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US 11,446,732 B2Granted
Riveting apparatus for assembly plants
AssigneeCOSBERG S.p.A.
InventorGianluigi Carlo Viscardi
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Abstract
A riveting apparatus for application and riveting a rivet to a component of an article being processed in a work region of the riveting apparatus is provided. The riveting apparatus includes a rivet insertion device for insertion of the rivet into the component and a riveting device for the riveting of the rivet.
Claims3
A working method of a riveting apparatus, the working method comprising:
- inserting a rivet in a component of an article being processed, by a picking group having a picking direction and an insertion and abutment group having an insertion direction;
- translating the picking group and translating integrally to the picking group a riveting head having a riveting direction, so as to align the riveting direction to the insertion direction;
- translating the riveting head from an idle position to an advanced riveting position, and
- performing riveting of a free end of the rivet by translation of the riveting head along said riveting direction, by an electric brushless motor, maintaining a main rod of the insertion and abutment group in abutment with a head of the rivet, opposite the riveted end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.