Patent ID: 7475468
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: B21J,B23P,B24B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a rivet machine, the method comprising: (a) pneumatically feeding a rivet along an elongated feeding duct, at least a section of the feeding duct having an open and substantially T-shaped cross section; (b) contacting an enlarged head of the rivet with an elongated element of the machine while the rivet travels along the duct; (c) pivoting an end of the element away from a rivet feed path in the duct to allow the rivet to pass; (d) locating the rivet in a position aligned with a plunger, after step (c); (e) moving two elongated positioning segments, located adjacent the plunger, to engage the rivet; and (f) advancing the plunger to drive the rivet past the positioning segments.