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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leon F LaVene, Durand, MI (US);
Assignee:
Schmelzer Corporation, Durand, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72324 ; 72404 ; 1131 / ; 1131 / ;
Abstract
A method of forming a cup shaped housing member with an integral inlet tube extending radially to the axis of a cup shaped member from a flat strip of metallic material in progressive dies such that a tube is formed first to extend parallel to the axis of the cup shaped member and in subsequent progressive steps is moved first to a position extending at an angle to the axis and finally to a position extending radially to the axis of the cup shaped member. SU