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US 2023/0264253 A1Published application
Blind rivet setting tool
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsLuca BARDARÉ, Tobias HEEP, Kevin BHIKADIYA, Yasar AKBABA, Philipp LIBERA, Benjamin SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A blind rivet setting tool including clamping means for releasably clamping a nosepiece in place such that a blind rivet can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled; and a method of changing nosepieces using the clamping means.
Claims7
A blind rivet setting tool comprising:
- gripping jaws for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use;
- driving means for causing the gripping means to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use;
- and clamping means for releasably clamping a nosepiece in place such that in use the blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled.
The blind rivet setting tool of 2, wherein the clamping means can be engaged and disengaged by attaching and detaching the cap from the housing part respectively.
A method of attaching a nosepiece to a blind rivet setting tool comprising the steps of:
- disengaging a first part of a releasable two-part connection mechanism provided on a clamping feature from a second part of the releasable two-part connection mechanism provided on a housing part of the tool;
- engaging a nosepiece with the housing feature of the tool so part of the nosepiece extends into the housing feature and part of the nosepiece bears against an external surface of the housing feature;
- engaging the first part of the releasable two-part connection mechanism provided on the clamping feature with the second part of the releasable two-part engagement mechanism provided on the housing part of the tool thereby clamping the nosepiece between the clamping feature and the external surface of the housing feature whereby in use a blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while its mandrel is pulled;
- optionally wherein the steps of disengaging and engaging the releasable two-part connection mechanism involve rotating the clamping feature in opposite directions relative to the housing part of the tool.
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