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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. 02, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
T Jeffrey Harvey, Goleta, CA (US);
P Alan Jones, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEC-Able Engineering Co., Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29 3 / ; 52108 ;
Abstract
A mast forming and deployment system comprising a storage reel for storing a strip of sheet metal wound on the reel, and a tube forming a deployment apparatus. The strip is fed to ploy guides that form the sheet metal into a tube with overlapping edges. A drive system feeds the strip of sheet metal to and through the tube forming apparatus and drives staples which hold together the overlapping edges.