| 摘要 |
A riveting tool (10) for placing a blind breakstem rivet (20), the tool c omprising: a body (11); a nose casing (6) securable to the body, the nose ca sing having a nose tip (8); a jaw housing (7) inside the nose casing, the ja w housing containing jaws (5) for gripping and pulling a rivet stem (21) in use, the jaw housing having an end which incorporates an aperture through wh ich the jaws are urged towards the nose tip by resilient biasing means (3); and adjustment means by which the distance from the end of the jaw housing t o the inside of the nose tip may be adjusted. Preferably the adjustment mean s are provided by a thread on the nose casing, engageable with a correspondi ng thread on the body, thereby enabling adjustment of the distance from the end of the jaw housing to the inside of the nose tip. Also provided is a nos e casing for a riveting tool, the nose casing having a nose tip or being con figured to receive a nose tip, the nose casing incorporating adjustment mean s by which the distance from the inside of the nose tip to the end of the ja w housing of a riveting tool may be adjusted, and a method for altering the jaw separation distance of a riveting tool prior to gripping a rivet stem.</ SDOAB> |
