Apparatus and system for retaining and installing rivets
AssigneeConveyor Accessories, Inc.
InventorsThomas Willoughby Richardson, Robert Richard Jennings
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Abstract
An apparatus and system for retaining and installing rivets into a belt fastener includes a collated rivet strip comprising connected upper and lower strips and retaining a predetermined configuration of rivet heads therebetween. The rivet strip is used in conjunction with a guide block assembly having top and bottom portions interlocked together. The top portion contains studs aligning with the rivet heads to assist the release of the rivet head from the rivet strip, seating the rivets in pilot holes of the lower portion of the guide block assembly for further driving through the belt fastener and into the belt material.
Claims9
A collated rivet strip retaining a rivet having a rivet head, comprising:
- a rivet-driving strip having:
- a first driving surface and a second driving surface opposite the first driving surface;
- a button having a button diameter and protruding from the first driving surface and adapted to transfer impact to the rivet head;
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- a button recess defined by the second driving surface, the button recess being aligned with the button and adapted to receive the rivet head;
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- a rivet-aligning strip having:
- a first aligning surface coupled to the second driving surface and a second aligning surface opposite the first aligning surface;
- an aperture defined within the rivet-aligning strip and adapted to receive the rivet, the aperture having an aperture diameter;
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- a dimple disposed on the second aligning surface and having a dimple recess with a dimple recess diameter, wherein the dimple recess diameter is larger than the aperture diameter, wherein a portion of the dimple is detachable from the rivet-aligning strip to create a detached portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.