Part presenter for a blind fastener setting tool

A setting tool for a blind fastener including a head and a shank, the setting tool comprising:

• a tool housing;
• screw tool including a male thread that is rotationally and translationally movable within the tool housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted position and an extended position;
• a blind fastener presenting assembly for presenting blind fasteners to the screw tool, said blind fastener presenting assembly comprising:
• a receiver having an input end and an output end;
• a gripper having a receptacle configured to receive blind fasteners from the receiver and a clamping device disposed proximate the receptacle for securing the blind fastener, wherein the clamping device comprises clamping jaws having an open position and a closed position;
• a handover unit configured to move the gripper along a path between a first position wherein the gripper is proximate the output end of the receiver and a second position wherein the gripper is proximate the screw tool;
• wherein the handover unit further comprises a first guide member spaced from a second guide member, each guide member having a first track and a second track, each first track extending generally parallel to the tool axis between a first portion and a second portion, each second track having a first portion generally parallel to the tool axis and a second portion curving radially from the first portion of the second track toward the tool axis.

A setting tool for a blind fastener including a head and a shank, the setting tool comprising:

• a tool housing;
• a screw tool including a male thread that is rotationally and translationally movable within the tool housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted position and an extended position;
• a blind fastener presenting assembly for presenting blind fasteners to the screw tool, said blind fastener presenting assembly comprising:
• a receiver comprising an input end and an output end;
• a gripper comprising a receptacle configured to receive blind fasteners from the receiver and a clamping device disposed proximate the receptacle for securing the blind fastener, wherein the clamping device comprises clamping jaws having an open position and a closed position, wherein the clamping jaws further comprise a plurality of teeth extending radially from an inner surface of the clamping jaws, each tooth of the plurality of teeth is asymmetric such that each tooth of the plurality of teeth has a point formed by a first slope on a first edge that is steeper than a second slope on a second edge;
• a handover unit configured to move the gripper along a path between a first position wherein the gripper is proximate the output end and a second position
• wherein the gripper is proximate the screw tool.