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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:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Paul Wurth S.A, Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
266271 ; 175203 ;
Abstract
A machine for opening tapholes has a conical guide and support head which is slidably mounted on a mount and which includes at least one hook equipped with two mutally opposite catching slots. The catching slots allow the hook to occupy two catching positions. In the first catching position, the head is secured to a sliding frame displacable by use of a sliding carriage. In the second catching position, the head is secured to the front end of the mount.