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Apparatus for forming tubes from strip material

Assignee: National Research Development Corp UK
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Filing: 1960-12-28
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Granted: 1965-11-16
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Expires: 1980-12-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Boa Walter

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 11:40
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/56; B29C65/58; B21; B21C; B21C37/00; B21C37/06; B21C37/08; B21C37/0826; B21C37/10; B21C37/101; B29C53/00; B29C53/36; B29C53/38; B29C53/48; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/13; B29C66/139; B29C66/20; B29C66/22; B29C66/227; B29C66/2272; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/432; B29C66/4322; B29L; B29L2023/00; B29L2023/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49908; Y10T29/49936

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 106 words
PLOW APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN ELONGATED TRENCH AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DEPOSITING A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE MEMBER, COMPRISING: A HOLLOW PLOW TINE DEFINING FOOT MEANS FOR FORMING A TRENCH BY FORCING FORWARDLY THROUGH THE GROUND, AN ELONGTED REARWARDLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEANS WITHIN AND PIVOTED TO THE TINE FOR RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH SO AS TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE TRENCH BOTTOM OVER LIMITED CHANGES ON ANGULAR ATTITUDE OF THE PLOW TINE, SAID GUIDE MEANS HAVING A FORWARD END PORTION, MEANS IN THE TINE ENABLING FEEDING OF A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL DOWN THE INTERIOR OF THE TINE TO THE FOOT MEANS AND REARWARDLY
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 106 words
PLOW APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN ELONGATED TRENCH AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DEPOSITING A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE MEMBER, COMPRISING: A HOLLOW PLOW TINE DEFINING FOOT MEANS FOR FORMING A TRENCH BY FORCING FORWARDLY THROUGH THE GROUND, AN ELONGTED REARWARDLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEANS WITHIN AND PIVOTED TO THE TINE FOR RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH SO AS TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE TRENCH BOTTOM OVER LIMITED CHANGES ON ANGULAR ATTITUDE OF THE PLOW TINE, SAID GUIDE MEANS HAVING A FORWARD END PORTION, MEANS IN THE TINE ENABLING FEEDING OF A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL DOWN THE INTERIOR OF THE TINE TO THE FOOT MEANS AND REARWARDLY

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