Patent ID: 7377017

Claim:
A hand-operated rivet setting tool for setting blind rivets in tight access spaces, comprising: upper and lower handles normally biased apart by a spring and movable between open and closed positions; a housing integrally formed with said lower handle at a first working end of said tool; a nosepiece mounted in said housing, said nosepiece for receiving therein a blind rivet; a rivet setting subassembly slidably mounted inside said housing, said rivet setting subassembly having a jaw carrier and a pair of jaws adapted to grip the shank of a blind rivet, said carrier being directly engaged to said upper handle whereby when said handles are closed said carrier slides within said housing and causes said jaws to grip about the shank of a blind rivet received in said nosepiece so that the shank extends axially transversely to the length of said handles; said rivet setting tool having a long and slender profile for accessing tight spaces, said profile having a long dimension extending along the length of said handles and a transverse dimension aligned with the axis of the shank of a blind rivet disposed in said nosepiece, said transverse dimension including said housing and said nosepiece, the ratio of said long dimension and said transverse dimension at said first working end being at least about 4 to 1, with said long dimension being at least about 8 inches and said transverse dimension not exceeding about 2-3 inches.