B - Operations – Transporting – 21 – J
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
21
J
B21J 15/10 (2006.01) B21J 15/14 (2006.01) B21J 15/32 (2006.01) B23P 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2134603
A rivet feeding assembly for feeding a plurality of rivets defining a set, in unison to a multiple-riveting machine having a press operably co-operable with a plurality of strikers and complementary rivet-receiving anvils in a machine riveting zone to effect multiple riveting by pressing, said assembly comprising: track means comprising a plurality of rivet-retaining guides for retaining said rivets in a rivet heads-up orientation as a plurality of horizontal rows of rivets wherein each row defines a set of rivets; selector means co-operable with said track means for receiving a single said set of rivets and located away from said machine riveting zone as to not interfere with said pressing; and transfer means co-operable with said selector means for receiving and transferring said single set of rivets to said machine riveting zone. The apparatus and method provides reliable rivet feeding to the rivet tools, improved conventional set-up and change- over time and cost of tooling and the ability to deliver the rivets to the rivetting zone in any desired pattern by a single feeding system.
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