Patent ID: 8893363

Claim:
A riveting tool, comprising: a body; a pulling force generator for activating the riveting tool; a jaw assembly within the body, the jaw assembly comprising: a jaw case having an angled interior annular surface; at least two split jaws disposed against the angled interior annular surface of the jaw case for gripping mandrels of rivets inserted into the riveting tool for setting; and a plurality of removable and replaceable nosepieces for attachment to the body of the riveting tool, each nosepiece being a different size for receiving mandrels of correspondingly different diameters and comprising: a first end having an aperture having a distal end adapted to receive the mandrels of rivets, and a proximal end adapted to contact and hold open at least one split jaw of the at least two split jaws for insertion of the mandrels therethrough; a second end having an opening greater in diameter than the aperture, the second end for attachment to the body of the riveting tool; wherein the distance between the distal and proximal aperture ends of each of the plurality of different sizes of nosepieces is substantially the same.