Fastener, installation tool and related method of use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9120214
APP PUB NO 20130276589A1
SERIAL NO

13921464

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A fastener installation tool and related method are provided for installing fasteners in boards. The tool can include a feed mechanism that automatically and sequentially feeds collated fasteners to a nose assembly. The nose assembly can include a guide having an alignment projection extending downwardly from the guide, and configured to engage a board corner and/or side surface, so as to align an angled bore through which fasteners are guided with the board corner and or side surface. The nose assembly can include a magnetic element located adjacent a path on which the collated fasteners are advanced. The magnetic element can exert a magnetic force on an individual fastener, aligning it for precise entry into the angled bore. The nose assembly can include a guide pocket to positively constrain a fastener as it rotates to ensure a desired advancement trajectory. A related method of installation is provided.

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NATIONAL NAIL CORP2964 CLYDON AVENUE SW GRAND RAPIDS MI 49519-2404

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Vandenberg, Roger A Hudsonville, US 66 736

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