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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. 18, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony S Kistner, Greensburg, PA (US);
Wayne M Staats, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Norman O Staats, Irwin, PA (US);
Assignee:
O.M.S., Inc., Irwin, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
723534 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method is for forming an end of a piece of gas conduit and attaching it to a second piece of conduit. The apparatus is provided for smoothing the end of a corrugated conduit and expanding it to a predetermined diameter. An associated connector is then applied to the smoothed end of the corrugated conduit and the conduit and the connector are then connected to the second piece of conduit. An associated method provides steps for achieving such a connection.