WEDGE-LOCK FASTENER AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION AND ASSEMBLYMETHODS

摘要

A wedge-lock fastener is provided in which the distance by which the tong ue protrudes beyond a workpiece may be controlled. The wedge-lock fastener may include a shank and an adjustable spacer member mounted upon the shank and adapted for controlled lengthwise movement relative thereto so as to adjust the position of the tongue with respect to the workpiece. Correspondingly, a method for installing a wedge-lock fastener is provided in which the respective forward ends of the tongue and tongs are inserted through aligned holes defined by two or mo re workpieces and the tongs are then retreated to clamp the workpieces together with the respective forward ends of the tongue and the tongs being disposed completel y within a counterbore defined by a workpiece.