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US 2023/0264254 A1Published application
Blind rivet setting tool
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsLuca BARDARÉ, Tobias HEEP, Arthur LAUER, Yasar AKBABA, Philipp LIBERA, Benjamin SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A blind rivet setting tool including a nosepiece storage unit removably attached to a housing feature of the tool, wherein the nosepiece storage unit is configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces and defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with an exit opening of the tool such that the broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use; and method of using the nosepiece storage unit.
Claims11
A blind rivet setting tool comprising:
- grippers for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use;
- a drive assembly for causing the grippers to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use;
- a nosepiece connector for releasably retaining 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;
- an exit opening through which the broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved;
- and a nosepiece storage unit removably attached to a housing feature of the tool, wherein the nose piece storage unit is configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces and defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with the exit opening such that the broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use.
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A method of attaching a nosepiece to a blind rivet setting tool comprising the steps of:
- providing a tool housing;
- providing a nosepiece storage unit;
- detaching the nosepiece storage unit from the tool housing, wherein the nose piece storage unit is configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces and defines a mandrel receiving opening through which a broken mandrel of a set rivet can pass in use;
- removing a nosepiece from the nosepiece storage portion;
- releasably attaching the selected nosepiece in place by a nosepiece connector such that in use a blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled;
- and reattaching the nosepiece storage unit to the housing of the tool such that the mandrel receiving opening aligns with an exit opening of the tool through which the broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved in use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.