Device for controlled depth riveting
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPaul N. Stavig, Jr., Sujith N. Mally, Jeffrey W. Hamilton
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Abstract
An adjustable depth control device for a fastener driving tool has an attachment member which is used to couple the adjustable depth control device to the fastener driving tool. An adjustment member is coupled to the attachment member to adjust and control a driving depth of the fastener driving tool. A stopping head is formed on a rivet die of the fastener driving tool for keeping the rivet die in a chamber of the fastener driving tool and for limiting a distance the rivet die will travel.
Claims16
An adjustable depth control device for a fastener driving tool comprising:
- an attachment member to couple the adjustable depth control device to the fastener driving tool;
- an adjustment member coupled to the attachment member to adjust and control a driving depth of the fastener driving tool;
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- a stopping head formed on a rivet die of the fastener driving tool for keeping the rivet die in a chamber of the fastener driving tool and for limiting a distance the rivet die will travel, wherein the stopping head comprises:
- an adapter rod inserted into a bore formed in an end of the rivet die opposite of a striking head of the rivet die;
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- a shouldered nut coupled to an end of the adapter rod opposite of an end inserted into the channel.
A fastener driving tool for axially driving a fastener, comprising:
- a gun body having channeling having a first and second section;
- a driving mass, wherein the driving mass moves within the first section of the channeling;
- a rivet die positioned in the second section of the channeling, an end of the rivet die extending into the first section of the channeling, the driving mass striking the rivet die when the fastener driving tool is actuated;
- a stopping head formed on the rivet die for keeping the rivet die in the second section of the channeling and for limiting a distance the rivet die will travel;
- an adjustable depth control device coupled to the fastener driving tool to adjust and control a driving depth of the fastener driving tool;
- an attachment member to couple the adjustable depth control device to the fastener driving tool;
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- an adjustment member coupled to the attachment member to adjust and control a driving depth of the fastener driving tool;
- wherein the stopping head comprises:
- an adapter rod inserted into a hole formed in an end of the rivet die opposite of a striking head of the rivet die;
- and
- a shouldered nut coupled to an end of the adapter rod opposite of an end inserted into the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.