Abstract: A rivet feeding assembly for feeding a plurality of rivets defining a set, in unison to a multiple-riveting machine having a press operably co-operable with a plurality of strikers and complementary rivet-receiving anvils in a machine riveting zone to effect multiple riveting by pressing, the assembly comprising:a track means comprising a plurality of rivet-retaining guides for retaining the rivets in a rivet heads-up orientation as a plurality of horizontal rows of rivets wherein each row defines a set of rivets;a selector means co-operable with the track for receiving a single set of rivets and located away from the machine riveting zone as to not interfere with the pressing; anda transfer member co-operable with the selector for receiving and transferring the single set of rivets to the machine riveting zone.