Blind rivet setting tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12569907-B2
Application number	US-202318153032-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2023
Priority date	Feb 22, 2022
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A blind rivet setting tool including a nosepiece storage unit removably attached to a housing feature of the tool, wherein the nosepiece storage unit is configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces and defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with an exit opening of the tool such that the broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use; and method of using the nosepiece storage unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A blind rivet setting tool comprising:
a tool housing; grippers for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use; a drive assembly for causing the grippers to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use; a nosepiece connector for releasably retaining a nosepiece in place such that in use the blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled; an exit opening through which a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved; and a nosepiece storage unit removably attached to the tool housing and configured to releasably hold a plurality of nosepieces, wherein the nosepiece storage unit defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with the exit opening such that a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use.

2 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , further comprising a collection chamber for receiving the broken mandrels of set rivets wherein the collection chamber can be removably attached to the nosepiece storage unit or the tool housing.

3 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 2 , wherein the nosepiece receiving portion and/or the collection chamber is provided with a gripper on its outer surface to facilitate turning thereof by a user.

4 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 3 , wherein the gripper is a circumferentially arranged series of projections.

5 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 2 , further comprising a releasable connector having a first connector part and a second connector part.

6 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 5 , wherein the releasable connector is a bayonet attachment mechanism.

7 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 5 , wherein the tool housing includes the first connector part.

8 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 7 , wherein the nosepiece storage unit includes a first connector that corresponds to the first connector part of the releasable connector.

9 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 8 , wherein the nosepiece storage unit includes a second connector that corresponds to the second connector part of the releasable connector.

10 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 8 , wherein the collection chamber includes a connector that corresponds to the second connector part of the releasable connector.

11 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 10 , wherein the collection chamber is connected directly to the tool housing.

12 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 10 , wherein the collection chamber is connected to the housing via the nosepiece storage unit.

13 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , wherein the nose piece storage unit comprises a plurality of nosepiece receiving portions, each of the nosepiece receiving portions having a hole and a set of fingers for gripping a nose piece inserted through the hole.

14 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 13 , wherein each of the nosepiece receiving portions comprises a recess in which a nosepiece is received while being gripped in use.

15 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 13 , wherein the nosepiece receiving portions are circumferentially arranged around the mandrel receiving opening.

16 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel receiving opening is provided with a plurality of facets for cooperating with facets on a nosepiece in order to rotatably drive the nosepiece using the nosepiece storage unit.

17 . A blind rivet setting tool comprising:
a tool housing; grippers for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use; a drive assembly for causing the grippers to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use; a nosepiece connector for releasably retaining a nosepiece in place such that in use the blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled; an exit opening through which a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved; and a nosepiece storage unit, removably attached to the tool housing, having a plurality of nosepiece receiving portions configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces, each of the nosepiece receiving portions having a hole and a set of fingers for gripping a nose piece inserted through the hole, wherein the nosepiece storage unit defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with the exit opening such that a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use.

Assignees

• Black & Decker Inc

Inventors

• Bardaré Luca
• Heep Tobias
• Lauer Arthur
• Akbaba Yasar
• Libera Philipp
• Schmidt Benjamin

Classifications

• B21J15/386

  Pliers for riveting · CPC title

• B21J15/383

  Hand tools for riveting · CPC title

• B21J15/30

  Particular elements, e.g. supports; Suspension equipment specially adapted for portable riveters · CPC title

• B21J15/26

  operated by rotary drive, e.g. by electric motor · CPC title

• B21J15/043 Primary

  by pulling a mandrel · CPC title