pop rivet
pop rivet noun: a blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.
Noun
pop rivet (plural pop rivets)
- A blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.
Forms of pop rivet
| plural | pop rivets |
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Origin of pop rivet
Genericised from POP, the brand name of the original manufacturer, now owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker
Questions about pop rivet
- What does pop rivet mean?
- Pop rivet means a blind rivet; a rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; after passing the bucktail through the items to be secured, the rivet gun is attached to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.
- What part of speech is pop rivet?
- Pop rivet is a noun.
- What is the plural of pop rivet?
- The plural of pop rivet is pop rivets.
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