Tool with nosepiece for bending fastener upon installation and fastener therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6957756
APP PUB NO 20030192935A1
SERIAL NO

10119597

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A fastener driving tool having a reciprocating driver blade and a nosepiece, and being configured for sequentially feeding fasteners to the nosepiece for engagement by the driver blade for subsequent driving into a workpiece, each fastener defining a plane, further includes a deformation formation in the nosepiece configured for engaging a portion of each of the fasteners so that upon impact of the fastener by the driver blade, the engaged fastener portion is deformed in a direction transverse to the plane to define a deformed portion, the deformed portion configured for providing a clamping force upon at least one of the workpiece and a workpiece material being secured to the workpiece. A fastener is provided for use in such a tool and includes a crown configured so that, upon impact with at least one of the workpiece and the workpiece material, the crown has a nonlinear configuration.

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Patent Owner(s)

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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC155 HARLEM AVENUE GLENVIEW IL 60025

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fasano, Thomas V Buffalo Grove, IL 3 67
Lat, Geronimo E Ivanhoe, IL 36 633
Tupek, Garry F Naperville, IL 14 155

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