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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:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth P Gray, E. Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2915 / ; 2915 / ; 291574 ; 29523 ; 29727 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for belling and expanding the tubes of a plate fin heat exchanger that involves a gripper for gripping the tube during the belling operation and a clamp for clamping a tube sheet during the tension expanding operation.