US3209439A
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Method and means for making wrought metal fittings
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-11-03
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Granted: 1965-10-05
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Expires: 1980-11-03
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfred C Arbogast
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 10:03
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21C; B21C37/00; B21C37/06; B21C37/15; B21C37/28; B21C37/29; B21C37/294; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49428; Y10T29/49442; Y10T29/49805; Y10T29/4981
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
THE METHOD OF MAKING WROUGHT TUBE FITTINGS HAVING A BODY PORTION WITH AN OPEN ENDED PASSAGE THERETHROUGH AND A CURVED TUBULAR BRANCH PROJECTING LATERALLY AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGE, CONSISTING OF THE STEPS OF INSERTING IN A WROUGHT WORK PIECE OF DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN THAT TO BE PRODUCED AND HAVING A TUBULAR BODY PORTION OF THE CROSS-SECTION DESIRED IN SAID FITTING AND A BRANCH TUBE PORTION OPEN AT ITS END AND SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT, A DEFORMABLE FILLER IN THE BRANCH PORTION AND IN THE BODY PORTION ADJACENT SAID BRANCH, PLACING SAID WORK PIECE IN A DIE CAVITY OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THE DESIRED FITTING AND WHICH HAS A PORTION OF GREATER CROSS-SECTIONAL SIZE AND OF DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN THE PORTION OF SAID WORK PIECE INSERTED THEREIN SO AS TO RECEIVE SAID WORK PIECE WITH CLEARANCE AT SAID BRANCH AND AT A PART THEREOF SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE BODY PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE, AND PRESSING UPON THE ENDS OF THE PORTION OF SAID FILLER WITHIN THE BODY PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE WHILE RETAINING SAID FILLER AGAINST ESCAPE FROM THE OPEN ENDED TUBULAR BRANCH TO SHAPE AND EXPAND SAID FILLER AND WORK PIECE INTO SAID CLEARANCE SPACE OF SAID DIE CAVITY WHEREBY SAID WORK PIECE IS RESHAPED AND ENLARGED AT PARTS THEREOF TO CONFORM WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID DIE CAVITY.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
222 words
THE METHOD OF MAKING WROUGHT TUBE FITTINGS HAVING A BODY PORTION WITH AN OPEN ENDED PASSAGE THERETHROUGH AND A CURVED TUBULAR BRANCH PROJECTING LATERALLY AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGE, CONSISTING OF THE STEPS OF INSERTING IN A WROUGHT WORK PIECE OF DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN THAT TO BE PRODUCED AND HAVING A TUBULAR BODY PORTION OF THE CROSS-SECTION DESIRED IN SAID FITTING AND A BRANCH TUBE PORTION OPEN AT ITS END AND SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT, A DEFORMABLE FILLER IN THE BRANCH PORTION AND IN THE BODY PORTION ADJACENT SAID BRANCH, PLACING SAID WORK PIECE IN A DIE CAVITY OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THE DESIRED FITTING AND WHICH HAS A PORTION OF GREATER CROSS-SECTIONAL SIZE AND OF DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN THE PORTION OF SAID WORK PIECE INSERTED THEREIN SO AS TO RECEIVE SAID WORK PIECE WITH CLEARANCE AT SAID BRANCH AND AT A PART THEREOF SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE BODY PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE, AND PRESSING UPON THE ENDS OF THE PORTION OF SAID FILLER WITHIN THE BODY PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE WHILE RETAINING SAID FILLER AGAINST ESCAPE FROM THE OPEN ENDED TUBULAR BRANCH TO SHAPE AND EXPAND SAID FILLER AND WORK PIECE INTO SAID CLEARANCE SPACE OF SAID DIE CAVITY WHEREBY SAID WORK PIECE IS RESHAPED AND ENLARGED AT PARTS THEREOF TO CONFORM WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID DIE CAVITY.
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