Setting Tool

Abstract

A setting tool for driving a fastening element in a constructional component includes a housing (11), a drive member (13) displaceable in a guide (12) located in the housing, a bolt guide (15) adjoining the drive member guide (12) in direction of the operational axis (A) and forming a dog point (16) for abutting the constructional component and a drive-in depth setting tool (20) for displacing the bolt guide (15) axially relative to the drive member guide (15) for setting a distance between a drive end (14) of the drive member (13) and the dog point (16) in the initial position of the drive member.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings show:

FIG. 1 a side, partially cross-sectional view of a mouth region of the setting tool according to the present invention with a drive-in depth adjusting device in a first position thereof;

FIG. 2 a view similar to that of FIG. 1 with the drive-in depth adjusting device in a second position thereof;

FIG. 3 a cross-sectional view of the mouth region of the inventive setting tool along line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 a view similar to that of FIG. 1 with the drive-in depth adjusting device in a third position thereof;

FIG. 5 a cross-sectional view of the mouth region of a setting tool along line V-V in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 a cross-sectional view of the inventive setting tool shown in FIG. 2 along line VI-VI in FIG. 2.

Claims

1. A setting tool for driving a fastening element in a constructional component, comprising a housing (11); a guide (12) located in the housing (11); a drive member (13) displaceable in the guide (12) and defining an operational axis (A); a bolt guide (15) adjoining the drive member guide (12) in direction of the operational axis (A), the drive member (13) having a drive end (14) adjacent to the bolt guide (15) for driving the fastening element (50), the bolt guide (15) forming a dog point (16) for abutting the constructional component; and a drive-in depth setting tool (20) for displacing the bolt guide (15) axially relative to the drive member guide (12) for setting a distance (D) between the drive end (14) of the drive member (13) and the dog point (16) of the bolt guide (15) in an initial position of the drive member (13).

2. A setting tool according to claim 1, wherein the drive-in depth setting device (20) axially displaces the bolt guide (15) between at least two positions (36, 37), retaining the bolt guide (15) in a respective position.

3. A setting tool according to claim 2, wherein the bolt guide (15) has a release position (35) axially remote from the guide (12) and which corresponds to a release switching position (45) of the drive-in depth setting device (20) and in which the bolt guide (15) is not any more retained by the drive-in depth setting device (20).

4. A setting tool according to claim 3, wherein the drive-in depth setting device (20) has a manually operable actuation member (24) that is located, in at least two switching positions (46, 47) of the drive-in depth setting device (20) in which the device axially secures the bolt guide (15) in the at least two positions (36, 37) of the bolt guide (15), respectively, in a window (17) formed in the housing (11) where the actuation member (24) is accessible, and in the release switching position (45) of the drive-in depth setting device (20), is covered by a housing section (18) located adjacent to the window (17).

5. A setting tool according to claim 4, wherein the drive-in depth setting device (20) comprises a control link (22) and link block (25) displaceable in the control link (22), which operate between the actuation member (24) and the bolt guide (15).

6. A setting tool according to claim 5, wherein the drive-in depth setting device (20) has a control roller (21) connected with the actuation member (24) for joint rotation therewith.

7. A setting tool according to claim 6, wherein the control link (22) is provided on the control roller (21), and the link block (25) is provided on the bolt guide (15).

8. A setting tool according to claim 3, further comprising a locking mechanism (30) for releasably retaining the drive-in depth setting device (20) in the switching positions (45, 46, 47).