Patent ID: 7043826

Claim:
An apparatus for use in correcting the setting of self-piercing rivets improperly set in workpieces, for use in removing self-piercing rivets from workpieces, and for use in setting solid rivets in workpieces, comprising: a frame having a pair of arms with portions spaced apart to provide a gap for receiving workpieces between opposed positions of the arms; a die support at one of said positions and a punch support at the other of said positions, the punch support being reciprocative with respect to the die support; and three interchangeable sets of punch-and-die components, each set having components constructed for detachable mounting on said die support and on said punch support, respectively, wherein a first of said sets of components is constructed to correct the setting of an improperly set self-piercing rivet, a second of said sets of said components is constructed to remove a set self-piercing rivet, and a third of said sets of components is constructed to set a solid rivet.