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Tool for punching and riveting including a combination cylinder

US5771551A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1997
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53774
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combination punch and rivet tool, the tool being adapted to be mounted on the end of a robot arm, the tool comprising a C frame having two opposed sides, a punch die mounted on one side of the C frame, an anvil slidably mounted on said one side adjacent the punch die and selectively movable between a first position away from the punch die and a second position over the punch die, and a combination cylinder mounted on the other side of the C frame opposite the punch die, the combination cylinder comprising a coaxial inner punch and an outer rivet forming tool.

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