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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Jr Automation Technologies, Llc, Holland, MI (US);
Joseph Robert Russell, Jenison, MI (US);
Jason R. Turman, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Ryan Nathan Anderson, Dayton, OH (US);
Marcos Merino, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Gabriel C. Van't Land, Holland, MI (US);
JR Automation Technologies, LLC, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and rivet apparatus comprise a rivet block, the rivet block comprising a rivet block, a pin bore, and a rivet feed bore. The rivet block is comprised of a top end and a bottom end. The pin bore includes a top end and a bottom end and is disposed within the rivet block. The pin bore extends from the top end to the bottom end of the rivet block and guides a rivet pin that slides downward within the pin bore to push a head of a rivet into a workpiece. The rivet feed bore includes a top end and a bottom end and is disposed within the rivet block. The rivet feed bore extends from the top end to the bottom end of the rivet block, accepts the rivet at the top end of the rivet feed bore, and guides the rivet to the bottom end of the rivet feed bore. The rivet feed bore intersecting the pin bore between the top end and the bottom end of the pin bore at an oblique angle.