Handling tool for use in heavy duty machinery for fastening a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate

Abstract

A method and fastening device for use in heavy duty machinery for fastening a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate is disclosed. An assembly, a truck and a handling tool utilizing the method and fastening device is also disclosed.

1 . A handling tool for use in heavy duty machinery for preventing rotation of a rivet nut during fastening of a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate, the handling tool comprising:
 an elongated hollow cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; and   an engagement portion arranged at the first end of the cylindrical body, which engagement portion is engageable with a tool engaging portion of a rotational-locking washer of a fastening device further comprising the rivet nut and a fastening bolt, such to provide a rotation preventing engagement therebetween.   
     
     
         2 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion does not extend radially outwards of the cylindrical body. 
     
     
         3 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion comprises at least one protrusion extending radially inwards of the cylindrical body, the at least one protrusion being engageable with a groove of the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer, the groove extending radially inwards of an outer perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         4 . The handling tool according to  claim 3 , wherein the engagement portion comprises four protrusions distributed around an inner perimeter of the first end of the cylindrical body, each protrusion extending radially inwards of the cylindrical body and being engageable with a corresponding groove extending radially inwards of the outer perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         5 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening bolt is receivable within the cylindrical body of the handling tool from the second end thereof for engagement with the rivet nut and the rotational-locking washer when the engagement portion of the handling tool is in engagement with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         6 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the elongated cylindrical body of the handling tool is perpendicular to the radial extension of the rotational-locking washer when the engagement portion of the handling tool is engaged with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         7 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion is arrangeable to extend along the entire perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         8 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the handling tool is arrangeable with its engagement portion in engagement with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer of the fastening device, and in abutment with a fastening portion of a lining element to be fastened to a surface of a body steel plate when the rotational-locking washer is arranged at the fastening portion, the rotational-locking washer having a central opening being shaped and configured to receive a rivet head of the rivet nut in a rotationally locked engagement. 
     
     
         9 . The handling tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion is engageable with a tool engaging portion of a rotational-locking washer of a fastening device for use in heavy-duty machinery for fastening a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate, such as a haul truck body, wherein the fastening device further comprises a rivet nut having a rivet head and an inner threading, the rivet nut being configured to be inserted into a through hole of the body steel plate such that the rivet head engages the surface and being configured to be subsequently compressed for attachment to the body steel plate; and a fastening bolt being configured to engage with the inner threading of the rivet nut and having a bolt head configured to press the rotational-locking washer towards the surface of the body steel plate, wherein the rotational-locking washer comprises a central opening being shaped and configured to receive the rivet head in a rotationally locked engagement, and the engagement of the engagement portion of the handling tool with the tool-engagement portion of the rotational-locking washer is configured to prevent rotation of the rotational-locking washer, and thereby prevent rotation of the rivet nut, during fastening of a lining element between the rotational-locking washer and the surface of the body steel plate. 
     
     
         10 . A system for fastening a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate, such as a haul truck body, the system comprising:
 a rivet nut configured to be inserted into a through hole of the body steel plate;   a rotational-locking washer being shaped and configured to receive the rivet head in a rotationally locked engagement, the washer including a tool engaging portion;   a handling tool for preventing rotation of the rivet nut during fastening of the lining element to the surface of the body steel plate, the handling tool comprising:
 an elongated hollow cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; and 
 an engagement portion arranged at the first end of the cylindrical body, which engagement portion is engageable with the tool engaging portion of a rotational-locking washer to provide a rotation preventing engagement therebetween. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the engagement portion of the handling tool does not extend radially outwards of the cylindrical body. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the engagement portion of the handling tool comprises at least one protrusion extending radially inwards of the cylindrical body, the at least one protrusion being engageable with a groove of the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer, the groove extending radially inwards of an outer perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the engagement portion comprises four protrusions distributed around an inner perimeter of the first end of the cylindrical body, each protrusion extending radially inwards of the cylindrical body and being engageable with a corresponding groove extending radially inwards of the outer perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 10 , further comprising a fastening bolt, which fastening bolt is receivable within the cylindrical body of the handling tool from the second end thereof for engagement with the rivet nut and the rotational-locking washer when the engagement portion of the handling tool is in engagement with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the elongated cylindrical body of the handling tool is perpendicular to the radial extension of the rotational-locking washer when the engagement portion of the handling tool is engaged with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the engagement portion of the handling tool is arrangeable to extend along the entire perimeter of the rotational-locking washer. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the handling tool is arrangeable with its engagement portion in engagement with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer of the fastening device, and in abutment with a fastening portion of a lining element to be fastened to a surface of a body steel plate when the rotational-locking washer is arranged at the fastening portion, the rotational-locking washer having a central opening being shaped and configured to receive a rivet head of the rivet nut in a rotationally locked engagement. 
     
     
         18 . A system comprising a fastening device for use in heavy-duty machinery for fastening a lining element to a surface of a body steel plate, such as a haul truck body, wherein the fastening device comprises:
 a rivet nut comprising a rivet head and an inner threading, the rivet nut being configured to be inserted into a through hole of the body steel plate such that the rivet head engages the surface, the rivet nut further being configured to be subsequently compressed for attachment to the body steel plate;   a rotational-locking washer being shaped and configured to receive the rivet head in a rotationally locked engagement, the washer including a tool engaging portion; and   a fastening bolt configured to engage with the inner threading of the rivet nut and having a bolt head configured to press the rotational-locking washer towards the surface of the body steel plate,   wherein the system further comprises a handling tool for preventing rotation of the rivet nut during fastening of the lining element to the surface of the body steel plate, the handling tool comprising:   an elongated hollow cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; and   an engagement portion arranged at the first end of the cylindrical body, which engagement portion is engageable with the tool engaging portion of a rotational-locking washer to provide a rotation preventing engagement therebetween,   wherein the engagement portion of the handling tool is engageable with the tool engaging portion of the rotational-locking washer and the engagement of the engagement portion of the handling tool with the tool-engagement portion of the rotational-locking washer is configured to prevent rotation of the rotational-locking washer, and thereby prevent rotation of the rivet nut, during fastening of a lining element between the rotational-locking washer and the surface of the body steel plate.