Granted Patent B2

US 12,569,907 · App. 18/153,032 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventors: Luca Bardaré (Idstein, DE); Tobias Heep (Idstein, DE); Arthur Lauer (Idstein, DE); Yasar Akbaba (Idstein, DE); Philipp Libera (Taunusstein Wehen, DE); Benjamin Schmidt (Idstein, DE)

B21J15/105B21J15/043B21J15/32B21J15/326B21J15/383B21J15/386B21J15/26

Abstract

Claims (29)

1 . A blind rivet setting tool comprising:

a tool housing;

grippers for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use;

a drive assembly for causing the grippers to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use;

a nosepiece connector for releasably retaining a nosepiece in place such that in use the blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled;

an exit opening through which a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved; and

a nosepiece storage unit removably attached to the tool housing and configured to releasably hold a plurality of nosepieces, wherein the nosepiece storage unit defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with the exit opening such that a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use.

2 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , further comprising a collection chamber for receiving the broken mandrels of set rivets wherein the collection chamber can be removably attached to the nosepiece storage unit or the tool housing.

3 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 2 , wherein the nosepiece receiving portion and/or the collection chamber is provided with a gripper on its outer surface to facilitate turning thereof by a user.

4 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 3 , wherein the gripper is a circumferentially arranged series of projections.

5 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 2 , further comprising a releasable connector having a first connector part and a second connector part.

6 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 5 , wherein the releasable connector is a bayonet attachment mechanism.

7 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 5 , wherein the tool housing includes the first connector part.

8 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 7 , wherein the nosepiece storage unit includes a first connector that corresponds to the first connector part of the releasable connector.

9 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 8 , wherein the nosepiece storage unit includes a second connector that corresponds to the second connector part of the releasable connector.

10 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 8 , wherein the collection chamber includes a connector that corresponds to the second connector part of the releasable connector.

11 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 10 , wherein the collection chamber is connected directly to the tool housing.

12 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 10 , wherein the collection chamber is connected to the housing via the nosepiece storage unit.

13 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , wherein the nose piece storage unit comprises a plurality of nosepiece receiving portions, each of the nosepiece receiving portions having a hole and a set of fingers for gripping a nose piece inserted through the hole.

14 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 13 , wherein each of the nosepiece receiving portions comprises a recess in which a nosepiece is received while being gripped in use.

15 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 13 , wherein the nosepiece receiving portions are circumferentially arranged around the mandrel receiving opening.

16 . The blind rivet setting tool of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel receiving opening is provided with a plurality of facets for cooperating with facets on a nosepiece in order to rotatably drive the nosepiece using the nosepiece storage unit.

17 . A blind rivet setting tool comprising:

a tool housing;

grippers for pulling a mandrel of a blind rivet in use;

a drive assembly for causing the grippers to grip and pull the mandrel of the rivet to be set in use;

a nosepiece connector for releasably retaining a nosepiece in place such that in use the blind rivet to be set can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled;

an exit opening through which a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved; and

a nosepiece storage unit, removably attached to the tool housing, having a plurality of nosepiece receiving portions configured to hold a plurality of nosepieces, each of the nosepiece receiving portions having a hole and a set of fingers for gripping a nose piece inserted through the hole, wherein the nosepiece storage unit defines a mandrel receiving opening which aligns with the exit opening such that a broken mandrel of a set rivet can be moved through the mandrel receiving opening in use.

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