| 摘要 |
Hand held nail guiding and driving apparatus for securing wooden flooring to floor joists to eliminate creaking without having to pull back carpeting or otherwise expose the flooring The apparatus has a driving punch slidably disposed within a hollow guide tube that has a handle portion for manual insertion of said guide tube through the carpet and padding to a selected flooring location. The driving punch includes a nail-driving portion for insertion into the guide tube in proximity to a previously inserted nail, and an enlarged external head portion for receiving nail driving blows. The handle portion has the hollow nail guide tube extending completely therethrough for slidably receiving the nail and nail driving punch through the top thereof The guide tube extends a given distance from the bottom of the handle to terminate with an angle cut to facilitate setting of the nail at an angle to decrease the likelihood that the nail will work itself out. The angle cut also facilitates penetration of the carpet and padding material. The nail is inserted through the guide tube at the top of the handle and a first portion of the nail driving punch is inserted into the guide tube and into contact with the nail. Driving means such as a hammer is used to pound the external enlarged head portion of the driving punch to drive the nail into place. Additional nails are set at angle, in wedge-like manner, as required to secure the wooden flooring to appropriate floor joists to thereby eliminate creaking without having to remove the carpet and padding.
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