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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7752879 | Method and device for mounting a fastening element on a part, particularly a sheet metal part Disclosed are a method and a device for mounting a fastening element (12, 12′) on a part, e.g. a sheet metal part (13, 13′). Said fastening element comprises an axis of symmetry (18), a head piece (14) with a contact surface (22 | 07/13/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7237413 | Setting tool A tool and method for installing collapsible inserts. The tool includes a stabilizing handle which is threaded onto a tool body. The tool body is threaded onto a tool shaft. In use, a collapsible insert is threaded onto the tool and the insert is positioned in a hol... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228607 | Pneumatic hydraulic riveter A pneumatic/hydraulic riveter includes a valve unit formed of a socket set and a control valve movable relative to the socket set to provide a forward rotation control air loop, a pulling control fluid loop, or a reverse rotation control air loop in such a manner th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216520 | Cross-threading prevention apparatus for installing nut inserts An insert installation apparatus comprises a housing having a body section and a nose piece. The nosepiece comprises a forward end and a rearward end, where the rearward end of the nose piece is attached to the body section. The apparatus comprises a rotary power so... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7155953 | Anvil driving assembly An anvil driving assembly, anvil driving tool, and method for installing rivetless floating nut plates in workpieces. The tool and method are capable of pulling a rivetless nut plate sleeve into a countersunk hole in the workpiece simultaneously with flaring the ope... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7065855 | Installation tool for setting anchors The invention provides an installation tool for use with a battery operated drill or a corded electric drill for repetitive installation of caulk-in anchors. The installation tool utilizes the mechanical advantage of a threaded shaft to improve consistency of the ho... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6997269 | Attachment for impact hammer An attachment for an impact hammer for translating the hammer's typical forwardly directed impact force into a rearwardly directed pulling force while still allowing the user to maintain a conventional orientation of the hammer relative to the work piece intended to... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6840075 | Quick release/eject drive assembly A quick release drive assembly intercouples a reversible hand held motor and a drive screw for mounting blind fasteners in place. A replaceable adaption assembly includes the drive screw, the nosepiece of the unit and a drive adaptor for supplying torque from the mo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6732563 | Rivet tool head A rivet tool to be used with a rivet includes a tube adapted to be received in an adjusting knob, a transmission rod movably received in the tube and a bolt having a front threading and a rear threading corresponding to the front inner threading. The bolt securely e... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6691546 | Rivet nut setting tool The present invention includes both the device and the method for utilizing two wedge shaped halves to retract a stud used to deform rivet nut material, thereby setting the rivet nut. The tool consists of two wedge shaped halves and a stud passing through... | 02/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6427514 | Installation tool for deformable head fasteners A drill mounted tool for installing collapsible deformable head fasteners includes a yoke supported on the drill housing carrying a reciprocal nosepiece rotatably coupled at a left hand threaded connection to an actuator shaft connected to the drill chuck... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6415490 | Portable power tool for mounting via a press fit a machine part onto a shaft A portable power tool for mounting via press fit a machine part, like a pulley (37) onto a shaft (16) by the application of an axial press force on the pulley (37), comprises a housing (17), a reaction spindle (23) with a threaded end portion (34) for eng... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6212931 | Rivet setting tool with rotation reversal device A rivet setting tool for setting blind rivet nuts has a rotation reversal device including a valve slide and a slide housing that is moveable into a forward position and a rear position, a rotary motor connected to a feed spindle and having a direction of... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6029332 | 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... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5802691 | Rotary driven linear actuator Actuator apparatus (60) for a device such as a nail or staple gun having a linearly translating tool. The apparatus includes reciprocating means (64) for actuating the tool in a first direction. The apparatus includes a drive shaft comprising a sleeve ele... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5771738 | Rivet-nut tool with a fixing hole A rivet-nut tool has a through hole defined in a collet case and a slot defined in a positioning seat, a pin extending into the through hole and the slot is able to retain the rotary mandrel and the positioning seat in a fixed position relative to the bod... | 06/30/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5605070 | Blind rivet nut setting device A blind rivet nut setting device includes a drawing mandrel, a motor, an interruptible first drive line for producing a rotational motion of the drawing mandrel, and a second drive line for producing an axial motion of the drawing mandrel. The second driv... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5299442 | Rivnut (TM) installation apparatus The apparatus comprises a frame and a carriage mounted slidably on the frame. The frame has a work support part and the carriage is equipped with a fastener, the threaded end of which extends through a hole in the work support part. A jack is situated bet... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5131255 | Power driven tool A power driven tool for crimping a collar fitted on a shank of a rivet inlcudes an outer sleeve mounted on a body and having a portion for press fitting on an outer surface of the collar, and an inner sleeve disposed within the outer sleeve and reciprocal... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5079818 | Riveting apparatus In a hand-held riveting apparatus having two pivotal levers for performing the actual riveting operation and a screwthreaded mandrel which can be caused to rotate for screwing on the rivet nut and for screwing out the rivet nut after the rivet setting ope... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5038596 | Threaded cold working mandrel A mandrel assembly is utilized to cold work a hole in a structural member which is present in a confined area. A mandrel and sleeve are slipped through one end of the hole. The mandrel length is threaded so that a nut may be turned along its length. Betwe... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4979279 | Fastener installation tool apparatus This invention provides a novel nose assembly for an installation tool for crimping or swaging nuts onto threaded bolts to form a lock-bolt combination. The nose assembly is configured such that its spindle has a bight section or slot to receive a project... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4914933 | Installation and swaging tool for inserts An installation and swaging tool for installing and swaging a portion of an insert into a parent material, includes a drawbar having an end for carrying an insert. A moveable swaging member is disposed about and guided longitudinally by the drawbar for sw... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4910992 | Rivet installation tool and blind rivets for use therewith A tool for drawing blind rivets, especially self-drilling ones, provided with upsetting pins. The tool is intended to be attached to the driving axle (2) of a hand tool (1) and includes a nozzle (8) with a throughbore (9) of such a design that a blind riv... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4821555 | Hydropneumatic gun for setting blind-rivet nuts The present invention relates to improvements in a hydropneumatic gun for setting blind-rivet nuts used for integrally securing, for example, two panels to each other with a nut. In the hydropneumatic gun for setting blind-rivet nuts, an air piston fitted... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4698993 | Riveting tool for one side riveting of rivet nuts A riveting tool of simple design adapted for repeated one side riveting of rivet nuts particularly in mass production and also suitable for use with a reversible motor drive is provided with a single-threaded pull mandrel and a dolly with an opening corre... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4649732 | Fastener installation tool This invention provides a tool for attaching fasteners to a workpiece that includes a slide within a body and a rod threaded into the slide. The outer end of the rod threads into the floating nut of a fastener assembly with an enlargement on the rod cente... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4612793 | Hydropneumatic gun for setting blind-rivet nuts A tool for setting blind rivet nuts has a housing having a head defining a head axis, a pulling rod extending along and rotatable about the head axis, projecting axially forwardly from the head, and threadable into a blind rivet nut, and a hydropneumatic ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4574612 | Stroke adjusting mechanism of blind nut setting tool In a motor driven tools for setting blind nuts, a threaded interconnection between a nose housing and a mast housing that provides an adjustment of the length of the setting stroke of the tool to accommodate various sizes of blind nuts. A locking member s... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4571976 | Blind riveting apparatus for rivets of different sizes In a blind riveting apparatus for rivets of different sizes, with a compressed air feed line and an actuating means controllable by the compressed air, and a rotary motor, provided at the inlet (6) of the compressed air feed means (9) into the blind rivet... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4559806 | Blind rivet setting tool A blind rivet setting tool for setting threaded rivet nuts comprises a threaded pin for engaging the rivet, and a rotating mechanism to screw the nut on to the threaded pin before a rivet upsetting operation, and to unscrew the pin from the nut after the ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559803 | Tool for making hollow articles A tool, and method, for making the outer member of a constant velocity universal joint of the cross-groove type, the outer member being of hollow form having in its interior two sets of helical grooves of opposite hand. The tool comprises first and second... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4487096 | Screw type blind rivet driver adapter An apparatus for setting screw type blind rivets including a power drill having a laterally offset drilling head, and an adapter therefor interchangeable with the normal drill bit, which adapter has a laterally elongated slot adapted for receiving the fla... | 12/11/1984 |
