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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2017
Profil Verbindungstechnik Gmbh & Co. KG, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Jiri Babej, Lich, DE;
Richard Humpert, Bad Nauheim, DE;
PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Abstract
A die button for the punching in and fastening of a fastener element having a piercing section to a planar workpiece, in particular a sheet metal part. The die button includes a jacket. Also included is a die plunger movably arranged in the jacket. Further included is a biasing device for pressing the plunger against the workpiece when the workpiece is supported on the jacket with a pressing force made available by the biasing device and selected such that the die plunger first moves when a slug has been detached from the workpiece by the piercing section of the fastener element.