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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418774 | Method of using an automatic rivet loading module An automatic rivet loading module which includes a pusher mechanism, a gripper mechanism, a mandrel receptacle, mechanisms for moving mandrels in the mandrel receptacle, and a tool activation device. The gripper mechanism receives a rivet, and a mandrel is moved thr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7213735 | Staple-driving gun capable of ensuring attachment of a seal washer to a sleeve A staple-driving gun includes a hollow housing configured with first and second air chambers separated by a partition. A piston unit includes an operating member connected fixedly to a sleeve disposed movably in the first air chamber, and a piston rod disposed movab... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200914 | Apparatus and method for loading a riveting module with blind rivet nuts The invention relates to a device for loading a rivet module (10), which can be vertically displaced between a lower placement position and an upper loading position, with blind rivet nuts (100) using a rivet feed (22). The invention is characte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7143508 | Nail spacing verification assembly A nail spacing verification assembly is provided which enables the spacing between nails contained in a collated nail strip, the collated nail strip advancing down a nail loading assembly of a nail gun, to be verified before the nail is allowed to advance. A first a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7096576 | Portable tool for installing fixing elements A portable tool used for installing fixing elements for assembling parts, which is particularly suitable for assembling machined parts or sheet metal by riveting. The portable tool includes a device for distributing fixing elements, one by one, according to a distri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048168 | Clip placement tool A clip placement tool for automatic or manual insertion of a plastic clip workpiece. The tool including a main body having a first feature to affix to an operator handle or affix to a mechanical device as an end-effecter, and a second feature that connects to a vacu... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048073 | Fastener installation systems A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitiv... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040010 | Autofeed speed rivet tool An autofeed speed rivet tool and method which does not require a mandrel to be constantly withdrawn and re-stocked, is very efficient and can be used in a flow line application without requiring the line to be stopped to re-load the tool with rivets. A flexible tube... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7020955 | Automatic rivet loading module An automatic rivet loading module which includes a pusher mechanism, a gripper mechanism, a mandrel receptacle, mechanisms for moving mandrels in the mandrel receptacle, and a tool activation device. The gripper mechanism receives a rivet, and a mandrel is moved thr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6941627 | Adaptable fastener installation tool A system for installing fasteners into a workpiece. The system includes a fastener orientation system and an installation unit. The fastener orientation system receives the fastener from a fastener delivery tube and retains the fastener in a holding jaw. Specificall... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942134 | Self-piercing rivet setting machine A self-piercing rivet setting machine 1 comprises a C-shaped frame 3, a punch 9 disposed at one end of the C-shaped frame 3, and a die 10 disposed at the other end of the C-shaped frame 3. The punch is attached to the edge o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6637099 | Riveting apparatus A riveting apparatus is described, including a body having an abutment means (19,32) mounted at one end thereof, and stop means (52,53) mounted at a position remote therefrom, so that a mandrel (30) inserted through the abutment means (19,32) has it end r... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6629360 | Continuous riveter A continuous riveter is provided, which can make a rivet distance in a blind rivet holder small since an available continuous riveter having a linear guide plate elongated from a rivet supply section could not reduce the rivet distance while avoiding the ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6405421 | Die assembly for riveting A die assembly (20) for riveting includes an upper die (200), a base die (230), a pair of clamps (270), and a pair of springs (280). The upper die includes a fixing block (202), and a pair of pressing protrusion (204) at opposite sides of the fixing block... | 06/18/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6125680 | Rivet tool adjustable rivet delivery device A rivet delivery device is provided for transferring a rivet from a rivet passage to a nose piece of a pulling head and jaw case mechanism. The rivet delivery device is air driven to extend forwardly of the rivet setting tool and rotates to present a rive... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5653368 | Fastener installation apparatus Fastener installation apparatus for operating cyclically so as to instal successively a plurality of fasteners includes a fastener installation head (11) having an aperture (35) in which part of a fastener is inserted, and a vacuum generator (20) for crea... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5651169 | Continuous riveting machine for fastening blind rivets Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use exclusively a special blind rivet having a longer core-stem than that of the standard type, the continuous riveting machine according to the present invention is able to use the standar... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5640758 | Component feeder with reciprocal and rotatable magazine A component installation tool of the type having a rearward stroke to accommodate delivery of a component to the front of the tool and a forward stroke to engage, deliver and install the component at a workpiece, the tool including a housing, a reciprocat... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5634264 | Riveting apparatus A riveting apparatus which includes an elongated mandrel, a mandrel gripping mechanism, a mechanism for feeding rivets forwardly along the mandrel, and an abutment provided by a plurality of members, and a control system including an actuation device such... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5544407 | Continuous riveting method for fastening blind rivets Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use exclusively a special blind rivet having a longer core-stem than that of the standard type, the continuous riveting machine according to the present invention is able to use the standar... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5327639 | Automatic rivet feed apparatus An automatic rivet feed apparatus which can be used as a retrofit to an existing power driven riveting tool or incorporated integrally into a riveting tool. A rivet strip holds each of the plurality of rivets at individual fixed positions on the rivet str... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5277049 | Rivet setting device A pneumatic cylinder and piston assembly is provided with a piston rod on the end of which is mounted a punch. The cylinder is provided with an extension tube through which the piston rod and punch extend. The assembly is mounted on a support frame have a... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5236341 | Automatic blind rivet feeding system attachment A blind rivet feeding attachment for an automatic riveting machine having a riveting head and a drill mounted on a reciprocating shuttle comprises a rotating transfer arm for picking up a rivet from a supply tube and inserting it in the riveting head of t... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5207085 | Automatic blind rivet setting device A blind rivet setting device which automatically feeds blind rivets into a rivet table, then sets the rivet by pulling and detaching the mandrel. The rivet feed mechanism includes a thin strip or ribbon of flexible material capable of holding the mandrel ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5170923 | Nosepiece for installation of blind tubular rivets A nosepiece assembly for a blind pull-through riveting tool has long nosepiece jaws (11a, 11a) for access into deep, narrow cavities. The inside of the nosepiece assembly is provided with a device for locking the jaws together at least when a rivet is bei... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5012968 | Device for controlling access in fastener manipulation systems A device for controlling access to an actuator of a fastener manipulation system as described. The device includes a discriminator which cooperates with moveable elements to allow access of authorized objects and to prevent operation of the actuator upon ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4852376 | Lockbolt installation tool with cartridge feed A manually-operated fastener installation tool is provided with a self-contained cartridge or magazine for feeding lockbolt collars to an installation position adjacent the tool nosepiece. A fixed, inflexible feed path directs the collars from the cartrid... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4829662 | Button press A button press has an indexable turntable on which are mounted a plurality of alternating lower forming die assemblies and crimping die assemblies. The lower die assemblies are positioned beneath an upper die assembly as the turntable is indexed. The uppe... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4765175 | Apparatus for installing fasteners Apparatus for automatically installing blind rivets includes structure for automatically feeding new rivets one at a time to the front of the rivet installation head. Each rivet is supported in the appropriate position by a pair of support fingers (36,36)... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4754643 | Method and apparatus for automatically installing mandrel rivets Apparatus and method for automated and semi-automated installation of blind rivets, comprising mechanical, pneumatic, and electronic subassemblies, with self-diagnostic capabilities. The system includes a rivet transfer arm external to the installation to... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4747294 | Fastener presentation device A device for automatically presenting mandrel rivets to the nosepiece of a rivet installation tool, which receives rivets from a supply in a slidably mounted transfer arm while the arm is in a retracted position, and axially and radially moves the arm rel... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4744238 | Pneumatic rivet setting tool A pneumatically actuated tool for setting blind rivets of the type having a body, a head and breakaway pull mandrel. The tool comprises a body having a double-acting cylinder therein, a handle attached to the body, a guide body affixed to the body beneath... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4662206 | Rivet/stud feeder A fastener-installing tool comprises a housing in which a collet which holds a fastener moves back and forth between a forward fastener-installing position and a rear loading position. A curved feed tube is pivoted on the housing to swing about its center... | 05/05/1987 |
