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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Robin Smith, Castle Bromwich, GB;
Assignee:
Emhart Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411 43 ; 411 34 ; 411 70 ;
Abstract
An improved blind rivet assembly is disclosed, in which a plastics cylinder is moulded along a pulling stem of a long break mandrel. On setting the mandrel is broken within the cylinder providing the cylinder with an additional degree of shear strength, allowing the cylinder to be used as a support.