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Rivet fastener

US5383753A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1993
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B2200/97
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rivet fastener has a rivet housing and a shaft threaded into the rivet housing. The shaft has a head formed at a distal end thereof and being of a greater diameter than the threaded portion of the shaft. The head of the shaft supports a drilling element. The rivet housing is formed of two sections along the axis thereof, of which one section is of a greater diameter than the other one. The section of the greater diameter forms a borehole diameter of the drilling element.

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