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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce V. Weeks, Pataskala, OH (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cutting Technologies, Ltd., Westerville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed which are for use in installing the end segments of boiler tubes in the drum walls of a high-pressure steam boiler, and which involve expanding rather than swaging boiler tube end segment metal into intimate contact with grooved boiler tube bores provided in the steam boiler drum walls.