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EP0155618B1 - Dispositif pour relier une tôle à une autre tôle perforée - Google Patents

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EP0155618B1
EP0155618B1 EP85102776A EP85102776A EP0155618B1 EP 0155618 B1 EP0155618 B1 EP 0155618B1 EP 85102776 A EP85102776 A EP 85102776A EP 85102776 A EP85102776 A EP 85102776A EP 0155618 B1 EP0155618 B1 EP 0155618B1
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metal sheet
anvil
perforation
punch
supporting parts
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Gerd-Jürgen Eckold
Hans Maass
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Walter Eckold GmbH and Co KG Vorrichtungs und Geraetebau
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D39/00—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders
    • B21D39/03—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders of sheet metal otherwise than by folding
    • B21D39/031—Joining superposed plates by locally deforming without slitting or piercing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49833—Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part
    • Y10T29/49835—Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part with shaping
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49908—Joining by deforming
    • Y10T29/49915—Overedge assembling of seated part
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53709—Overedge assembling means

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  • the invention relates to a device for connecting a first plate to a second plate, which has a perforation of a predetermined shape.
  • Such a device is known from DE-A-1 627 756, which has a stamp for pushing material of the first sheet through the perforation and for extrusion of pressed material behind the perforation, and a die with supporting parts for placing the second sheet and supporting it of the second sheet near the perforation and an anvil arranged between the support parts and having a head, the head spring-loaded protruding beyond the free ends of the support parts and being displaceable up to a stop when the anvil is pressed and extruded, the punch cross-section corresponding to the anvil cross-section geometrically similar, but smaller.
  • the anvil is surrounded by a spherical shell-shaped recess in the supporting parts, so that the second sheet is supported only at a distance from the perforation; this recess serves to make room for a rivet head that arises during extrusion.
  • Such a device is limited to use with certain sheet thicknesses and materials in which the second sheet does not tend to be deformed when pressed into the recess.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device of this type which can cover a further field of application.
  • the support parts can be deflected resiliently by the material of the first sheet metal which acts on them during extrusion. This allows the second sheet to be supported directly on the edge of the perforation.
  • the sheet 12 provided with a perforation at 10 is supported on the support parts 14 of the die before the deformation operation.
  • the unperforated sheet 16 lies flat on sheet 12.
  • the head 18 of the anvil 20 engages in the perforation, as a result of which the perforation is aligned with respect to the die and - via the press - with respect to the punch 22.
  • the anvil 20 is guided in a recess 24 of the die base 26 with its foot 28 and is pressed outwards by a helical compression spring 30, the collar 32 of the anvil foot 28 facing away from the spring 30 bearing against an inner stop of the base.
  • the other end of the spring 30 is supported on the head 34 by a screw 36 screwed from below into a threaded hole in the base, the shaft 38 of which penetrates the spring and forms a stop for the inward movement of the anvil.
  • the base and the anvil are circular cylindrical, and the support parts 14 together form a hollow cylinder enclosing the anvil; however, they are separated by slots, so that their free ends can radially rebound, while their lower ends z.
  • B. integrally formed with the base or attached to it in another way.
  • the press is actuated, the punch head 40 presses the area of the sheet 16 located above the perforation (here a round hole) through it, the anvil evading the pretension of the spring 30, until his foot sits on the screw shaft 38.
  • the material that is pressed through is plastically deformed and flows behind the edges of the perforation, the supporting parts deflecting laterally: FIG. 2.
  • anvil 20 'or 20 "and the support parts 14' or 14" is adapted to the contour of other perforations (square or elongated-rectangular).

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Connection Of Plates (AREA)
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  • Coating With Molten Metal (AREA)

Claims (5)

1. Dispositif pour relier une première tôle (16) à une seconde tôle (12), qui comporte une perforation possédant une forme prédéterminée, et comprenant :
- un poinçon (40) servant à refouler la matière de la première tôle à travers la perforation et extruder la matière refoulée à travers la perforation, en arrière de cette dernière, et
- une matrice comportant des éléments de support (14) prévus pour l'application et le soutien de la seconde tôle à proximité de la perforation, et une enclume (20), qui est disposée entre les éléments de support et possède une tête (18), et dans laquelle la tête (18) fait saillie au-dessus des extrémités libres des éléments de support, en étant précontrainte élastiquement, et, lors du refoulement et de l'extrusion, l'enclume (20) peut être déplacée jusqu'à une butée (38), la section transversale du poinçon possédant une forme géométrique semblable à la section transversale de l'enclume, mais en étant plus petite que cette section, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de support (14) peuvent être déviés élastiquement latéralement sous l'action du matériau de la première tôle, qui, lors de l'extrusion, agit sur ces éléments de support.
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la butée (38) est réglable.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la matrice comporte un socle de forme tubulaire (26), dans lequel une partie formant pied (28) de l'enclume est logée de manière à pouvoir y glisser.
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la butée est formée par un boulon fileté (38) vissé dans le socle (26).
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu, en tant que ressort (30), un ressort hélicoïdal de pression logé dans le socle.
EP85102776A 1984-03-22 1985-03-12 Dispositif pour relier une tôle à une autre tôle perforée Expired EP0155618B1 (fr)

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AT85102776T ATE44249T1 (de) 1984-03-22 1985-03-12 Vorrichtung zum verbinden eines blechs mit einem perforierten blech.

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DE8408795U DE8408795U1 (de) 1984-03-22 1984-03-22 Vorrichtung zum Verbinden eines Blechs mit einem perforierten Blech
DE8408795U 1984-03-22

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JP (1) JPS617027A (fr)
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US4584753A (en) 1986-04-29
EP0155618A3 (en) 1987-02-04
EP0155618A2 (fr) 1985-09-25
ATE44249T1 (de) 1989-07-15
JPS617027A (ja) 1986-01-13
DE3571210D1 (en) 1989-08-03
JPH0460733B2 (fr) 1992-09-28

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