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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:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oliver C Fuller, Hinsdale, IL (US);
James R Bennett, Hinsdale, IL (US);
J Hall Skeen, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228171 ; 72305 ; 29446 ;
Abstract
A method of forming tapered tube sections from a cylindrical tube section and for forming tapered tubes from cylindrical tubes. A cylindrical tube is severed along a plane that is not parallel to its longitudinal axis, the resulting tube sections are reformed into new radii, the tube sections are then reversed and welded together to form a tapered tube of the desired configuration.