NAIL GUN

• US 20150352703A1
• Filed: 08/17/2015
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WU, Chu
• Granted Patent: US 9,808,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/06 without provision for bending the ends of the staples on to the work
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1651 of T-shaped staples or nails
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 5/1658 of different sizes of staples

Abstract

A nail gun of the present invention includes an adjusting portion which has elasticity. The elasticity of the adjusting portion is able to offset a thrust force of a nail pusher pushed by a magazine, so that a nail slot receives a nail only. The nail gun ensures not to shoot two sticks of nails simultaneously. The nail squeezes one side of the adjusting portion in a firing process so that the nail gun can provide sufficient space. Thereby when the nail is thicker, it can be shot by the nail gun. The present invention need not adjust by hand anymore for shooting different thickness of nails. The nail gun can not shoot two sticks of nails simultaneously.

Claims

1. A nail gun, comprising:

a main body, comprising a pressing element, an outer housing, a punching board, and a detent portion, the outer housing being formed with a nail slot, the punching board being capable of moving along the nail slot, the detent portion driving the punching board along the nail slot when the pressing element moves with respect to the outer housing;

a magazine, disposed in the outer housing, the magazine being adapted to fill with a plurality of nails, the magazine having a nail pusher, the nail pusher pushing the nail when the magazine having one nail therein, so that the nail has a tendency to move toward the nail slot at any time;

an adjusting portion, disposed in the outer housing, the adjusting portion connected with an elastic member, the nail abutting the punching board when the nail pusher pushing the nail to move to the nail slot, the nail being pushed by the punching board so as to stay in the nail slot temporarily, the detent portion driving the punching board to move back first when the detent portion driving the punching board along the nail slot, so that the nail separates from the punching board and abuts the adjusting portion, and then the detent portion drives the punching portion to move and pushes the nail located in the nail slot, so that the nail is away from the nail slot, wherein the adjusting portion presses the elastic member to be transformed when the nail abuts the adjusting portion, at the present time, an elastic force of the elastic member would still let the adjusting portion has enough power to prevent another nail adjacent to the nail from moving toward the nail slot continuously, another nail can not enter the nail slot, the punching board just pushes the nail located in the nail slot when the punching board is moving;

wherein the detent portion is driven mechanically by the pressing element to compress itself and accumulate an accumulating force when the pressing element moves with respect to the outer housing;

wherein the adjusting portion and the magazine have longitudinal axes that are perpendicular to each other and located at two opposing sides of the nail slot which are located on the longitudinal axis of the magazine;

wherein the adjusting portion oppositely faces and is close to a distal end of the magazine, a first gap is formed between the adjusting portion and the distal end of the magazine, the first gap is aligned and communicated with the nail slot, the elastic member is disposed on the outer housing and between the adjusting portion and the outer housing, the adjusting portion, the elastic member, the first gap and the nails are disposed on the longitudinal axis of the magazine;

wherein the adjusting portion normally abuts against the punching board as the adjusting portion is not pushed by the nail which is pushed by the nail pusher.

2. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the nail moves toward one side of the adjusting portion when the punching board pushes the nail, at the moment, a point of application of force of the nail with respect to the adjusting portion moves toward one side of the adjusting portion, so that two sides of the adjusting portion receiving the pressure from the nail are unequal and the adjusting portion slants toward one side of the nail, the nail takes advantage of such pushing effect to push the adjusting portion away, and then the nail leaves the nail slot.

3. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein one side of the elastic member abuts the outer housing, the other side of the elastic member abuts the adjusting portion.

4. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the value of Rockwell hardness (HRC) of the elastic member is between 40 and 90.

5. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the outer housing further has a guiding member, the guiding member is formed with a through groove, a longitudinal direction of the through groove is parallel to a moving direction of the punching board, the adjusting portion is located in the through groove and is able to move with respect to the guiding member.

6. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the magazine is adapted to be filled T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

7. The nail gun of claim 2, wherein the magazine is adapted to fill with T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

8. The nail gun of claim 3, wherein the magazine is adapted to fill with T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

9. The nail gun of claim 4, wherein the magazine is adapted to fill with T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

10. The nail gun of claim 5, wherein the magazine is adapted to fill with T-shaped nails, U-shaped cable staples, thicker staples or thinner staples.

11. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a rubber soft pad, the value of Rockwell hardness of the rubber soft pad is 70.

12. The nail gun of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is a rubber soft pad, the value of Rockwell hardness of the rubber soft pad is 70.

13. The nail gun of claim 3, wherein the elastic member is a rubber soft pad, the value of Rockwell hardness of the rubber soft pad is 70.

14. The nail gun of claim 4, wherein the elastic member is a rubber soft pad, the value of Rockwell hardness of the rubber soft pad is 70.

15. The nail gun of claim 5, wherein the elastic member is a rubber soft pad, the value of Rockwell hardness of the rubber soft pad is 70.

16. The nail gun of claim 1, wherein the adjusting portion includes an extension projecting out of the outer housing, a second gap is formed between the extension and a lip of the outer housing, the second gap is aligned and communicated with the first gap, and the nail is pushed out through the second gap.

17. The nail gun of claim 16, wherein the adjusting portion further includes a first shoulder connected with the extension, and the first shoulder is disposed within and blockably abutted against the outer housing.

18. The nail gun of claim 17, wherein the outer housing further includes a second shoulder which is complementarily abutted against the first shoulder.