NAILING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR NAIL UNITS OF DIFFERENT SIZES

• US 20110180583A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, RONG-YU
• Granted Patent: US 8,205,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 227/109
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1644 of different shapes

Abstract

A nailing device of the present invention mainly includes a main body, a striker, an actuator, a resilient member, a nail slot, a magazine, a guider, an adjuster and a controlling means. The magazine has a main rail and a sub rail parallel to the main rail, and the main rail is substantially as tall as the sub rail. The adjuster has a protrusive portion having a guiding surface facing the magazine. The guiding surface is vertically formed with two parallel longitudinal grooves and has a bottom end. The longitudinal grooves extend toward the bottom end. The controlling means is for selectively pushing the adjuster to flush the guiding surface with a step surface of the guider.

Claims

1. A nailing device adapted for nail units of different sizes, comprising:

a main body, defining a chamber therein;

a striker, disposed in the chamber, the striker being movable between a release position and a potential position, the striker having an abutting surface;

an actuator, having a pressing portion and a driving portion, the driving portion being inserted into the chamber, the actuator being adapted to move the striker from the release position to the potential position;

a resilient member, providing the striker with an elastic force to quickly bring the striker back from the potential position to the release position;

a nail slot, disposed in the chamber, the nail slot comprising an upper wall and two side walls, a receiving space being defined between the upper wall and the two side walls, the receiving space having an opening facing downward;

a magazine, disposed in the receiving space, the magazine having a main rail and a sub rail parallel to the main rail, the main rail being substantially as tall as the sub rail, the main rail having a first main side face and a second main side face, the sub rail having a first sub side face and a second sub side face, the first main side face facing the first sub side face, and the second main side face and the second sub side face facing the two side walls respectively, the first sub side face being stepped and comprising a first upper sub side face and a first bottom sub side face, the first bottom sub side face being closer to the first main side face than the first upper sub side face, a first gap being defined between the first main side face and the first bottom sub side face, a second gap being defined between the second main side face and its corresponding side wall, a third gap being defined between the second sub side face and its corresponding side wall;

a guider, disposed in front of the magazine, the guider having two leg portions extending downward, at least one of the leg portions being formed with a step surface, the step surface facing the magazine and being adapted for the abutting surface to abut thereagainst and for the striker to slide therealong, a longitudinal slot being formed between the leg portions;

an adjuster, having a protrusive portion locating in the longitudinal slot, the protrusive portion having a guiding surface facing the magazine, the guiding surface being vertically formed with two parallel longitudinal grooves and having a bottom end, the longitudinal grooves extending toward the bottom end, the longitudinal grooves corresponding to the first and second gaps respectively;

an controlling means for selectively pushing the adjuster to flush the guiding surface with the step surface.

2. The nailing device of claim 1, wherein the magazine is adapted to receive T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

3. The nailing device of claim 2, wherein when the T-shaped nails are received in the magazine, legs of the T-shaped nails are located in the second gap, the guiding surface is flush with the step surface, and the longitudinal groove corresponding to the second gap is adapted for the leg of the first T-shaped nail to abut thereagainst.

4. The nailing device of claim 2, wherein each of the U-shaped cable staples has two legs, when the U-shaped cable staples are received in the magazine, the legs of each U-shaped cable staple are located in the first and second gaps respectively, the guiding surface is slightly sunk into the longitudinal slot and does not flush with the step surface.

5. The nailing device of claim 2, wherein each of the thicker staples has two legs, when the thicker staples are received in the magazine, the legs of the thicker staples are located in the second and third gaps respectively, the guiding surface is slightly sunk into the longitudinal slot and does not flush with the step surface.

6. The nailing device of claim 5, wherein one of the legs of each thicker staple which is located at the third gap leans against the second sub side face.

7. The nailing device of claim 2, wherein each of the. thinner staples has two legs, when the thinner staples are received in the magazine, the legs of the thinner staples are located in the second and third gaps respectively, the guiding surface is flush with the step surface, and at least one of the legs of the first thinner staple abuts against the at least one step surface.

8. The nailing device of claim 7, wherein one of the legs of each thinner staple which is located at the third gap leans against the side wall corresponding to the second sub side face.

9. The nailing device of claim 5, wherein a width of the third gap is no smaller than 1.5 times that of the legs of the thicker staples, a total width of the thinner staples is bigger than that of the thicker staples.

10. The nailing device of claim 6, wherein a width of the third gap is no smaller than 1.5 times that of the legs of the thicker staples, a total width of the thinner staples is bigger than that of the thicker staples.

11. The nailing device of claim 7, wherein a width of the third gap is no smaller than 1.5 times that of the legs of the thicker staples, a total width of the thinner staples is bigger than that of the thicker staples.

12. The nailing device of claim 8, wherein a width of the third gap is no smaller than 1.5 times that of the legs of the thicker staples, a total width of the thinner staples is bigger than that of the thicker staples.

13. The nailing device of claim 1, wherein the stepped first sub side face is formed in a stamping manner, and the second sub side face is correspondingly formed in a stepped shape compensating for the first sub side face.

14. The nailing device of claim 1, further comprising a nail pusher straddled on the magazine, the nail pusher having three pushing legs inserting into the first, second and third gaps respectively.