Blind riveting assembly
AssigneeEmhart Inc.
InventorBarry T. Williams
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Abstract
A blind rivet assembly comprising a flanged rivet body and a mandrel having a stem provided with extension means wherein wire fed to mandrel-forming means is first subjected to at least one operation to form a series of indentations on the surface of the feed wire. This may be carried out by a plurality of pairs of indenting rolls arranged symmetrically around the feed wire.
Claims6
A process for the production of a blind rivet assembly comprising a flanged rivet body and a mandrel having a stem provided with a head at one end comprising defining a series of gripping facilitating indentations on the surface of the feed wire throughout the entire length of the wire, forming the mandrel from a length of said wire after said indentations have been defined on the wire, and assembling the blind rivet with said gripping facilitating indentations being located on the gripping end of the stem and along its entire length from the head and along the stem as it passes through the flanged rivet body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.