Patent ID: 7533555

Claim:
A rivet table for a blind rivet setting apparatus, said rivet table connected at a forward distal end of a nosepiece of the apparatus which device also includes a rivet setting means dependently positioned within the nosepiece, said rivet table comprising: an elongated substantially hollow outer sleeve dependently connected for longitudinal back and forth sliding translation within the nosepiece during setting of each rivet by the apparatus; said outer sleeve supporting opposing jaws pivotally connected to said outer sleeve at or immediately adjacent to said end surface about spaced transverse pivot axes; said jaws pivotable between a closed at rest position and an open position and being biased toward the at-rest position, a flat distal surface of each of said jaws collectively defining a substantially flat transverse distal rivet head receiving surface when said jaws are in the closed position; a longitudinal mandrel receiving aperture formed centrally by and between mating surfaces of said jaws, said aperture sized, when said jaws are in the closed position, to slidably receive a rivet mandrel and to support a rivet head against said rivet head receiving surface; a longitudinal mandrel-receiving slot formed into and extending laterally from said aperture, said jaws formed to be momentarily forced into the open position by the mandrel moving laterally into sliding orientation within the aperture; said distal head receiving surface being of sufficient size and surface area to substantially fully support the exposed surface of the rivet head during setting of the rivet whereby the exposed surface is substantially free of tool marks after the rivet is set by the device.