Pneumatic rivet setting tool
US4744238A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 17, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/5377
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
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 the cylinder, a pull track in the guide body for the rivets and a bore in the body connecting the cylinder and the pull track, the cylinder, the bore, and the pull track being coaxial. The tool is provided with a rivet pickup and pull mechanism comprising a lower load piston having a downwardly depending tubular assembly slidable within the body bore and pull track and terminating in a nose piece, and an upper pull piston having a downwardly depending tubular assembly telescopicly and shiftably located within the lower load piston tubular assembly and terminating in a chuck provided with mandrel-engaging jaws. The tool has a magazine connected to the guide body and containing a strip of rivets. An automatic rivet feed mechanism is provided comprising a shiftable feeder shoe and pawl for advancing the forwardmost rivet of the strip into the guide body pull track, a ratchet for preventing the strip from shifting away from the guide …
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