US 12,202,113 B2
Fastener driver tool with rafter hanger
Alexander L. Carrier, Columbus, OH (US); Alexander D. Green, Cincinnati, OH (US); and David O. Shumate, Lawrenceburg, IN (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,848.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,782, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,359, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080572 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B25C 7/00 (2006.01); B25C 1/04 (2006.01); B25C 5/13 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 7/00 (2013.01) [B25C 1/047 (2013.01); B25C 5/13 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener driving tool, comprising:
an outer housing portion;
a handle portion which includes an annular groove about a perimeter of the handle portion;
a magazine that stores fasteners;
a fastener exit portion; and
a movable hanger that is rotatable around said handle portion;
wherein:
said movable hanger exhibits a minimum rotational travel from at least a first position at a first side of said tool to at least a second position at a second, opposite side of said tool;
said movable hanger, if rotated to said first position, is sized and shaped to provide an open space between said movable hanger and said outer housing portion at the first side of the tool, and between said movable hanger and said handle portion at the first side of the tool; and
said movable hanger, if rotated to said second position, is sized and shaped to provide an open space between said movable hanger and said outer housing portion at a second side of the tool, and between said movable hanger and said handle portion at the second side of the tool;
and wherein: said movable hanger is of a two-piece construction, comprising:
(a) a first partial ring portion having an inner shape of a semi-circle;
(b) an extension portion that extends from the first partial ring portion along a first direction, then bends to further extend along a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, thereby forming the open space at either the first side or the second side of the tool;
(c) a second partial ring portion having an inner shape of a semi-circle, wherein: the inner shape of the semi-circle of the first and second partial ring portions are configured to enable the first and second partial ring portions to directly mate with one another within the annular groove of said handle portion; and
(d) at least one fastener for holding said first and second partial ring portions together, so as to form a complete circle that fits into said annular groove around said handle portion.