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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:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen F Howard, Juliet, TN (US);
Terry W Hopkins, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Assignee:
Avco Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2924354 ; 723912 ; 7245317 ; 72431 ;
Abstract
A rivet setting apparatus having a first driver with a rivet deforming piece and an opposite second driver with a rivet deforming piece. One of the rivet deforming pieces has an outer housing with a deforming seat in its front end and an aperture into the deforming seat. Located in the aperture is a movable ram that can extend into the deforming seat. The ram and outer housing are movable at different rates and distances from home positions to deform a rivet.