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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Applicant:
David Wilson, Jr., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
David Wilson, Jr., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for use of synchronized plural epicyclical transmissions to stabilize and to drive an output gear of a machine capable of bending tubing, conduit, and pipe requiring high torque, as well as swaging, cutting, and threading. One embodiment of the apparatus includes multiple transmissions encircling and engaged with a centrally mounted motor. Another embodiment of the apparatus includes multiple transmissions, each engaged with a mounted motor. Transmissions can be equidistantly spaced around the perimeter of an output gear.