Patent ID: 6295710
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B21J,Y10T

Abstract:
In an apparatus for installing fasteners in a workpiece comprising a frame and fastener installation tools carried by said frame and movable toward and away from said workpiece for installing fasteners therein, said workpiece being disposed in a workpiece plane, a pressure foot assembly comprising:a) a pressure foot plate disposed in a first plane substantially parallel to the workpiece plane;b) motive means carried by said frame, said motive means orientated along an axis substantially perpendicular relative to said first plane, for moving said pressure foot plate toward and away from said workpiece; andc) means for coupling said motive means to said pressure foot plate in a manner allowing tilting of said pressure foot plate from a position initially being disposed in the first plane, along a path substantially parallel to said axis to a position in a second plane disposed at an acute angle, relative to said first plane, during relative movement between said apparatus and said workpiece from one fastener installation location to another.