A nosepiece for a fastener driving tool and the tool for driving fastener for holding an object at a distance from a substrate and the method for holding the object

摘要

The nosepiece (16) is for a fastener driving tool (10) which has a housing (12), a driver blade (14) within the housing for driving the fasteners and a power source for driving the driver blade. The nosepiece comprises, a trailing end (18) coupled to the housing (12), a substrate contacting end (20), a channel (22) for axially guiding the driver blade and the fastener toward the substrate. A slot (24) is proximate the substrate contacting end (20) with a curved ramp. The ramp is for interfering with the path of a prong of a fastener to bend it and hold the object. The method of holding the object comprises the steps of, providing a fastener positioning the object proximate to the substrate, driving the fastener so that the object is between the prongs of a fastener, bending the second prong toward the first prong, holding the object between the second prong and a bridge portion of the fastener so that the object is spaced from the substrate.