Patent ID: 9297398
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B23P,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A jointing head that is connectable to a robot or an automatic jointing machine such that a fastening element is automatically mountable in a first jointing direction on a component surface and is affixable thereto, having the following features: a. a gripper by means of which the fastening element can be removed from a removal position to a gripper position, preferably from a cartridge, by means of a pivoting movement and aligned in the first jointing direction, b. a compensation mechanism of the gripper by means of which the fastening element, when it is mounted on the component surface, can be automatically positioned by a compensation movement of the gripper in a hardening position adjacent to a hardening source for adhesive on the fastening element to ensure a specific supply of energy to the fastening element, wherein c. the gripper has a radially outer peripheral collar projecting in the first joining direction so that the hardening source is arranged in the radial interior of the collar so that hardening radiation of the hardening source can be bundled in the direction of the fastening element.