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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7189243 | Orthopaedic fixation pin extraction An instrument and a method for gripping an orthopaedic fixation pin during a surgical procedure and extracting the pin from bone in which the pin is embedded. The pin has an embedded portion extending into the bone along a longitudinal axis, and a projecting portion... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6668439 | Apparatus for an improved gasketed aerosol mounting cup An apparatus for forming a double-segment overlapping gasket material for the mounting cup of an aerosol container comprising a punch mounted on a reciprocating ram having a central opening for the body of the mounting cup and a nose portion adapted to ex... | 12/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6588246 | Finely adjustable swivel head of a rivet tool with clicking sound A rivet tool/rivet nut tool/rivet bolt tool with a freely-rotatable and finely-adjustable head has a handle pivotally connected to a lever and a swivel head rotatably connected to the handle. The swivel head can be finely-adjusted by use of a [steering] g... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5729880 | Adjustable type hand rivet nut tool with quick-change mandrel A rivet nut tool includes a lower handle defining a body and an upper handle pivotably connected thereto. A nosepiece is attached to the body. A collet case is mounted in the body and fixedly connected with the upper handle. An adjusting collar threadedly... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5603151 | Blind fastener setting device A blind fastener setting device includes a drawing mechanism and an adjustably supported tip piece. The tip piece has several mandrel guide channels, each of which can be aligned with respect to the drawing mechanism. The tip piece can be easily adjusted ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5361474 | Riveter A riveter includes a handle, a chuck coupled to the handle, a casing secured to the body, a seat extended from the casing, a chamber formed in the seat for slidably receiving the chuck, and a disc rotatably secured to the seat, two or more mouths of diffe... | 11/08/1994 |
| 4807460 | Riveter with adjustable headpiece An adjustable riveter including a headpiece, an actuator, a pressing handle, a fixed handle, and an adjusting cam which permits changing the angle of the rivet headpiece to dispose same in either a crank or straight position of operation.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4552010 | Pulling head for blind fasteners An improved pulling head is provided for setting blinds fasteners, such as by pulling the setting pin of a blind rivet or the like, wherein the pulling head is rapidly and easily adjustable for use with blind fasteners of different sizes or types. The imp... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4353239 | Hand riveter A headed mandrel inserted through a rivet sleeve is pulled and snapped off its head by a riveter to deform the rivet sleeve for setting the rivet when a movable handlebar is pivotally moved relative to a fixed handlebar by hand. An operating bar pivotally... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4347729 | Hand riveter A hand riveter consisting essentially of a frame main body, a lever, a jaw case support member, a jaw case accommodating a jaw assembly, and a jaw case housing. The jaw assembly attached to the head portion of the riveter is easily shiftable to a forward ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4344311 | Riveter A riveter comprises a turnable jaw case is disclosed. A jaw case tubular housing (170) is turnably supported by the forward end portion of the frame main body (101,) and lockable in a plurality of positions angularly spaced from each other. The orientatio... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4088004 | Fastening tool device Apparatus is disclosed for gripping and pulling on an elongated mandrel of a blind rivet, and having a first handle with a supporting surface and an opening therethrough for receiving the mandrel. A second handle having a mandrel receiving portion is moun... | 05/09/1978 |
