Electric magnetic nail remover and nail impailer

Abstract

The electric magnetic remover will pull the nails from the wood or any surface and hold the item in place; at the same time the shingles will be discarded in whole, easier and cleaner to pick-up. There's a power indicator to help the worker to adjust the electric power to be used to pull out the nails or staples. This electric magnetic remover can also be equipped with a suction lightweight jet tub and have its own carrying container for all the nails and staples it sucks up.. When the electric magnetic remover is fill, the worker would release the discarded material in a holding container by simply turning down the electric power.

1 . In a hand tool, an electromagnet for providing a directed magnetic force when energized, a handle for appropriately locating the electromagnet with respect to an object, a switch operable to connect the electromagnet to a source of electrical energy when it is appropriately located with respect to the object, and an adjustable mechanism for limiting the amount of electrical energy delivered to the electromagnet when the switch is operated to an amount appropriate to the operation to be performed.  
   
   
       2 . A hand tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the switch can direct the current in different directions through the electromagnet to change the direction of the directed magnetic force.  
   
   
       3 . A hand tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the switch can direct the current through the electromagnet so that the directed magnetic force attracts ferrous material towards it.  
   
   
       4 . A hand tool according to  claim 3 , that is a nail puller.  
   
   
       5 . A hand tool according to  claim 4 , and means on the nail puller to limit the approach of the nail puller to the material containing the nail.  
   
   
       6 . A hand tool according to  claim 5 , wherein the means on the nail puller to limit the spacing of the nail puller from the material containing the nail are wheels rendering the hand tool a sweeper.  
   
   
       7 . A hand tool according to  claim 4 , and container space for holding pulled nails and the like.  
   
   
       8 . A hand tool according to claim l,wherein the switch can direct the current through the electromagnet so that the directed magnetic force repulses magnetized material away from it.  
   
   
       9 . A hand tool according to  claim 8 , that is a nail impaler.  
   
   
       10 . A hand tool according to  claim 9 , and container space for holding nails that are automatically fed to the nail impaler.  
   
   
       11 . A hand tool according to  claim 2 , wherein when the switch directs the current in one direction through the electromagnet it functions as a nail puller.  
   
   
       12 . A hand tool according to  claim 2 , wherein when the switch directs the current in another direction through the electromagnet it functions as a nail impaler.  
   
   
       13 . A hand tool according to  claim 11 , wherein when the switch directs the current in another direction through the electromagnet it functions as a nail impaler.  
   
   
       14 . A method of removing embedded nails and the like comprising the steps of placing an electromagnet over the embedded nail, and the step of connecting the electromagnet to a source of electrical current to energize the electromagnet to attract the nail to it, after the step of limiting the amount of electrical energy delivered to the electromagnet when the switch is operated to an amount appropriate to the particular embedded nails.  
   
   
       15 . A method of removing embedded nails and the like according to  claim 14 , and the step of adjusting the current as necessary to apply the appropriate force to effect proper removal of the nail.  
   
   
       16 . A method of removing embedded nails and the like according to  claim 14 , and the step of moving the electromagnet over an area to sweep the area of embedded nails.  
   
   
       17 . A method of removing embedded nails and the like according to  claim 16 , and the step of collecting the pulled nails as the electromagnet is moved over an area to sweep the area of embedded nails.  
   
   
       18 . A method of embedding nails and the like comprising the steps of placing an electromagnet over the area to be nail embedded, and the step of connecting the electromagnet to a source of electrical current to energize the electromagnet to embed the nail, after the step of limiting the amount of electrical energy delivered to the electromagnet when the switch is operated to an amount appropriate to the particular nails to be embedded.  
   
   
       19 . A method of embedding nails and the like according to  claim 18  and the step of adjusting the current as necessary to apply the appropriate force to effect proper embeddment of the nail.  
   
   
       20 . A method of embedding nails and the like according to  claim 18  and the step of automatically supplying nails successively to the electromagnet.  
   
   
       21 - 99 . (canceled)