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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. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Manfred Meinig, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Manfred Meinig, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Metu Meinig AG, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention proposes a method for the integral molding of a flange () onto the end of a round or oval pipe () of thin-walled sheet metal. This method takes place in two stages. In a first stage, for the purpose of accumulating material, a sectionally circular or spiral-shaped bead () is molded on by means of a pre-forming roller tool (), comprising a combination of rollers (to) (Figure a). In a second stage, the molded-on bead is compacted with the aid of a final-forming roller tool (), comprising the rollers () and (), to produce an at least partly solid flange () (Figure b).
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