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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Tod O. Rousseau, Sparta, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tool for crimping a flanged vehicle door panel onto a door frame includes a pneumatic power unit that attaches to a crimping head unit. The head unit includes a rectangular housing with a circular aperture for attachment of a crimping head member. The rectangular housing also has an attached anvil portion that includes a central channel for holding a nylon pad. The crimping head member mounts above the anvil and nylon pad with a small amount of clearance there between. The head member has a leading edge that curves upwardly away from the nylon pad. In operation, the flanged door panel is positioned so the flange extends upwardly from the frame. The user moves the tool along the edge of the door frame with the crimping head member moving in a limited arc to incrementally crimp the flange tightly against the frame supported on the nylon pad as the tool moves along the edge of the work piece.