Tool for setting blind fasteners

Claim 1

A blind threaded fastener setting tool comprising: a frame having a head at one end and a grip at the other end, an opening extending through the head generally perpendicular to the grip, a pivot post on the frame adjacent the opening, a lever pivotally mounted on the pivot post and having a grip extending generally is the same direction with respect to the pivot post as the frame grip, a cradle pivotally carried by the lever on the side of the pivot post corresponding to that of the head, a shaft threaded through the cradle and extending through the opening in the head, said shaft being pulled in one direction out of the opening when the grips are squeezed together and being moved in the opposite direction when the grips are spread apart, said shaft having a threaded end portion extending through the opening in the head for screwing into a blind threaded fastener, the threads on the threaded end being opposite to the threads of the shaft threaded into the cradle, said shaft moving axially through the cradle when the shaft is rotated about its axis to screw into an internally threaded fastener, and means on the shaft at its end opposite the threaded end for rotating the shaft in the cradle to screw into the fastener and to cause the shaft to move axially in the head opening so as to vary the amount the threaded end extends out of said opening.