Driving device
A driving device includes: a main body; a striking part movably supported by the main body; a handle protruding from the main body; and a nose part attached to the main body and holding a fastener before being hit by the striking part, the nose part movably accommodating the striking part and having an injection path for guiding the fastener and an injection port connecting with the injection path and firing the fastener, an opening extending from the injection port toward the handle being provided on a handle side of the injection path, and a width of the opening being larger than an outer diameter of a head of the fastener in a plan view perpendicular to a linear moving direction of the striking part.
1. A driving device comprising:
a main body;
a striker movably supported by the main body and operable to move along a first direction to hit a fastener;
a handle extending from the main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a nose attached to the main body and holding the fastener to be hit by the striker,
wherein the fastener has:
a shaft having a constant outer diameter; and
a head having an outer diameter larger than that of the shaft, and
wherein the head includes:
a first head; and
a second head is located behind the first head in the first direction, the second head being subject to being hit by the striker, and
wherein the nose comprises:
an injection path provided between a first guide portion and a second guide portion opposite the first guide portion, the injection path guiding the fastener hit by the striker; and
an injection port, from which the fastener is fired, provided at an end of the injection path; and
an opening located forward of the second guide portion in the first direction,
wherein a width of the opening in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction is larger than an outer diameter of a head of the fastener, and
wherein, in the first direction, a length from a tip of the nose to the second guide portion is longer than a length of the first head of the fastener.
2. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the opening is larger than a width of the injection port in the third direction.
3. The driving device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the nose has a first member and a second member,
wherein the first member and the second member are arranged alongside in the second direction,
wherein the injection path is provided between the first member and the second member,
and
wherein the opening is a space provided by an end of the second member in the first direction and an end of the first member in the second direction.
4. The driving device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second member has a wall protruding along the first direction, and
wherein the opening is arranged between the first guide portion and the wall in the second direction.
5. The driving device according to claim 4 , wherein a position of a tip of the wall of the second member is located behind a position of a tip of the first member in the first direction.
6. The driving device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wall has two side plates arranged so as to face each other, and
wherein a width between the two side plates is formed to be larger than a width of the injection port.
7. The driving device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second member has a wall protruding along the first direction,
wherein the opening is disposed between the first guide portion and the wall, and
wherein a length from the second head to the wall in the second direction is longer than an outer diameter of the second head when the fastener has been driven into a workpiece, and the first head and a tip of the nose remain in contact with the workpiece.
8. The driving device according to claim 3 , wherein, in the first direction, a length from a tip of the nose to the second guide portion is equal to or less than a length from the first head to the second head.
9. The driving device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second member has a wall protruding in the first direction, and
wherein the first member and the wall are arranged in an oval shape when viewed in the first direction.
10. The driving device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the nose has a first member and a second member,
wherein the first member and the second member are arranged alongside in the second direction,
wherein the injection path is provided between the first member and the second member,
wherein the second member has a wall protruding along the first direction,
wherein the opening is disposed between the first guide portion and the wall in the second direction, and
wherein a length from an outer peripheral surface of the second head to the wall in the second direction is 0.4 times or more than a second length from a top surface of the first head to a bottom surface of the second head in the first direction when the fastener has been driven into a workpiece, and the first head and a tip of the nose remain in contact with the workpiece.
11. The driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a magazine extending from the nose and holding the fasteners,
wherein at least a part of the magazine and at least a part of the handle overlap with each other in the first direction.
12. The driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first energizing mechanism configured to move the striker in the first direction so that the striker strikes the fastener; and
a second energizing mechanism configured to move the striker in a direction opposite to the first direction.
13. A driving device comprising:
a main body;
a striker movably supported by the main body and operable to move along a first direction to hit a fastener;
a handle extending from the main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a nose attached to the main body and holding the fastener to be hit by the striker,
wherein the fastener has:
a shaft having an outer diameter, and having a first end that is a tapered shape configured to penetrate a material, and a second end opposite the first end;
a first head disposed at the second end of the shaft, the first head having a first outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the shaft; and
a second head is located behind the first head in the first direction, the second head having a second outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the shaft, and the second head being subject to being hit by the striker, and
wherein the nose has:
a first member and a second member arranged alongside in the second direction; and
an injection path, provided between the first member and the second member,
guiding the fastener hit by the striker and accommodating the striker after hitting the fastener,
wherein the first member has a first guide portion,
wherein the second member has a second guide portion,
wherein the first guide portion and the second guide portion are disposed in positions that allow the first guide portion and the second guide portion to contact the fastener so that the injection path through which the fastener passes is defined, and
wherein, in the first direction, a length from a tip of the nose to the second guide portion is greater than the length of the first head of the fastener and is equal to or less than a length from the first head to the second head of the fastener.
14. A driving device comprising:
a main body;
a striker movably supported by the main body and operable to move along a first direction to hit a fastener;
a handle extending from the main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a nose attached to the main body and holding the fastener to be hit by the striker,
wherein the fastener has:
a shaft having an outer diameter, and having a first end that is a tapered shape configured to penetrate a material, and a second end opposite the first end;
a first head disposed at the second end of the shaft, the first head having a first outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the shaft; and
a second head located behind the first head in the first direction, the second head having a second outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the shaft, and the second head being subject to being hit by the striker, and
wherein the nose has:
an injection path provided between a first guide portion and a second guide portion which is opposed by the first guide portion that guiding the fastener hit by the striker and accommodating the striker after hitting the fastener;
an injection port, through which the fastener passes, provided at an end of the injection path,
a wall disposed away from the injection path in the second direction and extending along the first direction,
an opening disposed between the first guide portion and the wall in the second direction, and located forward of the second guide portion in the first direction, and
a first length from an outer peripheral surface of the second head to the wall in the second direction is 0.4 times or more than a second length from a top surface of the first head to a bottom surface of the second head in the first direction when the fastener has been driven into a workpiece, and the first head and a tip of the nose remain in contact with the workpiece.
15. The driving device according to claim 14 , wherein the first length is 0.5 times or more than the second length.
16. The driving device according to claim 14 , wherein the first length is 0.5 times or more, and less than or equal to the second length.