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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10695822 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2013

Blind riveting apparatus and methods

Applicant:

Henrob Limited, Flintshire, GB;

Inventors:

Stuart Edmund Blacket, Queensland, AU;

Wojciech Gostylla, Queensland, AU;

Assignee:

Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited, Flintshire, GB;

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lee A Holly

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/26 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); F16D 37/00 (2006.01); F16D 57/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/74 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B29C 65/06 (2006.01); F16H 25/20 (2006.01); F16H 25/22 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/26 (2013.01); B21J 15/027 (2013.01); B21J 15/043 (2013.01); B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B23K 20/123 (2013.01); B23K 20/125 (2013.01); B29C 65/06 (2013.01); F16D 37/008 (2013.01); F16D 57/002 (2013.01); F16H 25/2025 (2013.01); F16H 25/2266 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49835 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49956 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5377 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53752 (2015.01); Y10T 74/18568 (2015.01); Y10T 74/18664 (2015.01);
Abstract

A blind riveting apparatus () comprises a motor (), and a clamp () for gripping the mandrel of a blind rivet, the clamp being movable substantially along the axis of the rivet. The apparatus further comprises a first transmission () configured to transfer rotary motion of the motor () to the clamp () when engaged; and a second transmission () configured to convert rotary motion of the motor () to linear motion of the clamp (), and thereby retract the clamp () to pull on the mandrel, when engaged. A transmission control apparatus is arranged to selectively adjust the degree of engagement of at least one of the first () and second () transmissions, the transmission control apparatus comprising a variable-influence brake or clutch (). Methods of blind riveting, and further pieces of blind riveting apparatus, are also disclosed.

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