Tool for setting blind fasteners
US4400960A · kind A · utility
5Cited by
8References
2Claims
0Family size
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B37/065
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An inexpensive hand tool for setting threaded blind fasteners comprising an hexagonal sleeve having an axially extending unthreaded bore therethrough and a bit having a threaded body extending out of the sleeve and adapted to be threaded into the base of the threaded fastener. An Allen wrench socket is recessed in the opposite end of the bit. By means of an open end wrench for holding the sleeve against rotation and an Allen wrench for rotating the bit, the fastener is collapsed and the base is drawn into the fastener body.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.