Collating System For Conveyor Belt Rivets And Method

摘要

A collating system for rivets is provided that includes a rivet holder for supporting rivets in a predetermined pattern. In one form, the rivet holder includes a body having cavities for supporting the rivets therein. The rivet holder body includes a top plate member and a bottom plate member. The rivet holder has drive heads connected to the top plate member via frangible portions and the bottom plate member has retaining webs disposed below the drive heads. The top and bottom plates are secured together to capture heads of the rivets between the drive heads and retaining webs. The drive heads may be driven downward to drive the rivet heads from the rivet holder and into bores of a guide block with the retaining webs flexing to release the rivet head from the lower bottom plate member. A method of using the rivet collating system is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A rivet holder comprising:
a body having an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of cavities of the body; a plurality of rivets having enlarged heads at least partially received in the cavities of the body; a plurality of webs of the body extending about one of the cavities and configured to support a lower portion of the rivet head in the one cavity; grooves in the body lower surface at the webs; and flap portions of the webs configured to deflect into the groove as the rivet head is driven downwardly from the one cavity.