EXAUST BAFFLE AND SPRING ASSISTED RESET AND DAMPENER FOR POWDER ACTUATED TOOL

摘要

A powder actuated fastener setting tool including a receiver for receivi ng a portion of a barrel reciprocatable therein between extended and retracted positions, and a substantially enclosed exhaust baffle disposed between the receiver an d a muzzle of the barrel when the barrel is in the retracted position for baffling exhaust discharged from the tool during operation thereof. The tool also includes a spring memb er disposed between a cap fixedly coupled axially to a muzzle of the barrel and the receiver for biasing the barrel in the extended position, and means for removing exhaust residue from the powder actuated tool during operation thereof.