Repetitive striking type pneumatically operated nail gun

• US 5,873,510 A
• Filed: 04/24/1997
• Issued: 02/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi KOKI Company Limited (Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi KOKI Company Limited (Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Aoki, Masanori, Ishizawa, Yoshinori, Hirai, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US08/847,358
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 227/8, 227/130, 227/10
• US Class Current: 227/130
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 1/042 Main valve and main cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 1/043 Trigger valve and trigger mechanism

Abstract

A repetitive striking type pneumatically operated nail gun for repeatedly striking, by a drive bit, a head of a nail for sinking the nail into a workpiece. The drive bit is connected to a piston reciprocally movably disposed in a cylinder. A return chamber is provided around the cylinder and in communication therewith. A head valve chamber is provided at a position above a head valve disposed above the cylinder. A drive air is provided for selectively applying compressed air to the head valve chamber or into the cylinder. A repetitive valve chamber is provided for providing selective communication with the return valve, the head valve chamber and a trigger valve. A cylinder guide is provided which prevents the cylinder from being moved in its axial direction in a case where the pressure within the return chamber becomes higher than that in the drive air chamber. A partition segment is provided to the cylinder guide for separating the return chamber from the drive air chamber. Further, an air passage is formed in the cylinder guide for fluidly connecting the repetitive valve chamber to the return chamber.

Claims

1. A pneumatically operated gun for repeatedly striking a fastener for driving the fastener into a workpiece comprising;

a main body;

a drive air chamber section provided in the main body and accumulating therein a compressed air;

a cylinder disposed in the main body and having an axis and an upper open end;

a piston reciprocally movably disposed in the cylinder;

a drive bit provided to the piston and extending in a direction of the axis of the cylinder, the drive bit striking the fastener in a downward movement of the piston;

a head valve provided above the upper open end of the cylinder, the head valve being movable to contact with the upper open end for shutting off a fluid communication between the drive air chamber and the cylinder above the piston and for discharging compressed air in the cylinder above the piston to an atompshere and movable away from the upper open end for providing fluid communication between the cylinder above the piston and the drive air chamber;

a head valve chamber section positioned above the head valve;

a repetitive valve controlling repetitive movement of the head valve for performing repeated striking operation of the drive bit in interlocking relation with the movement of the head valve;

a trigger valve controlling movement of the head valve;

a return chamber section disposed in the main body and in communication with the cylinder below the piston;

a first passage means communicating the return chamber section with the repetitive valve for applying a pneumatic pressure in the return chamber to the repetitive valve;

a second passage means communicating the head valve chamber section with the repetitive valve;

a third passage means communicating the repetitive valve with the trigger valve for selectively communicating the head valve chamber section with the trigger valve in accordance with the movement of the repetitive valve; and

a cylinder guide fixedly disposed at a position immediately above the cylinder and in abutment therewith for preventing the cylinder from being moved in its axial direction, the first passage means being formed in the cylinder guide.

2. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cylinder guide has an upper deck section fixed to or seated on the main body, and a lower portion in abutment with the cylinder, the lower portion being provided with a partitioning segment separating the return chamber section from the drive air chamber section.

3. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an exhaust cover disposed above the head valve and fixedly secured to the main body, the head valve chamber section being defined between the exhaust cover and the head valve;

and wherein the upper deck section is fixedly interposed between the exhaust cover and the main body.

4. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 3, wherein the exhaust cover has a lower portion formed with a recess defining a repetitive valve chamber section in which the repetitive valve is disposed, the repetitive valve dividing the repetitive valve chamber into an upper repetitive valve chamber and a lower repetitive valve chamber, the upper repetitive valve chamber being in communication with the head valve chamber section by way of the second passage means and with the trigger valve by way of the third passage means, and the lower repetitive valve chamber section being in communication with the return chamber section by way of the first passage means.

5. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 3, wherein the top deck portion of the cylinder guide is formed with a recess defining a repetitive valve chamber section in which the repetitive valve is disposed, the repetitive valve dividing the repetitive valve chamber into an upper repetitive valve chamber facing the exhaust cover and a lower repetitive valve chamber, the upper repetitive valve chamber being in communication with the head valve chamber section by way of the second passage means and with the trigger valve by way of the third passage means, and the lower repetitive valve chamber section being in communication with the return chamber section by way of the first passage means.

6. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an exhaust cover disposed above the head valve and fixedly secured to the main body, the head valve chamber section being defined between the exhaust cover and the head valve;

and wherein the upper deck section has an upper surface in intimate contact with a lower surface of the exhaust cover.

7. The pneumatically operated gun as claimed in claim 6, wherein the exhaust cover has a lower portion formed with a recess defining a repetitive valve chamber section in which the repetitive valve is disposed, the repetitive valve dividing the repetitive valve chamber into an upper repetitive valve chamber and a lower repetitive valve chamber, the upper repetitive valve chamber being in communication with the head valve chamber section by way of the second passage means and with the trigger valve by way of the third passage means, and the lower repetitive valve chamber section being in communication with the return chamber section by way of the first passage means.