pop rivet

English

Etymology

Genericised from POP, the brand name of the original manufacturer, now owned by Stanley Engineered Fastening, a division of Stanley Black & Decker

Noun

pop rivet (plural pop rivets)

  1. (metalworking, construction) 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.

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