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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7681429 | Structure of rivet fixing device A rivet fixing device includes a catch tab retainer tube engageable with a transmission spindle of an electrically-operated, pneumatic or battery-powered electric drill or screwdriver, an inner guide sleeve, a driver, pawls, a rivet breaker, and an outer guide sleev... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7631534 | Extreme offset nose assembly An apparatus and method for utilizing an extreme offset nose assembly for installing fasteners are disclosed involving a drawbar, an anvil, and a collet. The drawbar having a first portion, a second portion, a third portion. The third portion transitioning from the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7458245 | Extreme offset nose assembly An apparatus and method for utilizing an extreme offset nose assembly for installing fasteners are disclosed involving a drawbar, an anvil, and a collet. The drawbar having a first portion, a second portion, a third portion. The third portion transitioning from the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7165710 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing with a spin weld pin A spin weld pin according the principles of the present invention can be rotated at a high speed relative to two or more framing members by a torque transmitting device. An axial force is applied to the pin as it rotates so that the pin contacts the framing members ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159290 | Manual hydraulic riveter A manual hydraulic riveter includes a body, a lever pivoted to the body for moving a first piston in a fluid cylinder to force hydraulic fluid through a first fluid pipe to a hydraulic cylinder to further move a second piston and an actuating rod carrying a riveting... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7083370 | Fastening devices A device for fastening panels to tubular frames comprises a dowel element (10) and a sleeve element (11). An expander region (15) of the dowel element, comprising a plain cylindrical section (16) and a conically tapering section (17 | 08/01/2006 |
| 7054861 | Information search apparatus and method, and computer readable memory A search request input processing unit holds an input query word in a query word holding unit. An associative word unfolding processing unit acquires associative words in association with the query word held in the query word holding unit with reference to an associ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7003520 | Information search apparatus and method, and computer readable memory A search request input processing unit holds an input query word in a query word holding unit. An associative word unfolding processing unit acquires associative words in association with the query word held in the query word holding unit with reference to an associ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6990722 | Method and apparatus for connecting a fastener element to a wall A tubular fastener element is inserted into an opening in a wall until a flange at the trailing end of the fastener element is in contact with the wall. Then, an externally threaded end of a rod is inserted into a center opening in the fastener element from the flan... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6962068 | Nut insert installation system and method of use A system is disclosed for installing an insert within an aperture in a workpiece, the workpiece having a first side and a second side. The insert is the type in which a portion of the insert plastically deforms on the second side of the workpiece upon application of... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6892431 | Hand held spin-pull tool for installing threaded inserts and method for using same A hand held spin-pull tool for securing a hollow threaded insert into a substrate. The hand held tool of the invention has at least the following components: a) a switch activated (closed) by manual movement; b) a rotatable drive activatable in response to the close... | 05/17/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6834420 | Device for producing a riveted joint and corresponding rivet A device for producing a riveted joint includes a mechanism (21, 25) to fire a rivet (14) having a jacket (14a) and a pin (14b) guided through the jacket (14a). The rivet is fired through the workpieces to be j... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6792657 | Method and apparatus for connecting a fastener element to a wall A tubular fastener element (34) is inserted into an opening (44) in a wall (W) until a flange (40) at the trailing end of the fastener element (34) is in contact with the wall (W). Then, an externally threaded end (32) of a rod ( | 09/21/2004 |
| 6739170 | Offset nose assembly with improved deflector and guard assemblies An offset nose assembly for installing fasteners is provided that generally includes a drawbar, a swage anvil and a collet. The drawbar has three portions with the third portion transitioning from the second portion by a chamfer, the chamfer being of a preselected a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735843 | Spin pull module for threaded inserts A method and apparatus for installing a hollow threaded insert into a hole in a substrate having first and second surfaces. The insert has a hollow shaft having a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion. The insert has a front flange at t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6705149 | Universal backup mandrel with retractable sleeve and shock absorbing means A backup mandrel for attaching a grommet to a washer in an aircraft panel opening having a housing and a nose piece attached to the housing, the nose piece having an opening. A stem is attached to the housing and has a first and a second portion, such that the first... | 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 |
| 6662420 | Hydraulic installation tool A hydraulic installation tool for installing fasteners is provided, that includes a housing having a first portion adapted to receive a drawbar and a second portion adapted to receive a piston, a gland and a retaining ring. A generally L-shaped drawbar is... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6539768 | Riveting tool for fastening a hollow rivet to a curved workpiece A riveting tool for fastening a hollow rivet to a curved workpiece is disclosed. The tool includes a main body provided with a forwardly-extending barrel terminating in a forked distal end. The main body has a power-operated rotor formed with a central he... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6490905 | Spin pull module for threaded inserts A method and apparatus for installing a hollow threaded insert into a hole in a substrate having first and second surfaces. The insert has a hollow shaft having a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion. The insert has a front ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6067839 | Method of mounting a fastener element, and a fastener element and tool for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for mounting a fastener element (1), such as a screw or a nut, in a component (2). The fastener element (1) is provided with a deformable, cylindrical portion (3) which has an axis of symmetry. The cylindrical portion (3)... | 05/30/2000 |
| 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 |
