Captive taper pin insertion tool

Claim 1

IN AN INSERTION TOOL OF THE TYPE UTILIZED TO INSERT A PIN TYPE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR THROUGH IMPACT FORCES TRANSMITTED BY A ROD MEMBER FROM A HAMMER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID TOOL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING TRIGGERABLE IMPACT MEANS INCLUDING A HAMMER OF A LESSER DIAMETER THAN A BORE WITHIN THE TOOL BARREL, THE HAMMER BEING COUNTER-BORED AT ONE END TO DEFINE AN INTERIOR FACE AND INCLUDING AN EXTERNAL FLANGE EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE SAME END, THE COUNTER-BORE OF THE HAMMER BEING OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE IMPACT STROKE OF THE HAMMER, A COMPRESSION SPRING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BORE FORCING SAID HAMMER AXIALLY ALONG SAID BORE, A ROD MEMBER INTERCONNECTED TO CONNECTOR CARRYING FINGERS EXTENDING FROM SAID BORE AND ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT THE IMPACT FORCES TO THE CONNECTOR IMPARTED TO THE ROD MEMBER FROM SAID HAMMER, THE ROD MEMBER INCLUDING, AT THE OTHER END, A RELIEVED SHOULDER PORTION DEFINING A FACE ENGAGING THE SAID INTERIOR FACE OF SAID HAMMER, SAID SHOULDER PORTION ITSELF HAVING A FACE ENGAGING AN END FACE OF THE HAMMER, THE SAID ROD MEMBER INCLUDING, AFFIXED THERETO, A SPRING MEMBER HAVING A RADIAL SPRING MOMENT ADAPTED TO BIAS THE HAMMER FLANGE PORTION OUTWARDLY AGAINST SAID BORE TO HOLD SAID FACES IN BEARING RELATIONSHIP, THE SAID BORE INCLUDING A CAM SURFACE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID HAMMER FLANGE DURING AXIAL TRAVEL THEREOF AND RELEASE SAID HAMMER WHEREBY SAID ROD AND HAMMER FACES ARE DISENGAGED, WITH SAID HAMMER BEING DRIVEN BY SAID COMPRESSION SPRING TO STRIKE THE END OF SAID ROD AND IMPART SAID IMPACT FORCES.