Patent ID: 11919066
Assignee: ATLAS COPCO IAS UK LIMITED
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A self-piercing rivet escapement mechanism for a rivet setting machine comprising:
a self-piercing rivet track in which self-piercing rivets are receivable; and
a first resiliently biased jaw that is biased towards a closed configuration in which the first resiliently biased jaw is configured to retain self-piercing rivets in the self-piercing rivet track;
wherein the first resiliently biased jaw is biased towards the closed configuration by a biasing force that acts in a direction that is generally parallel to the self-piercing rivet track;
wherein the first resiliently biased jaw is moveable to an open configuration in which a self-piercing rivet can escape the self-piercing rivet track;
wherein the first resiliently biased jaw is configured to move from the closed configuration to the open configuration upon exertion of a load upon the first resiliently biased jaw;
wherein the first resiliently biased jaw comprises a first cam surface that faces away from the self-piercing rivet track, and wherein the first cam surface is configured such that the first resiliently biased jaw moves to the open configuration upon the load being exerted to the first cam surface.