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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore S Komsta, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Donald J Donofrio, III, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29243523 ; 29243525 ;
Abstract
The mandrel jamming area in a power-operated blind rivet tool is allowed to separate into sections under conditions in which mandrel jamming occurs, so that the jammed mandrels can be easily cleared from the area and the sections then rejoined for normal operation.