Driving-In Tool with Threaded Fastener-Depth Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing driving apparatuses for fastening elements lack a simple and effective mechanism to adjust the driving depth of fastening elements into a base material, which varies based on multiple influencing factors in different applications.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus incorporates an adjustment device with threaded connections between a braking element, pressing element, and an adjusting element, allowing for precise adjustment of the distance between the end surface and contact surface to set the driving depth, utilizing right- and left-handed threads and internal/external threads to facilitate rotation and offsetting, along with a pressing sensor to enable or block the driving operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a driving depth adjustment device is provided, then the driving depth can be adjusted within a defined range, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment device merges the braking element and pressing element into a single integrated component structure. The braking element's contact surface serves both as a braking surface and as a reference for the pressing element, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining driving depth adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The braking element is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as a braking surface to stop the driving element, as a reference surface for the pressing element, and as a structural component that can be adjusted relative to the pressing element. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed for depth adjustment.
2Ease of operation
If the distance between end surface and contact surface is adjusted, then the driving depth can be set, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment device enables dynamic modification of the distance between the end surface and contact surface through the threaded connection between the pressing element and braking element. Users can rotate the pressing element to change the distance, providing real-time adjustment capability during operation or setup, making the driving depth setting flexible and adaptable to different requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables simple and precise adjustment of the driving depth of fastening elements into a base material, enhancing user control and operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The adjustment device comprises an adjusting element which is connected by means of a first threaded connection to the braking element and by means of a second threaded connection to the pressing element, and therefore rotation of the adjusting element firstly offsets the adjusting element relative to the braking element and relative to the pressing element and secondly offsets the pressing element relative to the braking element.
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AI summary
An apparatus for driving a fastening element into a base material, comprising a power unit and a driving element which is provided driven by the power unit in a driving direction from a starting position into a setting position to drive a fastening element into the base material; a braking element with a contact surface which defines the setting position of the driving element and against which the driving element lies in the setting position; a pressing element which has an end surface which can be pressed in the driving direction onto the base material, wherein, in the driving direction, the end surface and the contact surface are at a distance from each other which defines a driving depth of the fastening element into the base material; and, an adjustment device with which the distance between the end surface and the contact surface can be adjusted.