Abstract: A magazine for holding a quantity of blind rivets ready for use in an automatic rivet setting tool. The rivets are connected together in spaced relation along the length of an elongated rivet carrying strip or ribbon of flexible material by having a distal portion of each mandrel inserted or pierced therethrough. The magazine includes longitudinal panels connected together in a preferably even, spaced, radially extending arrangement forming a spool. The longitudinal panels each define an outer distal longitudinal edge, all of which are preferably substantially parallel one to another and to a central spool axis. Each rivet carried on the flexible strip, when the flexible strip is spiral-wound around said longitudinal distal edges, is positioned in somewhat radially oriented fashion between adjacent longitudinal panels with the head of each rivet positioned inwardly toward the spool axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a riveting apparatus, having an electrically operated drive motor which has a motor shaft for driving a riveting device of the riveting apparatus, the riveting device having a gearing for transferring the rotational movement of the motor shaft into a linear movement of the riveting device having a constant transmission ratio. In order to reduce the power consumption of a riveting apparatus of that kind, the invention provides at least one flywheel which can be connected in a releasable manner with the motor shaft via a coupling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a riveting apparatus having a power supply unit (20), which is replaceable or exchangeable, attached to the riveting apparatus, said power supply unit having a preferably rechargeable battery and the riveting apparatus being adapted to be brought into an operative condition by attaching the power supply unit at the riveting apparatus, and comprising a rivet pin collecting compartment (12) comprising at least one closeable discharge opening (13). In order to ensure that the riveting apparatus is operated at closed rivet pin collecting compartment only, it is provided according to the invention that in the operative condition of the riveting apparatus the power supply unit forms a cover that closes the discharge opening.