Improvement in Rivet Set and Header.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 13th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1889 Accepted, 22nd June, 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Rivet Set and Header.
I WILLIAM LOWE, of Glendine in the County of Dawson and Territory of Montana
United States of America Tinsmith and Hardware Merchant, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rivet sets and
headers, the object of the same being to provide an improved implement for setting
and heading rivets; and consists in providing the ordinary rivet set and header with
a side slot or recess which connects with the setting aperture, so that the tool may be
employed to set rivets of different lengths, as will be herein-after fully set forth, and
specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1. is a perspective view of an improved rivet
set and header constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2. is a longitudinal
sectional view.
A refers to the body of the implement, which is preferably made of steel or other
hard metal, and is provided on its face with a recess, u, and adjacent thereto with a
perforation, b, which extends from the face through the lower end of the tool to the
lower portion of a slot, B. This slot B is formed in one side of the body of the
implement, the rear wall thereof being curved and the side walls straight, as shown.
Heretofore rivet sets and headers have been made simply of a straight piece of
metal, one end being provided with a perforation and adjacent thereto with a recess.
This form of implement is objectionable, inasmuch as rivets are liable to become
jammed in the perforation and cannot be removed except by drilling, and the sides of
the implement being alike the recess for heading the rivets is often taken for the
setting aperture, which results in the destruction of the rivet.
In using my improved rivet set and header the perforation b, connecting with the
slot B, permits any length of rivet to be used, and the perforation is not liable to
become closed by pieces of metal, as should the rivet break or become jammed in the
perforation it can be readily driven out without having recourse to drilling. The
slot, being to one side of the implement, prevents mistakes being made between the
setting and heading apertures, as the slot in the side of the implement can be seen
and felt. The implement is also lighter, and as it requires less material can be
furnished at less cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a rivet set and header consisting of a
body portion, A, having a slot, B, and a perforation extending from the base thereof
to the face of the implement, substantially as shown.
2. The improved rivet set and header consisting of a body portion, A, provided
with a slot having an inclined rear wall and straight side walls, a perforation, b,

page_text: extending through the lower end of the implement and communicating with the slot,
and a recess, a, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 11th day of May 1889
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.