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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966705 | Self-piercing blind rivet A self-piercing blind fastener comprising a mandrel having an elongate cylindrical shell mounted on a stem of such mandrel and which extends co-axially about a central elongate axis of the blind fastener, the shell having a radially extending flange at one end and a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7467451 | Offset pulling head A pulling head that can be used with a wide range of fasteners and power tools having different stroke lengths and/or power ratings. The pulling head has a set of internal jaws which has serrations that are configured to grip a wide range of fastener types and sizes... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7377017 | Slim-line hand operated rivet tool for setting plastic blind rivets in tight access spaces A hand-operated rivet setting tool for setting blind rivets in tight access spaces. The tool has a long and slender slim-line profile which allows a user installing a vehicle bumper to set blind rivets in the space between the tire and the vehicle's wheel well witho... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363798 | Flexible extension for pulling tools A flexible extension device that can be mounted between a fastener installation tool and a pulling head. The device can flex over a range up to about 45 degrees and can operate under tensile and compressive loads required for installing fasteners. It includes adapte... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361178 | Cranial flap clamp and instrument for use therewith The disclosed cranial flap clamp includes first and second clamping members and an extension member. A portion of the first member is positionable against inferior surfaces of a bone flap and skull and a portion of the second member is positionable against superior ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346971 | Blind rivet monitoring system supply pressure compensation A rivet set quality monitoring system is disclosed. A supply pressure sensor monitors the supply pressure to the tool. The tool has a second sensor which monitors strains or loads associated with a rivet set event. A processor evaluates outputs from the pressure sen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347078 | Rivet holding container and rivet feed system for automatic feed blind rivet setting tool An elongated rivet bag holding a quantity of blind rivets ready for use in an automatic rivet setting tool. The rivets are connected along an elongated flexible rivet carrying strip by having a distal portion of each mandrel inserted or pierced through the carrying ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346970 | Setting device for blind rivet nuts The setting device for blind rivet nuts is characterized by an electric motor with a drive shaft which is arranged in a first housing part and connected via a transmission means to a tool housing part which is arranged in parallel with the drive shaft, a tool shaft ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7290317 | Blind rivet setting tool A blind rivet setting tool has a construction in which a tubular spring-biased handle gripped by an operator moves axially of the tool. An interlock between a trigger lever and the handle prevents operation of the tool until a rivet held by the tool is properly posi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263753 | Blind bolt installation tool A pulling head includes a sleeve which threadably engages a sleeve adapter. A collet is threadably engaged with a drawbar adapter, and the collet and drawbar adapter are disposed and slidable in the sleeve. A set of jaws is disposed in the collet, and a jaw follower... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243525 | Multi-angle hand rivet squeezer A hand rivet squeezer with adjustable handles includes a riveting head body, and C-shaped anvil yoke and stationary and lever swing-arm handles attached to the body. A mechanical linkage inside the body converts pivoting forces applied to the lever swing-arm into ax... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231710 | Apparatus for securing wire connectors An apparatus for securing wire connectors includes a rotatable cylindrical member defining at least one chamber configured to store at least one wire connector. A frame supporting the rotatable cylindrical member is detachably mountable on a drill. A dispensing hous... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228997 | Nailing chuck An apparatus nails a plurality of cross members to an underlying stringer to produce a pallet. The carriage moves in a continuous motion without stopping over the cross members until the cross members are nailed to the stringer. The carriage includes at least one na... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7178213 | Rivet driving anvil retention system and method A driving anvil washer retaining apparatus (12) for a rivet gun (14) includes a magnetized element (21). The magnetized element (21) is coupled to the rivet gun (14) and retains an anvil washer (52) during installation of a ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7146715 | Spin pressure power tool Apparatus for installing a rivet nut or the like having an intentionally threaded shaft wherein the apparatus includes a hydraulically geared power tool having an inner hydraulic fluid containing a chamber and a screw adapted to engage the threaded shaft of the nut ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7051411 | Apparatus for riveter A riveter apparatus includes a body, a handle part and a pulling part. The body further includes a base and a front tube. The base interior has a column with an adjustable groove that has a greater diameter in the front end than the back end. The base also has a slo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040006 | Self-piercing rivet, process and device for setting a rivet element, and employment thereof A fastening element (1), in particular for blind riveting, has a setting head (4), a deformation segment (2) and a shank end (3). The deformation segment (2) is arranged between the setting head (4) and the shank end (3 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032281 | Rivet-stroke adjusting device for a rivet-nut gun A rivet-stroke adjusting device for a rivet-nut gun, in which the parts mounted between the cylindrical hole of the mounting base on front end of the body portion and the outer sleeve of the rivet-pulling assembly include an outer sleeve with a cylindrical hole and ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024742 | Rivet tool with remote intensifier auto fill/recharge system A rivet setting tool having a remote intensifier and autofill/recharge system is provided. The rivet setting tool has a hydraulic pulling head which is coupled to an intensifier. The intensifier has a mechanism for providing hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic rivet... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6996890 | Holding device for a tarpaulin-like or cloth-like object to be processed The invention relates to a holding device for a tarpaulin-like or cloth-like object to be processed. To provide a holding device that means are provided for releasably pressing at least a part of the object to be processed against a processing head connectabl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6912763 | Clamping connection for interchangeable mandrel and drive shaft of riveting tool and use of that clamping connection for hand held riveting tools The invention concerns a clamping connection for an interchangeable mandrel (1) and drive shaft (13) of a riveting tool. The connection comprises a connecting casing (15) to which the end of the drive shaft (13) is fastened on one side, w... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907649 | Setting apparatus for nut-type fastener such as blind nut A setting apparatus 1 for setting a blind nut or the like to a workpiece, comprises a mandrel 7, a hydraulic cylinder 17 receiving therein a hydraulic piston 15 for axially pulling the mandrel 7, an oil reservoir 22 for cont... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904831 | Rivet setting device for setting self-tapping rivets A rivet setting device for setting a self-tapping rivet in a work piece includes a rotatable head for rotating a self-tapping rivet to form a hole in the work piece and a shank retracting assembly for compressing and spreading the hollow body of the self-tapping riv... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6817074 | Piercing and riveting tool, rivet, and method A piercing and riveting tool utilizes a rivet assembly that includes a rivet body and a mandrel. In a single operation, the tool clamps one or more workpieces in place; pierces the clamped workpiece(s) with a piercing surface of the mandrel head, prevents the premat... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6704986 | Air over oil riveter with rotatable head piece An air over oil riveter with a rotatable head piece includes a head piece, a handle, two rotatable members, a connecting sleeve with a hollow body, an oil sleeve, and a main body. The head piece includes an bore for receiving an outer sleeve and a driving sleeve hou... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6684470 | Electroportable device for placing clinch-on nuts or break-off stem blind rivets Electroportable apparatus for positioning nuts to be set and the setting of blind rivets whose shank ruptures includes a body of the eledtroportable type containing an electric motor, a mandrel, drive part to maintain and pull the head of the rivet and/or... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6651301 | Adjustable hand tool with dual functions A dual function adjustable hand tool including a head device having a hollow and a room. The hollow is coupled to the room and threaded on one side to screw with a pull-over member. The room further includes a leverage system. An adjusting device is place... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6612013 | Method of loosely attaching blind rivet A method and apparatus are provided for loosely attaching blind rivets to components of an assembly. The method includes attaching a rivet to an assembly while positioning the head at a predetermined clearance away from the adjacent one of the assembly co... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6474129 | Setting tool for expanding wall anchors A setting gripper (16) is disclosed for an anchor device of the type comprising two co-axial components of which each has a head with the head being spread apart co-axially during setting. The gripper (16) includes two jaws (36, 49) which are engaged betw... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6449822 | Riveting tool A riveting tool (11) for placing a blind breakstem rivet (28), which tool comprises: a body (12, 13, 14), a nosepiece (18) removably and replaceably securable to the body (14); a drawbar (17) reciprocable with respect to the body (14) and the nose-piece (... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6421900 | Automatic nutplate die An automatic nutplate die (70) that is used to align a plurality of rivet punches (116, 118) with rivets (24) being used to secure a nutplate (22) to a part (26) by a rivet squeezer (62). The nutplate die (70) includes a nutplate platen (74) and a punch p... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6374485 | Automatic pull pin fastening apparatus An automatic pull pin fastening apparatus, it is comprised at least a feeding unit, a delivering device, a positioning board, a transporting device and a stretching device mounted on a machine. Wherein, the delivering device is installed between the feedi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6182345 | Gripping jaw assembly with in phase jaws A gripping jaw assembly for a pull tool for setting pull type fasteners of a type which include a pin and collar and/or sleeve with the pin having a pull portion adapted to be gripped by a plurality of jaws in the jaw assembly with the jaws having a plura... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6141849 | Rivet setting device The present invention relates to a rivet setting device having an electric drive motor, a rivet setting means in a crank drive for driving the rivet setting means by the drive motor, wherein the crank drive assumes a rest position in one of its dead-cente... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6115900 | Hand rivet setting tool A hand-operated blind rivet setting tool having a compound link mechanism for increasing advantageously the mechanical ratio between its moving parts. A one-digit, one-handed latching and unlatching feature is provided, as well as a jam-free environment f... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6085400 | Riveting pliers A riveting pliers, which includes a casing having a rear end terminating in a hand grip, a sleeve mounted in the casing, a handle pivoted to the casing, a pressure bar pivoted to the casing, and links coupled between the pressure bar and the handle for en... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6032510 | Blind rivet setting tool A blind rivet setting tool (10) includes a front end (2) having an outer support barrel (4), an inner pulling mandrel (6) and a rivet flange contacting face (8). A portion of the outer support barrel (4) and a portion of the inner mandrel (6) are cut away... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026551 | Riveting apparatus The present invention relates to a riveting apparatus having a power supply unit (20), which is replaceable or exchangeable, attached to the riveting apparatus, said power supply unit having a preferably rechargeable battery and the riveting apparatus bei... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6021553 | Hand-held blind rivet riveting tool A hand-held blind rivet riveting tool includes a housing and a drawing element mounted within the housing. The drawing element is movable in a drawing direction relative to the housing. A first grip lever is pivotable about a first pivot point relative to... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5960667 | Ball device for setting blind riverts A ball device for setting blind rivets is provided. The device features one or more rows of balls of at least three balls per row, and a taper section which cooperates with the balls to grip the mandrel of the blind rivet. Upon movement of the taper secti... | 10/05/1999 |
