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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Neal Sean Williams, Queensland, AU;
Neal Sean Williams, Queensland, AU;
Henrob Limited, Flintshire, GB;
Abstract
Fasteners, such as rivets, are fed to a fastener insertion tool () via a buffer magazine () adjacent to the tool. The buffer is movable with the tool and C-frame between an operative position where fasteners can be inserted int a workpiece and a re-filling position where it is docked at a docking station () to reload. Fasteners are delivered to the docking station from a source () and held there ready for when the tool docks. Once docked a transfer gat is opened at an interface between the buffer magazine () and the docking station () and fasteners from the docking station are transferred into the buffer magazine. A fastener insertion cycle is executed while the docking station is refilled with fasteners. A control cycle is used to control the quantity of fasteners loaded into a storage track at the docking station and operates to reduce overfilling of the buffer.