Joseph Latorre, Age 471001 Belmont Ave, Long Beach, CA 90804

4836062, Jun 6, 1989

Mar 11, 1987

7/024418

Joseph S. LaTorre - Santa Ana CA

Lok-Fast, Inc. - Newport Beach CA

B25B 1350

81 55

A blind fastener installation apparatus for making a plurality of different tools capable of installing a plurality of types and sizes of blind fasteners which have a stationary head element and a coaxial rotatable bolt element with a protruding wrench end. A plurality of tubular nose connecting elements at one end for connection to the body of an installation tool have nose tip connecting means for releasable connection with nose tip adapting elements that are connectable with nose connecting means adapted to hold a variety of blind fastener head elements stationary during installation in which wrench connecting elements located within the nose connecting elements are connected to wrench tip elements for driving a variety of blind fastener bolt element wrenching ends.

5305666, Apr 26, 1994

Mar 23, 1992

7/856839

Joseph S. LaTorre - Santa Ana CA

B25B 1356

81 55

The invention is a tool for installing Hi-Lok-type fasteners consisting of a pin component having a headed end and a threaded end with a hex recess therein, and a collar component having a threaded body and a torque-off nut. The tool has a drive head in which a rotatably driven socket is supported for driving the collar component of the fastener during a fastener installation event. A tubular key holder is coaxial with the socket and rotationally fixed relative to the drive head, supporting a hex key against rotation in an axial keyway, the hex key being engageable in the pin component hex recess to hold the pin component against rotation during a fastener installation event. A retention shaft extends coaxially through the key holder, and its forward end is threadedly connected to the key to retain the key in the holder. The key is forwardly threadedly removable from the holder keyway by rotating the retention shaft in one direction relative to the holder, and another key is threadedly replaceable in the holder keyway by rotating the retention shaft in the other direction relative to the holder. Tooling inventory is minimized by the ability to utilize only a single size key for all socket lengths and drive hex recess sizes, and by the ability to utilize only eight holder sizes to accommodate the conventional eight socket lengths, for all socket hex recess sizes.