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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091195 | Trigger device for a rivet gun and a rivet gun handle assembly with a trigger device A trigger device is mounted on a rivet gun. The rivet gun has a barrel, a handle and a pneumatic cylinder. The trigger device has an inlet channel defined in the handle, an outlet hole defined through the handle and communicating with the barrel, a valve-driving cha... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7930810 | Rivet fastening air tool A rivet fastening air tool for rivets includes a supplying actuator, an implanting actuator, and a switching valve. The supply actuator receives a rivet row, tears off a fragile portion of a front-row rivet, and supplies it in a loaded position. The implanting actua... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926157 | Hydraulic damper valve A breakstem rivet placing tool conventionally includes a flow restrictions for hydraulic fluid used to drive the tool in a stem pulling direction. This serves to prevent recoil of the tool due to rapid acceleration of an internal piston when the stem of the breakste... | 04/19/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7343764 | Placing tool with means for controlling placing processes A rivet setting tool is provided to provide improved monitoring of riveted connections during rivet setting. The rivet setting tool includes a head piece for holding a rivet, a device for gripping a rivet pin, a pulling apparatus connected to the device for gripping... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331205 | Rivet monitoring system A rivet monitoring system is provided which has a micro-strain or micro fluid pressure sensor that measures strains or pressures within a tool component. These measured signals are compared to a number of tolerance bands formed about median strain or pressure versus... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322503 | Setting tool with magazine with fastening elements and propellant holder for the setting tool A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component includes a setting mechanism located in the tool housing (21) and including a drive piston (7) for driving a fastening element (6) in the constructional component (1 | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313851 | Method for monitoring the installation of blind rivets Apparatus is provided for monitoring the installation of a blind rivet to attach together top and bottom members. The blind rivet installation tool includes a housing having an anvil seated on the rivet head. A collet is reciprocable within the tool housing and carr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7284404 | Intake distributing device of a rivet-nut gun An intake distributing device of a rivet-nut gun, which comprises a body shell with two intake passages underneath; the center cylindrical hole of the body shell is mounted with a pneumatic motor assembly; the rear end of the body shell is mounted with a tail lid, w... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7219526 | Portable pneumatic compression riveter A portable pneumatic compression riveter consists of a valve, air cylinder and rivet head assembly consisting of an alligator style set of jaws or a c-yoke style jaw set that is used to upset solid rivets used primarily, but not limited to, the aerospace industry. D... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7159291 | Continuous riveter and continuously caulking method of blind rivets Disclosed is a continuous riveter capable of firing blind rivets in succession to caulk sheet metal or the like. A seal member 71 located on the oil chamber 6 side and a seal member 72 located on the air chamber 4 side are provided in an ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140227 | Pneumatically-operated repetition riveting tool A hydro-pneumatically operated repetition riveting tool, which tool includes a gripping means for releasably gripping an elongated mandrel at a position remote from the mandrel head, which gripping means comprises a housing with an internal taper, and a plurality of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7082657 | Automatic suction and repelling device for rivet gun An automatic suction and repelling device for rivet gun, which comprises a body and a handle, and the intake passages thereof are in communication each other; the rear center of the body is furnished with a regulation ring and a used-nail cylinder; the regulation ri... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082658 | Intake control valve assembly of a rivet-nut gun An intake control valve assembly of a rivet-nut gun comprises mainly a handle and a pressure accumulator; the top of the pressure accumulator is furnished with a valve cylinder, in which an intake control valve assembly is loaded; by means of a trigger, the pressure... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062843 | Straight type riveting gun The present invention relates to a straight type riveting gun, which comprises a gun body having a pipe body and a tube body, a front gun pipe, and a back cover, wherein the front gun pipe is locked to front end of the pipe body and the back cover is locked to the t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043807 | Modular rivet tool A rivet setting tool is provided with a mandrel collection system. The mandrel collection system uses a valve system to provide high and low vacuum states to draw rivet mandrels into a collection bottle. The low vacuum state provides an energy savings and reduced no... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7024746 | Method and apparatus for monitoring blind fastener setting A method of monitoring the setting operation for a blind fastener comprising the step of measuring, as a function of time, an electronic signal indicative of the load being applied to the fastener during the setting operation and, from which, determining a mandrel e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978526 | Structure of a rivet nut gun A structure of rivet nut gun having a body, a handle and a pressure cylinder. The top of the handle is furnished with a mounting base having a through cylindrical hole. The lower end of the handle is furnished with a base surface for mounting the fastening disk. The... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6925695 | Modular rivet tool A rivet setting tool is provided with a mandrel collection system. The mandrel collection system uses a valve system to provide high and low vacuum states to draw rivet mandrels into a collection bottle. The low vacuum state provides an energy savings and reduced no... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918279 | Blind riveting device A blind riveting device for placing blind rivets includes a device head, wherein an opening for receiving a rivet bolt and a suction device for producing a negative pressure for holding the rivet bolt in the opening are arranged in the head. A control unit for switc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907648 | Riveting tool such as a nut plate riveter A nut-plate riveter which includes multiple pistons which assist in creating a pulling force. The nut-plate riveter provides that spent mandrels are pulled through the tool, thereby avoiding problems in the field. The nut-plate riveter includes a handle and a plural... | 06/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6883216 | Fastener installation tool including fastener-parts collection means A fastener installation tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during installation. The tool is provided with a collection means for collecting broken-off fastener parts during operation of the tool, the collection me... | 04/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6622363 | Rivet setting tool with nose housing quick connect A rivet setting tool is provided with a quick connect nose housing. The quick connect feature allows for quicker easier disassembly and assembly of the nose housing for cleaning and general maintenance.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6532635 | Installation tool for pull type fasteners A manually applied installation tool, for setting fasteners by applying a relative axial pulling force thereto and including a first hydraulic piston in a first hydraulic cylinder for reciprocation in response to a preselected high hydraulic pressure for ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519997 | Rivet gun Automatic feeding blind rivet guns and method facilitating rapid installation of blind rivets with good freedom of movement of the operator. The blind rivet guns receive a carrier holding a substantial plurality of blind rivets in close side by side proxi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6425170 | Rivet setting tool with jaw guide and nose housing quick connect A rivet setting tool is provided with a quick connect jaw guide assembly and nose housing. The quick connect feature allows for quicker easier disassembly and assembly of the jaw guide assembly and nose housing for cleaning and general maintenance.... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6418599 | Setting apparatus for blind rivets or the like A setting apparatus 30 in which a mandrel of a blind rivet is inserted into a hole 47 of a nose at the front end of the setting apparatus, and wherein a rivet body of the rivet is projected from the nose into a mounting hole of a workpiece. The mandrel is... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6374474 | Device for setting two-part fasteners To set two-part fasteners (8), in particular blind rivets, in which for setting a first part (7) has to be pulled while a second part (6) is held, a device is proposed with a housing (1), a feed appliance (9) on the housing (1) to transfer a fastener (8) ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6367139 | Pneumatic-hydraulic blind riveting device A pneumatic-hydraulic blind riveting device has a device housing and a pulling device arranged in the device housing. The pulling device has a chuck housing and chuck jaws arranged in the chuck housing. The pulling device has a pulling piston connected to... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6301948 | Rivet setting device The present invention relates to a rivet setting device comprising a rivet setting means and a drive which actuates the rivet setting means, as well as a magazine-strip pulling means which comprises a roll in operative communication with the drive. Accord... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6276037 | Riveting tool A riveting tool for setting blind rivets and/or bolts with lock washers has a mouthpiece to receive blind rivets and/or bolts, a pneumatic device to carry away broken-off rivet pins from the riveting tool, a pressable device arranged on the riveting tool ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6272899 | Pneumatic-hydraulic rivet gun A rivet gun includes a pneumatic motor (4), that drives a segment stem 7. A pneumatic cylinder (21) actuates a hydraulic cylinder (22) which sends oil under pressure to an expansion chamber (10) provided for moving back the segment stem (7) and buckling t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6223409 | Rivet setting tool A rivet setting tool provided with a threaded bolt or drift for engaging a nut of the rivet. The rivet has a thin walled sleeve portion which is to be deformed during setting of the rivet and forms a flange. The rivet setting tool is driven with decreasin... | 05/01/2001 |
