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Sheet metal joining apparatus

US4658502A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1985
Grant dateApr 21, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/4974
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for joining two adjacent sheets of metal the complementary engaging of a male die and a female die, during one stroke, only one of the two sheets is provided with incisions and the material of the other sheet is pressed through the area defined along the incisions and is extruded laterally beyond the edges thereof to form a rivet-type connection.

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