Crimp lock pull nose assembly

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APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A FASTENER WHICH INCLUDES A PIN HAVING A HEAD AND A SHANK AND LOCKING GROOVES FORMED IN THE SHANK AT A POSITION SPACED FROM THE HEAD AND A COLLAR DISPOSED ON THE SHANK AT A POSITION RADIALLY ABOUT THE LOCKING GROOVES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OUTER SHELL MEMBER HAVING A BORE AT ONE END TERMINATING IN AN AXIALLY OUTWARDLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY TAPERED SURFACE, A CRIMPING MEMBER AXIALLY MOVABLY DISPOSED IN SAID BORE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING RESILIENT FINGERS EACH HAVING AT ONE END A RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDING CRIMPING PORTION, SAID PLURALITY OF FINGERS DEFINING AT SAID ONE END A FRUSTO-CONICALLY SHAPED, RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DISPOSED SURFACE MATABLE WITH SAID TAPERED SURFACE OF SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER DURING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBER IN SAID BORE IN SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER AND BEING MOVABLE RADIALLY RESPONSIVELY TO AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBER IN SAID BORE IN SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER, JAW MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER FOR GRIPPINGLY ENGAGING THE SHANK OF THE PIN OF THE FASTENER, MEANS FOR APPLYING A RELATIVE AXIAL FORCE BETWEEN SAID JAW MEANS AND SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER FOR EFFECTUATING AN AXIAL PULL ON THE PIN AND FOR EFFECTUATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBER AXIALLY WITHIN SAID BORE IN SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER, A COLLAR RETAINER MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BORE IN SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER AND HAVING A PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE COLLAR OF THE FASTENER, AND SPRING MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BORE OF SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER FOR URGING SAID COLLAR RETAINER AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COLLAR OF THE FASTENER.