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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Ramon Cruz Villanueva, Palmdale, CA (US);
Ramon Cruz Villanueva, Palmdale, CA (US);
AVK Industrial Products, Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for installing a rivet nut or the like having an intentionally threaded shaft wherein the apparatus includes a hydraulically geared power tool having an inner hydraulic fluid containing a chamber and a screw adapted to engage the threaded shaft of the nut wherein the power tool rotates the screw when actuated. A fluid outlet is coupled to the chamber and is coupled to a gauge controlled power supply, the power supply being fluidly coupled to the power tool whereby the power supply includes torque predetermining device for determining when a predetermined torque is placed on the screw, this stopping rotation thereof and resuming rotation in an opposite direction to withdraw the screw from the nut.