CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-111293, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a driving tool for driving a fastener such as a nail or a staple into wood or other material.

2. Description of the Background

The driving tool includes a striking mechanism for ejecting a fastener. The fastener is fed onto a driving path in front of the striking mechanism in the driving direction. A magazine loaded with multiple fasteners is connected along the driving path. One fastener at a time is automatically fed from the magazine onto the driving path as the striking mechanism is driven. The fastener is ejected by the striking mechanism through a nozzle at the front of the driving path in the driving direction. The fastener is thus driven into wood or other material.

To provide good visibility of a driving target place for the fastener, a known driving tool includes an illuminator for illuminating the nozzle and its surrounding area. A driving tool described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2009-202287 includes an illuminator at the front of a magazine in the driving direction. The driving tool includes a body that receives a battery as a power supply. The battery and the illuminator are electrically connected to each other with a wire routed inside the body and along a side portion of the magazine. The wire along the side portion of the magazine is to be covered for protection against any break. This complicates the magazine structure and increases the man-hours for assembly. The magazine has a door that is operable to open and close a box-shaped magazine body. The wire is routed to avoid the door and its surrounding area. The wire routing along the side portion of the magazine body is usually difficult.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2012-166309 describes a driving tool including an illuminator on a front side portion of a body located rearward from a magazine in the driving direction. The illuminator illuminates a nozzle and its surrounding area from a position rearward from the magazine in the driving direction. The illuminator is powered by a battery attached to a side portion of the body opposite to the illuminator.

BRIEF SUMMARY

When the nozzle is illuminated from a position rearward from the magazine in the driving direction, an area around the nozzle may often be shadowed by the magazine. The area around the nozzle cannot be illuminated easily. For an illuminator located to be less likely to shadow an area around a nozzle, routing a wire from a power supply to the illuminator is complicated. This also complicates the assembly. A driving tool may allow easy assembly and effective illumination in an area around a nozzle.

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a driving tool, including:

a striking mechanism configured to strike a fastener;

a body including the striking mechanism and an illuminator;

a nozzle to allow ejection of the fastener struck by the striking mechanism; and

a light guide between the illuminator and the nozzle.

This allows light from a light output portion to travel in the direction perpendicular to an inclined surface. The area around the nozzle is thus illuminated with concentrated light with high illumination efficiency.

