Patent ID: 6868597
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a blind rivet for mechanically and adhesively connecting a plurality of separate parts to one another comprising the steps of forming a main body portion having a cap portion and a depending cylindrical body portion depending from said cap portion to a lower deformable end, said cylindrical wall and cap portions cooperating to define a chamber, and an upper passage through said cap portion connecting into said chamber and providing an axial passageway through said main body portion, providing a mandrel for said rivet having an enlarged deforming head at one end thereof and an elongated pull shaft extending therefrom, inserting said mandrel into said main body so that said deforming head closes said chamber and is adjacent to the lower deformable end of said body portion and said pull shaft extends through said axial passageway, installing a resilient and displaceable seal for said body portion in the upper end of said cylindrical wall portion and sealingly engaging said pull shaft, and displacing said seal by flowing a quantity of adhesive into said chamber, terminating the flow of adhesive into said chamber so that said seal can recover to its original sealing position and trap said adhesive within said chamber.