Patent ID: 7200914
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B21J,B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a rivet module; means for moving the rivet module from a rivet loading position to a rivet placing position; a cup; and a rivet feed, said cup configured to laterally displace between a position under the rivet feed and a position under, and external to, the rivet module when the rivet module is in the rivet loading position, said cup configured to selectively clamp and unclamp a rivet, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the cup is configured to receive a rivet from the rivet feed, clamp the rivet, and move to a position under, and external to, the rivet module, when the rivet module is in the rivet loading position, wherein the rivet module is configured to be lowered onto the rivet in the cup and engage the rivet while the rivet is clamped in the cup, wherein said cup is configured to thereafter unclamp the rivet, wherein said means is configured to move said rivet module upwardly away from the cup and said cup is configured to move from under the rivet module, and the means is configured to thereafter move the rivet module to the rivet placing position for subsequently placing the rivet.