Patent ID: 6905047

Claim:
Apparatus for charging a riveting module ( 10 ) which is movable between a lower placing position and an upper charging position with break-mandrel blind rivets ( 100 ) having a rivet feed ( 22 ), wherein at the side of the riveting module ( 10 ) a funnel ( 24 ) for receiving the break-mandrel blind rivet ( 100 ) with the mandrel ( 110 ) facing upwardly is positioned movably between a position below the rivet feed ( 22 ) and a position below the riveting module ( 10 ) positioned in the charging position, characterized in that above the funnel ( 24 ) a scissor-like acting pincers device ( 38 ) is positioned which, in the closed state, is fixing the mandrel ( 110 ) of the rivet ( 100 ) and which, in the opened state, is letting the rivet ( 100 ) pass, the arms of which each are mounted pivotably around a vertical axis.