so as to receive a rear end of the coil spring and to restrict an inner diameter of the rear end of the coil spring. A ring-shaped groove is formed at a rear surface of the hammer to receive a front end of the coil spring, in a manner which provides an inner cylindrical portion at a rear side of the hammer. A run-off portion is formed in the restricting portion so as to allow the inner cylindrical portion of the hammer to move thereinto, so that the hammer can move backward for a distance corresponding to a depth of the run-off portion.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool is provided that is switchable between an impact mode where the tool delivers an impacting torque on an output tool and a drill mode where the driver delivers a smooth output on an output tool. The impact rotary tool includes an impact mechanism and a hammer block that in the impact mode is movable parallel to the axis of the driver shaft and delivers reciprocating blows to rotate an anvil and in the drill mode substantially constantly engages the anvil. The impact mechanism includes a stopper that does not contact the hammer block in the impact mode and engages the hammer block in the drill mode to maintain the substantially constant contact between the hammer block and the anvil.

Abstract: An impact mechanism includes a shaft, a hammer and an anvil coupled to the hammer. The shaft has a first helical groove and the hammer has a second helical groove. A ball is received in the first and second helical grooves to rotationally couple the hammer to the shaft and permit axial travel of the hammer relative to the shaft. An axial stop inhibits axial travel of the hammer along a first travel path and permits axial travel of the hammer along a second travel path. The axial stop includes first and second stop members, the first and second stop members having a first relative position to inhibit axial travel of the hammer and a second relative position to permit axial travel of the hammer.

Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring is disposed rearward of a piston cylinder inside a housing so as to press the piston cylinder to an advanced position when the hammer drill operates in a drill mode, and a supporting plate is disposed at a rear end of the piston cylinder. The supporting plate includes a pair of side plates and a base portion connecting front ends of the side plates. The base portion is in contact with a rear surface of the piston cylinder, and rear ends of the side plates are in contact with a front end of the coil spring. Openings provided in the side plates are configured to hold a pin on which a connecting arm is pivoted.

Abstract: The invention relates to an impact wrench having a drive motor for driving a drive shaft (10) and an output shaft (38) that can be coupled to a tool holder, and having an impact mechanism, the impact mechanism comprising an anvil (36) that has first impact cheeks (34) and that is coupled to the output shaft (38), and comprising a hammer, which is guided on the drive shaft (10), the hammer having second impact cheeks (24), which engage with the first impact cheeks (34) for the purpose of rotary transmission, wherein the hammer comprises a rotating mass (22) and a control part (20), the control part (20) carrying the second impact cheeks (24) and rotating with the drive shaft (10) in the case of non-impact and, in the case of impact, executing an axial and, preferably, additional, rotational oscillation relative to the drive shaft (10), the control part (20) transmitting the rotation of the drive shaft (10) to the rotating mass (22) and being movably guided in the axial direction in the rotating mass (22) for t

Abstract: An electric impact tool in which a rotating mass rotates in a forward direction to impact upon and transfer torque to an anvil, and rotates in a reverse direction opposite the forward direction in response to such impact. A direction sensor monitors the direction of rotation of the rotating mass, and a controller turns an electric motor on and off during respective forward and reverse rotation of the rotating mass. An energy storing mechanism may be used to absorb energy from reverse rotation of the rotating mass and release the absorbed energy to rotate the rotating mass in the forward direction. A controller may be used to store the angular position of the rotating mass upon each impact and turn off the motor prior to the following impact to avoid energizing the motor during stall.

Abstract: A discontinuous drive power tool assembly for generating rotational torque. The tool assembly includes a spindle having a first end portion configured to receive a socket. The first end portion has a primary engaging surface and a tapered surface spaced from a distal end of the first end portion. The primary engaging surface and the tapered surface are configured to engage corresponding surfaces on the socket. The tool assembly also includes a pulse hammer engagable with a second end portion of the spindle that is opposite the first end portion, and a motor including a motor shaft engagable with the pulse hammer, the motor being configured to rotate the pulse hammer.

Abstract: An electric impact tool in which a rotating mass rotates in a forward direction to impact upon and transfer torque to an anvil, and rotates in a reverse direction opposite the forward direction in response to such impact. A direction sensor monitors the direction of rotation of the rotating mass, and a controller turns an electric motor on and off during respective forward and reverse rotation of the rotating mass. An energy storing mechanism may be used to absorb energy from reverse rotation of the rotating mass and release the absorbed energy to rotate the rotating mass in the forward direction. A controller may be used to store the angular position of the rotating mass upon each impact and turn off the motor prior to the following impact to avoid energizing the motor during stall.

Abstract: A fitting device for a machine tool has a tool holder for a hand-guided machine tool, for receiving insertion tools. The tool holder forms a releasable sliding fit with a drive tube.

Abstract: An impact rotary tool is provided that is switchable between an impact mode where the tool delivers an impacting torque on an output tool and a drill mode where the driver delivers a smooth output on an output tool. The impact rotary tool includes an impact mechanism and a hammer block that in the impact mode is movable parallel to the axis of the driver shaft and delivers reciprocating blows to rotate an anvil and in the drill mode substantially constantly engages the anvil. The impact mechanism includes a stopper that does not contact the hammer block in the impact mode and engages the hammer block in the drill mode to maintain the substantially constant contact between the hammer block and the anvil.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fastening a first relatively soft structural component such as a wood panel to a second relatively hard structural component such as a steel angle iron using fasteners each having a forward self-drilling portion, a rearward, self-tapping portion, and an outwardly projecting head. The fasteners are driven by a pneumatic rotary impact driver and the method comprises rotatively driving each fastener so as to cause its self-drilling portion to drill a first hole through the wood panel and thereafter rotatively driving and impacting that fastener so as to cause its self-drilling portion to drill a second hole in the angle iron and its self-tapping portion to form a screw connection with the angle iron around the second hole.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a rotor rotatably received in a housing, a driving shank coupled to the rotor, for being rotated by the rotor and by a pressurized air and having one end for driving a fastener. A pressure releasing device may release the pressurized air after the fastener has been tightly threaded onto the object to be fastened. A fluid container is rotatably received in the housing and coupled to the rotor, for partially receiving the driving shank. The driving shank has one or more paddles for being frictionally driven by the container and by the fluid. A pole is slidably engaged through the rotor, and actuated to release the pressurized air when the fastener has been tightly threaded onto the object.