Patent ID: 7818859

Claim:
An apparatus for assembling a rivet body with a workpiece, which comprises: a tool housing; a pair of jaws mounted in, and having forward portions extending from, a forward end of the housing; a driver formed on a forward end of each of the pair of jaws and positioned for engagement with the rivet body; the jaws being locatable in an open position where the forward portions thereof are spaced apart, and in a closed position where the forward portions thereof are in close proximity; a means for rotating the pair of jaws when the jaws are in the closed position; a means for axially displacing a mandrel associated with the rivet body; a first set of gear teeth on a first jaw of the pair of jaws; a second set of gear teeth on a second jaw of the pair of jaws; the first set of gear teeth and the second set of gear teeth forming a full circular gear with teeth extending radially outward when the pair of jaws is in the closed position; a drive gear having teeth extending radially inward in mesh with the radially outward teeth of the full circular gear; and a motor coupled to the drive gear.