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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:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Denis Degesne, Bourges, FR;
Inventor:
Denis Degesne, Bourges, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, Versailles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process to produce alternately concave and convex grooves that are evenly spaced inside a tube, wherein the process includes the steps of at least one simultaneous broaching stage for all the grooves of the tube using at least one roughing tool and/or at least one finishing tool, the tools made integral with a handle bar using a link, the different roughing tools being implemented successively and having a convex profile that gradually approaches the concave profile of the grooves, and at least one finishing tool having a concave profile to make the convex profile of the grooves.