SCREW DRIVING APPARATUS WITH ATTACHABLE AND DETACHABLE NOSE SUB-ASSEMBLY

摘要

An hand-held screw driving tool (110) is provided with a quick release nose sub-assembly (130), which can readily be attached to and detached from a main body of the tool. This capability allows the tool (110) to be used in several different ways, by putting different nose sub-assemblies onto the main body of the tool. For example, one nose sub-assembly could drive a strip of collated screws, whereas a different nose sub-assembly could use single feed screws that are individually placed at a drive position of the nose sub-assembly. Another possible nose sub-assembly is a cutter or shears attachment that can be driven by the rotary motion of the tool's motor. Various sizes and types of fasteners can be driven by this tool.