Brief history of the development on the rivet
The first rivet is made of wood or bone Xiaoshuan nails, metal deformable body is probably the earliest we know today rivet ancestors. No doubt, they are the oldest method known to man metal connections, can be traced back to the initial use of malleable metal so far, such as: Bronze Age Egyptians riveted slotted wheel outside of the six wooden segments riveting fastened together, the Greeks succeeded after casting large bronze statue, then put the parts rivet riveting together.
In 1916, when British aircraft manufacturing company, H · V Wright made the first blind rivets can be riveted single patent, people would hardly expect this rivet so widely used today. From aerospace to office machines, electronic products and playground equipment, it can be said that this has now become an effective blind rivets and solid mechanical connection methods.
Rivets mostly for the manufacture or maintenance of equipment and harness the invention, the hollow rivet what time the invention, it is not very clear, but the horse is in between the 9th century or the 10th century invented. Riveting harness and hang horseshoe nails, like the slaves freed from the heavy labor provided, the rivet has led to many important inventions, such as copper and iron workers used iron wool-type pliers, scissors and animal husbandry, and so on.
