Rivet setting tool for blind rivets

Claim 2

In a rivet setting tool having a body, selectively operable actuating means, support means for pivotally mounting the actuating means on the body and rivet setting means within the body responsive to pivotal movement of the actuating means, the improvement wherein said support means comprises: a. a pin-like element; and b. a member supporting the pin, said member having a polygonalshaped bearing surface; and c. a polygonal-shaped surface carried by the body disposed in substantially surface-to-surface mating relationship with respect to said first mentioned polygonal shaped surface.

Claim 3

A rivet setting tool for blind rivets comprising, in combination, a body element having a main portion and aN offset driving portion, a plurality of co-acting jaws disposed within said offset driving portion, actuating means controlling said jaws, an elongated handle pivotally connected to said body portion and operatively connected to said actuating means, a pin having a pair of end portions passing through said elongated handle and said body element, a boss carried by said body element adjacent each of the end portions of said pin, said pin having an enlarged head element and a square holding portion beneath said head, the portion of said body element adjacent said square holding portion provided with a matching square opening for receiving said holding portion.

Claim 4

A rivet setting tool for blind rivets comprising, in combination, a body element having a main portion and aN offset driving portion, a plurality of co-acting jaws disposed within said offset driving portion, actuating means controlling said jaws, an elongated handle pivotally connected to said body portion and operatively connected to said actuating means, a pin having a pair of end portions passing through said elongated handle and said body element, a boss carried by said body element adjacent each of the end portions of said pin, said pin having an enlarged head element and a square holding portion beneath said head, the portion of said body element adjacent said square holding portion provided with a matching square opening for receiving said holding portion.

Claim 5

A rivet setting tool as described in claim 2 wherein said body element is provided with an additional square opening laterally opposite said first named square opening and wherein a square holding element with a hole therethrough is disposed within said additional square opening.

Claim 6

A rivet setting tool as described in claim 3 wherein the portion of said pin adjacent said square holding element has retaining means thereupon.

Claim 7

A rivet setting tool as described in claim 4 wherein said retaining means comprises a washer member and a C-ring.

Claim 8

In a rivet setting tool for blind rivets having a body formed with a hollow driving portion made of a soft metal, a pair of co-acting jaws within said driving portion and a bored nose piece for receiving the mandrel disposed within a hole in said driving portion adjacent said jaws, the improvement which comprises a tubular insert of a hard metal disposed within said hole in intervening relationship to said nose piece and said driving portion.

Claim 9

In a rivet setting tool for blind rivets having a body formed with a hollow driving portion made of a soft metal, a pair of co-acting jaws within said driving portion and a bored nose piece for receiving the mandrel disposed within a hole in said driving portion adjacent said jaws, the improvement which comprises a tubular insert of a hard metal disposed within said hole in intervening relationship to said nose piece and said driving portion.

Claim 10

A structure as described in claim 6 wherein said insert is made of mild carbon steel and said driving portion is made of aluminum.

Claim 11

A structure as described in claim 7 wherein the portion of said nose piece within said hole is externally threaded and wherein said insert has an outer surface and an inner surface with knurling upon said outer surface and threads on said inner surface.

Claim 12

In a rivet setting tool having a body, a handle member pivotally connected to said body, and rivet setting means operatively connected with said handle member, the improvement that comprises a pin pivotally connecting said handle member to said body, said pin having a polygonal portion disposed thereupon, said body having a mating polygonal recess to accommodate said pin so that said pin will not turn during pivotal movement of said handle.

Claim 13

In a rivet setting tool having a body, a handle member pivotally connected to said body, and rivet setting means operatively connected with said handle member, the improvement that comprises a pin pivotally connecting said handle member to said body, said pin having a polygonal portion disposed thereupon, said body having a mating polygonal recess to accommodate said pin so that said pin will not turn during pivotal movement of said handle.

Claim 14

A structure as described in claim 9 said pin having a head, said polygonal portion being directly beneath said head.

Claim 15

A structure as described in claim 10 said body having a pair of spaced sides each provided with a polygonal recess therewithin, said handle being pivotally disposed between said sides, said polygonal portion upon said pin disposed within one of said polygonal recesses, a second polygonal member secured within the other of said polygonal recesses and provided with an opening adapted to accommodate said pin.

Claim 16

A rivet setting tool comprising, in combination, a body element of aluminum having a main portion and a substantially right-angled offset driving portion, a cylindrical slidably movable pulling member disposed within said driving portion, a plurality of jaws, within the pulling member, said main portion having a pair of spaced sides each provided with a polygonal opening therewithin and said driving portion being tubular and open at both ends, an insert of mild carbon steel having a knurled outer portion and a threaded inner portion secured within one end of said driving portion, a removable nose piece having first jaw spreading means thereupon coacting with one end of the jaws, said nose piece having a hole therewithin and being threadedly secured within the threaded portion of said insert, second jaw spreading means coacting with the other end of said jaws, a coil spring one end of which abuts said second jaw spreading means dispOsed with said pulling member, a plug at one end of said pulling member abutting the other end of said spring, an elongated handle having an actuating portion disposed adjacent said pulling member, said coil spring adapted to bias said handle and the jaws into closed position, a pin connecting said handle to said body element, said pin having an enlarged head and a polygonal portion therebeneath adapted to fit within one of the polygonal openings within said body, a polygonal holding element provided with an opening therewithin disposed within said other polygonal recess within said body, said pin passing through said opening within said holding element, said pin being thus retained against rotational movement, retaining means upon one end of said pin, a first boss upon one side of said body element adjacent the head of said pin lying substantially flush with the projecting portion of said head, a second boss upon the opposite side of said body element lying substantially flush with the respective end of said pin, and a laterally projecting thumb rest element having a knurled face portion thereupon disposed upon the main portion of said body element beneath said handle.

Claim 17

A rivet setting tool comprising, in combination, a body element of aluminum having a main portion and a substantially right-angled offset driving portion, a cylindrical slidably movable pulling member disposed within said driving portion, a plurality of jaws, within the pulling member, said main portion having a pair of spaced sides each provided with a polygonal opening therewithin and said driving portion being tubular and open at both ends, an insert of mild carbon steel having a knurled outer portion and a threaded inner portion secured within one end of said driving portion, a removable nose piece having first jaw spreading means thereupon coacting with one end of the jaws, said nose piece having a hole therewithin and being threadedly secured within the threaded portion of said insert, second jaw spreading means coacting with the other end of said jaws, a coil spring one end of which abuts said second jaw spreading means dispOsed with said pulling member, a plug at one end of said pulling member abutting the other end of said spring, an elongated handle having an actuating portion disposed adjacent said pulling member, said coil spring adapted to bias said handle and the jaws into closed position, a pin connecting said handle to said body element, said pin having an enlarged head and a polygonal portion therebeneath adapted to fit within one of the polygonal openings within said body, a polygonal holding element provided with an opening therewithin disposed within said other polygonal recess within said body, said pin passing through said opening within said holding element, said pin being thus retained against rotational movement, retaining means upon one end of said pin, a first boss upon one side of said body element adjacent the head of said pin lying substantially flush with the projecting portion of said head, a second boss upon the opposite side of said body element lying substantially flush with the respective end of said pin, and a laterally projecting thumb rest element having a knurled face portion thereupon disposed upon the main portion of said body element beneath said handle.