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EP 0117179 B1 19881005 - EXPLOSIVE-ACTUATED FASTENING TOOL WITH MAGAZINE

Title (en)

EXPLOSIVE-ACTUATED FASTENING TOOL WITH MAGAZINE

Publication

EP 0117179 B1 19881005 (FR)

Application

EP 84400174 A 19840126

Priority

AU 2799184 A 19840514

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4610382A] The tool comprises between a barrel and a breech, a rotating loader disc provided with orifices for receiving propellant charges. Between these charge-receiving orifices there are orifices for inhibiting the sympathetic ignition of the adjacent charges.

IPC 1-7

B25C 1/18

IPC 8 full level

B25C 1/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B25C 1/186 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE GB IT LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2540028 A1 19840803; FR 2540028 B1 19880617; AU 2799184 A 19851121; AU 575564 B2 19880804; CA 1214301 A 19861125; EP 0117179 A2 19840829; EP 0117179 A3 19860212; EP 0117179 B1 19881005; US 4610382 A 19860909

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 8301403 A 19830128; AU 2799184 A 19840514; CA 449958 A 19840320; EP 84400174 A 19840126; US 61549284 A 19840530