Rivet driver

Details Rivet driver Rivet driver

1985-08-15

1986-09-02

Coan, James F.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

With means to move or guide member into driving position

Including carrier feed means for a plurality of members

227120, 29816, B25C 104

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046091360

ABSTRACT:
A rivet driver is disclosed, which comprises a guide space through which a rivet belt is fed, feeder means for feeding the rivet belt through the guide space stepwise at increments equal to the pitch of the branch portions, re-directing means operable in an interlocked relation with the feeding operation of the rivet feeder means for bending the branch portion associated with the rivet located at a driving position in the guide space so that the rivet assumes a different orientation from that of the other rivets in the rivet belt, squeezing means for pushing the flange of the re-directed rivet to thereby squeeze out the rivet member from the branch portion, and a restoring mechanism for bending back and restoring the initial orientation of the branch portion bent by the re-directing means and leading the restored branch portion back to the guide space.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3930297 (1976-01-01), Potucek et al.
patent: 4131009 (1978-12-01), Hara et al.
patent: 4178669 (1979-12-01), Hara et al.

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