Patent ID: 9061379
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B21J,B23P,F16B

Abstract:
1. An improved tool assembly for installing a grommet inserted in a hole in a panel, the hole having a first end and a second end having a tapered countersink portion, the grommet having a tubular body with an internal bore and a head portion abutting the first end of the panel and the second end extending out of the second end of the panel, the improved tool assembly comprising: an anvil having a bore there through and a convex curved surface for contacting the head of the grommet such that said curved surface contacts only the area of the head about the internal bore of the grommet; a flaring die for flaring the second end of the grommet into the counter sink portion of the panel, said flaring die having a tapered tubular portion for inserting into the second end of the grommet, a conical surface for flaring the second end of the grommet and a griping surface for preventing rotation of the die when griped and an internal hole there though; means for contacting said anvil and said flaring die for pulling said anvil and said die toward each other; such that when said means pulls said anvil and said die toward each other said die moves into the second end of the grommet flaring it into contact with the countersink portion of the hole of the panel locking the grommet in place.