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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Colin R Murphy, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Engineered Construction Components (America), Panama City, PA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16B / ; E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52410 ; 411 29 ; 411 43 ; 411447 ; 411450 ;
Abstract
A rivet having a head portion and a body portion, with a bore through the head portion and body portion, said bore being capable of receiving a mandrel having a head portion with a self-piercing end portion and a cutting portion. The self-piercing end portion is capable of piercing partially or entirely through a roofing substrate. After the mandrel has pierced the substrate, the cutting portion of the mandrel peels back the rivet body into separate portions which curl back on the rivet body.