Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Having separate expander means – Bulged by axially contracting ends
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-15
2001-07-03
Saether, Flemming (Department: 3627)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Having separate expander means
Bulged by axially contracting ends
C411S038000, C411S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06254324
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improved multigrip blind rivet, of the type which has circumferential grooves spaced at intervals along its length.
A known form of multigrip blind rivet has circumferential grooves spaced at intervals along its length. In the setting of this type of blind rivet, the grooves collapse in an axial direction and the rivet body portions between the grooves expand radially to form a characteristic “cottage loaf” setting.
For this type of rivet, there are two basic design considerations that require improvement:
a) In the formation of the grooves the rivet body material is work hardened in the groove portion and, unless there is close control of material displacement, there can be cracking of the material on setting, resulting in a very low tensile strength of the rivet and, in extreme conditions, premature failure of the joint.
b) Due to variations in raw material composition and specification, and manufacturing tolerances, the setting and checking of the machinery for making the grooves require constant attention.
European Patent No 0 663 536 B1 describes and claims a blind rivet with a tensile mandrel comprising a mandrel head and a mandrel shank, and with an essentially cylindrical rivet sleeve which surrounds the tensile mandrel over part of its length, and which comprises at least one weakening zone in the longitudinal extent, wherein each weakening zone is formed by several recesses which are distributed in the circumferential direction and essentially arranged at the same axial position, characterised in that the bottoms of the recesses in each case essentially form a secant to the cylinder circumference of the rivet sleeve or run in a radial direction within this secant, so that at their centre they are made deeper in a direction towards the centre axis of the rivet sleeve than at the edges.
The rivet according to European Patent No 663 536 has the disadvantage that it is relatively expensive to manufacture, requiring close control of the process of manufacture. In particular, the indents which are opposed to each other have to be matched precisely.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a multigrip blind rivet in which the above disadvantages are reduced or substantially obviated. It is a particular object of the present invention to provide a multigrip blind rivet with improved setting performance, and to reduce the manufacturing accuracy which is normally required for the manufacture of this type of rivet.
The present invention provides a blind rivet which comprises a substantially cylindrical rivet body and a mandrel, the rivet body including one or more circumferential grooves formed on the outer face of the rivet body characterised in that each circumferential groove is reinforced by one or more axial reinforcing ribs.
The rivet body is preferably provided with between one and four circumferential grooves and these are preferably formed by rolling.
Each of the circumferential grooves is reinforced by one or more, preferably between four and sixteen, axial reinforcing ribs, which are preferably formed at the same time as the rolling of the circumferential grooves.
During the process of rolling, the material in the groove is work-hardened, which further contributes to increasing the strength of the groove. When the reinforcing ribs are produced at the same time as rolling; they are located at the inner surface, or bottom, of the groove, and do not extend as far as the outer diameter of the rivet body.
The total width of the axial ribs relative to the circumference of the rivet body may be varied depending on the reinforcing required, but is typically between 8 and 10% of the circumference of the rivet body.
For a rivet having a diameter of 4.8 mm, the grooves are preferably rolled to a depth and axial length of 0.5 mm. For such a rivet, where four ribs are provided, the reinforcing ribs should preferably be about 0.4 mm in width and between 0.1 and 0.15 mm in height.
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Jones S. V.
Morris S.
Smith D. R.
Emhart Inc.
Murphy Edward D.
Saether Flemming
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