Fastener Set Tool With Intermediary Impact for Safer Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for installing fasteners, such as those used for holding electrical cables or conduit, are hazardous due to the risk of finger injury and accidental fastener projection, creating a dangerous work environment and inefficiencies in installation time.
Innovation Solution
A hand tool with a first end designed to hold a fastener and a second end that can be struck with a hammer or impact device to drive the fastener onto a mounting surface, reducing direct exposure to harm and increasing productivity by simplifying the installation process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a hammer is used to directly strike the fastener, then the fastener can be driven onto the mounting surface, but the user's fingers are at risk of injury and the fastener may fly off creating a dangerous work environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specialized tool as an intermediary between the hammer and the fastener. This tool has a hollow body that receives the fastener, with an open end facing away from the blow end. The tool mediates the impact force, allowing the fastener to be driven onto the mounting surface while preventing direct exposure of the user's fingers to the hammer blow, thus eliminating the safety hazards of direct hammering.
2Productivity
If traditional hammering methods are used to install fasteners, then the fastener can be mounted to the surface, but the installation time is increased and productivity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs preliminary action by having the user insert the fastener into the hollow body of the tool before applying the hammer blow. This preliminary positioning ensures the fastener is correctly oriented and secured in the tool's recess, allowing for immediate and efficient driving onto the mounting surface without adjustment or repositioning during the hammering process, thereby reducing installation time and increasing productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The Fastener Set Tool provides a safer and more efficient method for installing fasteners, reducing the risk of injury and time required for installation while maintaining a safer work environment.
Implementation Method 1
a second end which may be struck with a hammer or other impact device to provide a percussive blow that delivers force to the first end
Data Source
AI summary
A fastener set tool is disclosed allowing for the holding and then delivery of force to install a fastener with reduced exposure to the user of the fastener set tool than without use of the tool.