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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Petur Thors, Decatur, AL (US);
Nikolai Zoubkov, Moscow, RU;
Petur Thors, Decatur, AL (US);
Nikolai Zoubkov, Moscow, RU;
Wolverine Tube, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
An improved tool assembly for enhancing the surface of a heat transfer tube is provided. The tool assembly includes rods having cutting tips and positioned in rod guides which are slidably positioned in shafts provided in a tool holder. In an equilibrium state, the cutting tips do not extend from the tool holder. When a force is applied to the rod guides, the rod guides move in a first direction along the shafts in the tool holder, resulting in exposure of the cutting tips which enhance the tube surface. When the force is removed from the rod guides, the rod guides move along the shafts in a direction opposite the first direction to retract the cutting tips within the tool holder. In this way, the cutting tips are protected when not in use.