Patent · US Expired

Blind rivet

US5759001A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1996
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B5/04
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved blind rivet assembly is disclosed, in which a plastics cylinder is moulded along a pulling stem of a long break mandrel. On setting the mandrel is broken within the cylinder providing the cylinder with an additional degree of shear strength, allowing the cylinder to be used as a support.

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