Installation tool for a wire thread insert having an installation pin that can be bent back, and installation method

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PATENT NO 10773365
APP PUB NO 20170361440A1
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15529203

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The inventive installation tools are adapted to a wire thread insert comprising a cylindrical coil with a plurality of helically wound windings of a wire and a driving tang with a moving notch protruding into an interior of the coil via a bending portion. The installation tool has the following features: a rotatable mounting spindle with a driving end for rotating the installation spindle and a functional end for installing the wire thread insert, wherein the functional end comprises at least one turn that is length-reduced in the circumferential direction and that has, at a first end, a driving edge for engagement into a moving notch of the wire thread insert and, at a second end, a bend-up-shoulder for bending the driving tang of the wire thread insert radially outwardly.

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BOLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH1-4 ARCHIMEDES STREET BIELEFELD GERMANY BIELEFELD NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

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Henke, Dennis Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE 7 9
Marxkors, Andreas Hövelhof, DE 14 64
Thommes, Holger Strohn, DE 11 42

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