Abstract: A tool for removing and inserting tacks includes an elongated handle member having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The peripheral wall has a well extending therein. A rod has an insertion end for tacks and a removal end for tacks. A perimeter wall extends between the insertion and removal ends of the rod. Each of the insertion and removal ends is removably insertable into the well such that the rod is releasably coupled to the handle. A tack may be selectively inserted into a wall surface using the insertion end and selectively removed from a wall surface using the removal end.

Abstract: A hammer-type stapler with cartridge is a tool using in building working for driving staples into a working object, comprising a casing having a hollow hammer casing on the front portion of the casing for containing a driving unit. The driving unit moves vertically by inertia force and having a driving element for driving staples, and an elastic element for recoiling the driving unit. A replaceable cartridge is installed in the casing and adjacent to the driving element having two identical, upper and lower staple containers. A pushing device is slidably mounted in the casing for holding the cartridge and pushing staples. The cartridge can load different size staples.

Abstract: A fastener used to secure a surface layer to a base and a two-stage fastener driver used the drive the fastener into the base. The fastener comprising a non-magnetic fastener body retaining a ferro-magnetic nail. The fastener driver for driving the fastener into the base. The fastener driver having a housing for magnetically retaining the fastener.

Abstract: A nail setting tool has a body with an internal drive shaft and rubber end caps. A nail may be placed in the driving end of the body, and the nail is held in place by the gripping action of the rubber end cap. The internal drive shaft is held in place inside the body with a post and slot arrangement. A user may thus align, drive and counter sink a nail into a workpiece in one operation, without marring the workpiece or losing the nail. The nail setting tool also eliminates pinch points for added safety.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for repairing nail pops in a wallboard is disclosed. The apparatus can be placed In a first state in which it acts as a cutting tool and can be used to cut a bore hole into a wallboard to separate a popped nail from the wallboard. The apparatus can also be placed in a second state in which it acts as a driving or impact tool and can be used to drive the popped nail which has been separated from the wallboard, into a framing support. The apparatus may be comprised of first and connecting members and a cutting member. The driving member may have an elongated core and may be connected by the connecting member to the cutting member. The driving member may be able to slide with respect to the connecting member to allow the apparatus to change from the first state to the second state.

Abstract: A setting tool including a bolt guide (2) secured in the tool housing (1) against displacement in an axial direction, a spring-biased press-on feeler (6) and an axially displaceable safety sleeve (9) surrounding the press-on feeler (6) and supported for joint axial displacement with the press-on feeler and for axial displacement relative thereto.

Abstract: A power actuated tool (20) for driving a fastener into a substrate such as steel or concrete, comprises a housing (2), a barrel assembly (5) mounted to the housing, and a piston displaceable within the barrel assembly upon firing of the tool to drive a fastener from the forward end (25) of the barrel into the substrate, at least a forward end of the barrel assembly being mounted for axial movement relative to the housing whereby firing of the tool requires the forward end (25) of the barrel assembly to be pressed against the substrate to cause retraction of the forward end relative to the tool housing. A telescope shroud (21) surrounds the forward end of the barrel assembly to at least partially suppress noise emission resulting from firing of the tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a strip of fasteners and related methods including at least a first fastener and a second fastener connected to the second fastener. Also disclosed is a system including the strip of fasteners and an installation tool capable of inserting each of the fasteners in the strip into a substrate.

Abstract: An upholstery tack holding tool is formed with a shaft having a concave gripping surface formed transversely into the shaft. The concave gripping surface terminates in a circumferential lip that encircles a longitudinally extending concave tack receiving area at one end of the shaft opposite the flat top surface adapted for striking by a tack hammer. The tools improves control, stability, and speed of operation by enabling the operator to simultaneously grasp the lip of the tool and the head of the tack to hold the tack against the concave tack receiving portion while being inserted into the desired surface.

Abstract: The retention device for retaining a fastener comprises an outer tubular shaft slidably disposed upon an inner tubular shaft. Extending from the distal end of the inner tubular shaft is a plurality of resilient gripping members, each having an arcuated portion protruding outwardly from the cylindrical axis of the inner tubular shaft. The outer tubular shaft, having a conically tapered inner bore, is longitudinally slid along the inner tubular shaft to press inwardly the arcuated portions so that the gripping members grasp a fastener at the distal ends thereof. The outer tubular shaft can be internally threaded to provide varying strength for retaining or releasing the fastener. A restraining resilient member is provided to prevent the retention device from falling off from the fastening tool by engaging an annular flange disposed upon the shank of the fastening tool.

Abstract: An upright nail gun and method therefore, wherein an elongated handle assembly having a trigger carried thereby is attached to or integrally formed with a nail gun thereby allowing a user to nail while in a standing position.

Abstract: The retention device for retaining a fastener comprises an outer tubular shaft slidably disposed upon an inner tubular shaft. Extending from the distal end of the inner tubular shaft is a plurality of resilient gripping members, each having an arcuated portion protruding outwardly from the cylindrical axis of the inner tubular shaft. The outer tubular shaft, having a conically tapered inner bore, is longitudinally slid along the inner tubular shaft to press inwardly the arcuated portions so that the gripping members grasp a fastener at the distal ends thereof. The outer tubular shaft can be internally threaded to provide varying strength for retaining or releasing the fastener. A restraining resilient member is provided to prevent the retention device from falling off from the fastening tool by engaging an annular flange disposed upon the shank of the fastening tool.

Abstract: An anchor setting device for setting a concrete anchor into concrete and leaving a desired length exposed. The anchor setting device includes a body having a bore extending through the body. The body has a first end and a second end. The bore of the body is threaded for releasably receiving a threaded end of a concrete anchor. The body has a slot extending through a side of the body facilitating insertion of the threaded end of the concrete anchor a desired length into the bore. The first end of the body is designed for being struck by an impact device for driving the concrete anchor into a hole in an anchoring surface when the first end of the body is struck by the impact device. The second end of said body is designed for abutting against the anchoring surface when the concrete anchor is driven into the hole.

Abstract: A combination anchoring pin and insertion apparatus which includes a vertically disposed elongated barrel having an axial bore and an elongated hammer drive rod slidably received within the bore with the upper end extending above the top opening of the barrel and having a handle secured to the upper end of the rod. A side opening is provided in the barrel for sequentially introducing anchoring pins therethrough into the bore and a pin guide chute is secured to the barrel and aligned with this barrel side opening for sequentially feeding anchor pins through the side opening in guided alignment. An anchoring pin retainer is positioned in the barrel bore below the side opening to receive, retain and position the anchoring pins sequentially under the lower end of the drive rod for sequential downward driving engagement or hammering by the drive rod.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for repairing nail pops in a wallboard is disclosed. The apparatus can be placed In a first state in which it acts as a cutting tool and can be used to cut a bore hole into a wallboard to separate a popped nail from the wallboard. The apparatus can also be placed in a second state in which it acts as a driving or impact tool and can be used to drive the popped nail which has been separated from the wallboard, into a framing support. The apparatus may be comprised of first and connecting members and a cutting member. The driving member may have an elongated core and may be connected by the connecting member to the cutting member. The driving member may be able to slide with respect to the connecting member to allow the apparatus to change from the first state to the second state.

Abstract: A tool for driving and setting a nail-in anchor into concrete. The tool has a drive pin which can be locked and unlocked. When the drive pin is locked, the tool, used with a hammer, will drive only the anchor sleeve into a pre-drilled hole in concrete. When the drive pin is then unlocked, the tool, again used with a hammer, will nail the nail into the sleeve and set the anchor. The tool can be manipulated using only one hand. The tool typically has a thumb cap which, when rotated, locks and unlocks the drive pin. The tip of the tool is machined to have a concave shape for fitting over the convex-shaped dome of a typical nail-in anchor. The outer surfaces of the tool can have knurls to improve handling.

Abstract: A device and method for driving a first prong of a multi-pronged fastener into a first board and bending a second prong angularly to give it a desired orientation with respect to the first prong. The invention involves an alignment structure, a first driver for driving the fastener into the first board, and a second driver for impacting and bending the second prong angularly with respect to the first prong.

Abstract: A combination anchoring pin and insertion apparatus which includes a vertically disposed elongated barrel having an axial bore and an elongated hammer drive rod slidably received within the bore with the upper end extending above the top opening of the barrel and having a handle secured to the upper end of the rod. A side opening is provided in the barrel for sequentially introducing anchoring pins therethrough into the bore and a pin guide chute is secured to the barrel and aligned with this barrel side opening for sequentially feeding anchor pins through the side opening in guided alignment. The anchoring pin has one or two pin shafts depending at a right angle downwardly from an enlarged head and an anchoring pin retainer is positioned in the barrel bore below the side opening to receive, retain and position the anchoring pins sequentially under the lower end of the drive rod for sequential downward driving engagement or hammering by the drive rod.

Abstract: A manually operated tool is provided for driving elongated plugs into railroad ties. An elongated driver housing, including an upper end and a lower end defines an elongated barrel. A handle is secured to the housing adjacent to the upper end. A reciprocating plunger is slidably mounted within the housing. A handle is secured to the plunger and extends generally perpendicularly from the plunger to extend outwardly through a slot defined longitudinally in the housing. A magazine for storing and sequentially feeding a plurality of plugs into said barrel is located at a position adjacent to the lower end of the housing. The magazine comprises a magazine housing adapted to receive and store a plurality of plugs in a vertical orientation and an advancer slidably mounted within said magazine housing and spring-biased for movement toward the driver housing.

Abstract: Device and method for inserting an information carrier in a substrate. The information carriers are stored in a storage and with the aid of transfer means are removed one by one from said storage with the aid of vacuum. The transfer means then place the information carrier concerned in the insertion element, which then executes the insertion stroke.

Abstract: Hand held nail guiding and driving apparatus for securing wooden flooring to floor joists to eliminate creaking without having to pull back carpeting or otherwise expose the flooring The apparatus has a driving punch slidably disposed within a hollow guide tube that has a handle portion for manual insertion of said guide tube through the carpet and padding to a selected flooring location. The driving punch includes a nail-driving portion for insertion into the guide tube in proximity to a previously inserted nail, and an enlarged external head portion for receiving nail driving blows. The handle portion has the hollow nail guide tube extending completely therethrough for slidably receiving the nail and nail driving punch through the top thereof The guide tube extends a given distance from the bottom of the handle to terminate with an angle cut to facilitate setting of the nail at an angle to decrease the likelihood that the nail will work itself out.

Abstract: A punch tool for starting and driving fasteners into a structure. The punch tool includes an elongate housing including a first end having an opening therethrough and also including a second end having an opening therethrough and further including a bore extending therethrough; and also includes a handle member securely attached about the elongate housing near the first end thereof; and further includes a fastener holding member being attached to the second end of the elongate housing; and also includes a punching assembly for punching a fastener being held by the fastener holding member.

Abstract: A tool to drive in decorative upholstery tack and add stability while keeping fingers safe comprising a concave area to recieve the tack and a shaft with concave area for fingers to hold.

Abstract: A nail driving device with depth guide including an outer cylindrical tube. A tip portion is secured within an open lower end of the outer cylindrical tube. The tip portion has a longitudinal central channel therethrough. The central channel has an open upper end in communication with a hollow interior of the outer cylindrical tube. The central channel receives a nail therein. An inner cylindrical tube is slidably received within the open upper end of the outer cylindrical tube. The inner tube has measurement markings disposed thereon. A plunger portion is secured to s closed lower end of the inner cylindrical tube. The plunger portion includes a stem portion dimensioned for being received within the open upper end of the channel for contacting a head of a nail positioned therein.

Abstract: A nailer is disclosed having a plunger wherein a user can incrementally drive a fastener into a workpiece by manually striking the plunger multiple times. Generally, the nailer includes a housing having a chamber adapted to receive at least one fastener and a driving blade. Operably connected to the housing and the driving blade is a plunger having a plurality of teeth. Received between at least two of the teeth is a pawl. Further, a recoil spring is operably connected to the housing and the plunger.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for anchoring tensioning members in a concrete structure and the like wherein there is provided a wedge support member having wedge-receiving pockets coaxially aligned with the anchor seats in an anchorage block permitting the anchorage wedges to first be inserted into the pockets not allowing the tensioning members to slip during tensioning. This method is used in post-tensioning of monostrand cable. The apparatus anchors the tensioning members by installing wedges into their respective wedge seats. A magnetic tip is utilized to hold the wedges in place while a slide hammer provides and transmits the energy to forcibly insert the wedges.

Abstract: A pneumatic fastener inserter and hopper for the same is disclosed for use in inserting fasteners into material being secured. The hopper comprises a rotatable drum which tumbles the fasteners therein into position so that the shanks thereof protrude outwardly between spaced-apart bars. The fasteners are discharged from a discharge opening formed in the hopper and are delivered to a magazine which is in communication with an entrapment apparatus which feeds the fasteners to a feed tube under pressure. The air pressure in the feed tube delivers the individual fasteners to the inserter with the fastener being positioned between pivotally movable head fingers which open to receive the fastener to position the same for subsequent insertion and which pivot to enable the fastener to be driven outwardly therefrom by a piston rod so that the fastener is driven into and through the material being secured.

Abstract: A fastener driving system and a fastener holding tool therefor having a shank and a resilient retainer with a bore therethrough coupled to a first end portion of the shank. A first end of the resilient retainer and a portion of the resilient retainer bore protrudes axially beyond the first end of the shank. In some embodiments, an annular chamfer is disposed on the resilient retainer between a first end and the bore thereof. The system includes a fastener having a shaft with a head formed on a trailing end portion thereof. The fastener head diameter is greater than the retainer bore diameter of the resilient retainer protruding axially beyond the first end of the shank to engage and retain the fastener.

Abstract: A plate-shaped fastener is driven obliquely into a wall member. When driving is complete, a member is superposed on the wall member, and a screw inserted through the member is threaded into the wall member. When the screw penetrates through the wall, it is threaded into the plate-shaped fastener. When the screw is tightened, the portion of the plate-shaped fastener protruding to the back of the wall is pulled against the back of the wall member, so that this portion of the plate-shaped fastener is bent and superposed on the back of the wall member. Thus, the member is securely fastened to the wall member with the wall member sandwiched between the member and the plate-shaped fastener. Also, a jig for driving the plate-shaped fastener is proposed which comprises a plate holder portion and a positioning plate portion.

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 cartridge fed stapler that is fed with a cartridge containing a plurality of staples. The cartridge fed stapler includes a head and a handle. The head is for holding a staple driving mechanism and is hollow. The head has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposing side walls. The back wall of the head has a bore therein and is adapted to couple to the handle. The staple driving mechanism is adjacent to the front wall of the head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the handle is coupled to the bore in the back wall of the housing. A cartridge for holding a plurality of rows of staples is adapted to be removably placed within the staple hammer between the distal end of the hammer and the driving mechanism. At least one spring is located within the handle and is adapted to urge the rows of staples toward the staple driving mechanism.

Abstract: The nailing tool has a hollow main body including a valve slidable therein. The main body includes a compressed air reservoir, the compressed air keeping the valve closed in a resting position. An anvil is provided at the upper end of the tool, with an empty annular chamber at atmospheric pressure being located under the anvil and over a ring integrally attached to the valve. Thus, if a hammer blow is dealt on the anvil, the latter loosely slides inside the main body, without reaching the ring, with the valve remaining closed and no fastener being expelled from the tool. Upon a trigger being activated on the tool handle, compressed air fills the annular chamber between the anvil and the ring. In this condition, upon a hammer blow being dealt on the anvil, the impact of the blow is transmitted by the compressed air to the underlying ring, consequently opening the valve.

Abstract: A combustion-powered, fastener-driving tool useful to fasten a dimpled membrane to a foundation wall, via a fastener and a polymeric plug, is arranged to drive a fastener from a nosepiece, through the plug and the membrane, into the wall. An actuating member mounted movably on the tool is movable thereon between an extended, tool-disabling position and a retracted, tool-enabling position. A workpiece-contacting probe is mounted to the actuating member so as to be conjointly movable with the actuating member. The probe includes a plug-holding member adapted to hold the plug as the fastener is being driven, having a tubular wall defining a recess adapted to receive the plug, and having two pointed elements in diametric opposition to each other, each having a point projecting inwardly from the tubular wall so as to press against the plug received in the recess. The workpiece-contacting probe includes a mounting bracket mounted to the actuating member.

Abstract: The nailer has a horizontal nail magazine and an integral vertical column. The magazine horizontally feeds the nails through an inclined inlet port, into a vertical channel located in the column, and inside which is vertically slidable a selectively powered driver rod which hits and expels the nails through a nail outlet port. The vertical channel has a front and a rear wall adjacent the single nail located in the channel, and lateral walls. The inclined inlet port is located in the channel rear wall. When the driver rod is forcibly downwardly driven along the channel, it hits the upper inclined nail head with its flat lower abutment edge, thus gradually pivoting the nail into a vertical position as the nail is being driven towards the nailer outlet port. This results in the nail being pivoted from a position in which it is in transverse register with the inlet port, to a position in which it is in transverse register with the channel rear wall.

Abstract: A device and method for driving a first point of a double-pointed staple into a first board surface of a first board and a second point of the staple into a second board surface of a second board, the board surfaces intersecting at a junction where they define an included angle of less than 180.degree.. The invention involves an alignment structure, having first and second abutment surfaces, a staple delivery channel, and a driver.

Abstract: A pneumatic nailer having a safety mechanism that reduces accidental discharge of nailer is provided. The nailer includes a hollow main body housing having a main pressure chamber in pneumatic communication with a main valve housing. Pressurized gas is injected into main pressure chamber, and a metering hole between the main chamber and valve assembly allows gas pressure to equalize between the main chamber and the valve housing. A safety trigger and safety valve are in pneumatic communication with the pressurized valve housing. A ram cap positioned over the top portion of the valve assembly is struck, moving the main valve assembly downward, with unseating of a cylinder firing valve only if internal pressures have been adjusted by actuation of the safety valve by an operator.

Abstract: An underground utility line flagger and marker having an elongated main body having an upper end and a lower-end ground penetrator, a forwardly projecting handle at the upper end at an acute angle to the main body, the ground penetrator having a marker flagstaff-engagement recess at the bottom thereof, and a foot-driven projection on the main body whereby the staff of a marker flag lying on the ground can be inserted into the ground with the flag upright by using the handle to place the engagement recess on the flagstaff and stepping on the peg.

Abstract: A pneumatic fastener driving device includes an energy control assembly constructed and arranged with respect to a passageway leading to a piston pressure chamber to be manually movable between (1) a first position wherein the passageway is opened fully to communicate a pressure reservoir with the piston pressure chamber thereby permitting the air under pressure to communicate with the piston pressure chamber to provide maximum energy to a drive piston and (2) a second position wherein the passageway is at least partially closed restricting a flow of the air under pressure from the pressure reservoir to the piston pressure chamber thereby reducing energy to the piston while the air under pressure is maintained at a predetermined pressure value.

Abstract: A nail holding and driving tool for driving a nail into a structure. The tool includes a body member having opposite first and second ends and a bore therethrough extending between the first and second ends of the body member. The second end of the body member is inserted into an attachment band of a holding member. The holding member has a pair of resiliently deflectable holding arms outwardly extending from the attachment band of the holding member. The holding arms are designed for holding a nail therebetween. A shaft of a driver member is inserted into the bore of the body member through the first end of the body member. The driver member also has a head portion which outwardly extends from the first end of the body member.

Abstract: A hammer-type stapler in which the staple driving element and the staple drive track defining structure are constructed and arranged with respect to the frame structure to move through a drive stroke incident to an operator grasping a handle portion and manually impacting the staple drive track defining structure on a workpiece. The direction of guided movement of a staple stick along the staple feed track is at an angle greater than 90.degree. with respect to the direction of the drive stroke of the staple driving element within the staple drive track, the arrangement being such that the leading staple will be driven into the workpiece in the direction of the drive stroke enabling the hand grip portion to be positioned for manual gripping so that the knuckles are spaced from a flat workpiece surface in which a staple has been driven generally perpendicularly therein.

Abstract: A portable hand tool is provided for inserting a marker flag into the ground. The tool has a shaft (12) having a handle (30) attached at a first end, and a ground penetrating tip (14) extending from a second end. The ground penetrating tip has an aperture which extends longitudinally through shaft (12) and is adapted for receiving the stem portion of a marker flag. In operation, a portion (42) of the end of the flag stem is inserted in aperture (16). The flag stem is then bent back toward the tool shaft forming a U-shaped bend (44) in the flag stem. Following insertion into the ground, the bend acts as a barb to anchor the flag stem in the ground.

Abstract: A universal driving and setting tool is used to drive and set an anchor, such as a concrete anchor, having an anchor sleeve and an anchor slug positioned within a bore formed in the anchor sleeve. The driving and setting tool includes an attachment that fits over standard drill bits used in a hammer drill for drilling a hole in a substrate, such as concrete, in which the anchor is set. The attachment engages an end of the drill bit and can fit over drill bits having different lengths and having shanks of different shapes. The driving and setting tool also includes a reversible adapter that is positioned in the attachment in either a first or second position. In a first position, an anchor sleeve hammering portion on the reversible adapter faces outwardly to hammer the anchor sleeve into the hole within the substrate.

Abstract: A hammer-type stapler in which the staple driving element and the staple drive track defining structure are constructed and arranged with respect to the frame structure to move through a drive stroke incident to an operator grasping a handle portion and manually impacting the staple drive track defining structure on a workpiece to arrest the movement of the drive track structure on the workpiece while the frame structure and the staple driving element continue to move toward the workpiece with respect to the arrested drive track structure.

Abstract: A device for guiding and inserting dowel pins into tooling plates while also indicating the height to which it has been inserted; which comprises a means to transfer an external force to the dowel pin, a means to guide and hold the dowel pin perpendicular to the plate into which the dowel pin is to be inserted, and a means to indicate the position or height to which the dowel pin has been inserted.

Abstract: A setting tool for nails comprises a hollow cylindrical grip sleeve open at both ends with a first hollow section connected by a through-opening to a second hollow section, a ram being disposed in the first hollow section and having one end with an arrangement for releasably holding a nail extending from a first end of the grip sleeve, a pin being disposed in the first hollow section between the ram and the through-opening, the pin having a first segment connected by a centering section to a second segment which extends through the through-opening, a coupling member having a blind bore of the diameter of the second segment being disposed in the second hollow section, with the blind bore facing the pin and being urged toward the pin by a compression spring disposed in the second hollow section entrapped between the coupling member and an adjustable device.

Abstract: A nail driving apparatus including a handle having a first and second end and a rod member having a first end permanently secured to a second end of the handle and a second end forming a striking surface, where the handle and the rod member are secured together so as to form a longitudinal axis. The apparatus further includes an elongated guide tube having a first end and a second end, where the rod member is slidably disposed within the guide tube. The handle further includes a tapered annular ring located about the rod member. The annular ring is operative for receiving the first end of the guide tube within the handle, and for temporarily securing the guide tube to the handle.

Abstract: A drive ring driver for driving drive rings into a desired surface is comprised of a rod that is slidably passed through a handle member. A shaft member is attached and secured to the second end of the rod via a rod adaptor. A drive ring head is secured to the shaft and is adapted to receive the head portion of a drive ring. Once the drive ring is received within the drive ring head, a force is imparted onto the first end of the rod and is transferred to the drive ring, thereby driving the drive ring into its intended surface.

Abstract: A method and tool (15) for securing V-shaped, open connector elements (14) o belt ends (1) in a manual operation use staples (8) that are driven by hammer blows applied to a punch held by the tool. Each connector element (14) has at least two shanks (11, 12) and at least one eye loop (13) interconnecting the shanks. The staples (8) are initially held in place for the driving by one shank (11) of the connector elements (14). The securing elements (8) first penetrate holes in one shank (11), then the belt end (1), and then holes in the shank (12), whereupon the free end pieces (53, 54) of the staples (8) are bent over in the tool provided with a die (29) for this purpose. The connecting elements (14) have downwardly projecting shanks (12) which extend initially away from the belt end. These shanks (12) are first pressed against the belt end (1) with a manually produced force increased with the aid of a tool mechanism providing a mechanical advantage.

Abstract: An attachment for a nailing machine in which a nose part drives out a nail having a nail head portion and a nail shaft portion, and in which a driver repeatedly strikes the nail, includes: a holder removably attached to the end of the nose part; nail guide members oppositely disposed on the end of the holder with respect to the center axis of the nose part, each of the nail guide members including, a first guide surface provided on an inner side thereof increasing in diameter in a taper form toward the holder, for guiding the nail head portion driven out from the nose part, a second guide surface provided continuous with the first guide surface, an inner diameter of the second guide surface being the same as or smaller than the diameter of the nail shaft portion, wherein the entire circumferential surfaces of the nail head portion and the nail shaft portion are guided by the first and second guide surfaces, and an outer surface tapered such that the outer surface narrows toward the end edge of the second guid

Abstract: A nail driving apparatus comprising a tube, a rod with a mass attached to one end, a spring connecting the mass to the tube, and a sleeve encircling the exposed portion of rod between the tube and the mass. When the mass is in the forward, closed position, the spring is slightly stretched, holding the apparatus in the closed position. When the mass is drawn away from the tube, the spring is displaced, increasing the tension in the spring and, thus, aiding the user in driving a nail. An expandable sleeve protects the exposed portion of rod between the tube and the mass from being contaminated by debris. It also prevents the user's hand from being positioned at the point of contact. As the mass is drawn away from the tube, the sleeve expands to protect the entire length of exposed rod.