Tacking rivet
AssigneeMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
InventorHermann Rieper
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Abstract
A tacking rivet has a shaft and a head with a longitudinal bore through the haft and through the head. The head forms a rim extending radially outwardly and the rim or head has a divider which divides the head and/or rim into at least two portions. The divider may, for example, be a slot or recess or indentation.
Claims6
A tacking rivet body, comprising rivet shaft means, rivet head means secured to said rivet shaft means, a longitudinal bore extending axially entirely through said rivet shaft means and through said rivet head means, said rivet shaft means having a given outer diameter, said rivet head means having an outer diameter larger than said given outer shaft diameter, whereby the rivet head means form a rim extending radially outwardly of said outer shaft diameter, and dividing means extending at least to said outer shaft diameter and entirely through said rim to divide said rim into at least two separate portions, said dividing means preventing said separate rim portions from remaining stuck on a drill bit used in a boring operation to remove a rivet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.