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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1993
Charles N Chatterley, Coventry, RI (US);
Michael W Horgan, West Warwick, RI (US);
Grinnell Corporation, Cranston, RI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a piping element connection with multiple outward steps has first and second rollers, a driver for the second roller, and a positioning roller. The first roller rotates about a first axis, with first and second upper surfaces of rotation centered thereabout, the first surface mean diameter being less than that of the second surface. The first roller has an upper leading edge between the first and second upper surfaces. The second roller is mounted for rotation about a second axis parallel to the first axis, with first and second lower surfaces of rotation centered thereabout, the first surface mean diameter being greater than that of the second surface, and the second roller having a lower trailing edge between the first and second lower surfaces. The first and second rollers are mounted for movement together and apart in a plane of the first and second axes for engagement and forming of multiple outward steps in the piping element connection placed therebetween.