摘要:
A blind rivet comprising a headed sleeve telescoped onto a setting pin having a pulling section projecting beyond the headed end of the sleeve and an expansion section projecting beyond the other end of the sleeve with an expanding and locking head on the end of the expansion section. The expanding and locking head of the pin has a core of high tensile strength and a relatively soft and ductile peripheral layer of lower tensile strength. After the rivet is set in two side-by-side workpieces from one side of the latter, the expanding and locking head is drawn into the sleeve to form an expanded, bulb-shaped head on the sleeve. The soft peripheral layer of the pin yields to bulge the sleeve into bearing contact with the adjacent workpiece with a controlled force avoiding tearing or splitting of the work despite variations in total thickness thereof. A first alternative expanding and locking head has a central cut-out forming a weakening recess, and a second alternative has a similar cut-out with an inturned flange partially closing the recess. A method of making the foregoing rivet including the steps of forming a hardened head on the setting pin by cold working the head, peripherally heating the head while confining the heat substantially to the peripheral layer, and rapidly cooling the head before the heat penetrates the hardened core thereof. A tapered shoulder on the expansion section is hardened by cold working after the treatment of the head is completed.