Patent ID: 6088897
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B21J,Y10T

Abstract:
A bucking bar assembly for positioning a bucking bar for clamping a first panel and a second panel along a lap joint and upsetting a rivet to fasten the first panel to the second panel at the lap joint, said assembly comprising:a lateral carriage system for moving the bucking bar along a length of the lap joint, wherein said lateral carriage system includes:a lateral carriage; andinternal guide rails aligned with the lap joint, said lateral carriage slidingly engaging said internal guide rails allowing movement of said lateral carriage along the length of the lap joint said internal guide rails including attachment brackets having clamps that couple to features fixed to at least one of the first panel and the second panel and wherein said attachment brackets are aligned by said features; and,a rotational carriage system for rotating the bucking bar relative to said lateral carriage.