Carriage rails and method and apparatus of manufacture

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS TO PRODUCE ON A RELATIVELY SOFT METALLIC RAIL EMBODYING A RECTILINEAR GROOVE, A MECHANICALLY COMPACTED, HARD-LAYER, SMOOTH, BALL-CURVATURE CONFORMING RACEWAY SURFACE ALONG SAID GROOVE, COMPRISING, (A) A STRAIGHT TOOL RAIL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR, HARD GROOVE CONSTITUTING A NON-DEFORMABLE RACEWAY, (B) MEANS TO CORRELATE SAID TOOL RAIL AND SAID SOFT METALLIC RAIL FOR PASSAGE RELATIVELY FROM BEYOND EACH OTHER A DISTANCE AT LEAST TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE SOFT METALLIC RAIL, AND WITH THE GROOVES OF SAID RAILS PASSING AND FACING EACH OTHER IN OPPOSITION DURING SUCH PASSAGE, COMPRISING, (B1) MEANS TO SUPPORT SAID RAILS SLIDABLY IN RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AT A GIVEN PARALLEL SPREAD TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN THE GROOVES THEREOF, (B2) A TOOL BALL INTRODUCEABLE BETWEEN THE GROOVES OF SAID RAILS AS SAID RAILS ARE GIVEN SAID RELATIVE PASSAGE ALONG EACH OTHER, (B3) SAID GIVEN GROOVE SPREAD AND THE SIZE OF THE TOOL BALL BEING CORRELATED FOR THE LATTER TO ROLL MATERIAL-DISPLACINGLY AND COMPACTINGLY ALONG THE GROOVE OF SAID SOFT METALLIC RAIL WHILE ROLLING REACTINGLY BUT NON-DEFORMINGLY ALONG THE HARD GROOVE OF THE TOOL RAIL, (C) AND POWER MEANS TO FORCE AT LEAST ONE RELATIVE PASSAGE OF SAID RAILS ALONG EACH OTHER FROM BEYOND EACH OTHER, WHEREBY A SMOOTH, RECTILINEAR, HARD-LAYER, BALLCURVATURE CONFORMING RACEWAY IS ROLLED INTO THE GROOVE OF THE SOFT METALLIC RAIL FOR ITS FULL LENGTH.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS TO PRODUCE ON A RELATIVELY SOFT METALLIC RAIL EMBODYING A RECTILINEAR GROOVE, A MECHANICALLY COMPACTED, HARD-LAYER, SMOOTH, BALL-CURVATURE CONFORMING RACEWAY SURFACE ALONG SAID GROOVE, COMPRISING, (A) A STRAIGHT TOOL RAIL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR, HARD GROOVE CONSTITUTING A NON-DEFORMABLE RACEWAY, (B) MEANS TO CORRELATE SAID TOOL RAIL AND SAID SOFT METALLIC RAIL FOR PASSAGE RELATIVELY FROM BEYOND EACH OTHER A DISTANCE AT LEAST TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE SOFT METALLIC RAIL, AND WITH THE GROOVES OF SAID RAILS PASSING AND FACING EACH OTHER IN OPPOSITION DURING SUCH PASSAGE, COMPRISING, (B1) MEANS TO SUPPORT SAID RAILS SLIDABLY IN RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AT A GIVEN PARALLEL SPREAD TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN THE GROOVES THEREOF, (B2) A TOOL BALL INTRODUCEABLE BETWEEN THE GROOVES OF SAID RAILS AS SAID RAILS ARE GIVEN SAID RELATIVE PASSAGE ALONG EACH OTHER, (B3) SAID GIVEN GROOVE SPREAD AND THE SIZE OF THE TOOL BALL BEING CORRELATED FOR THE LATTER TO ROLL MATERIAL-DISPLACINGLY AND COMPACTINGLY ALONG THE GROOVE OF SAID SOFT METALLIC RAIL WHILE ROLLING REACTINGLY BUT NON-DEFORMINGLY ALONG THE HARD GROOVE OF THE TOOL RAIL, (C) AND POWER MEANS TO FORCE AT LEAST ONE RELATIVE PASSAGE OF SAID RAILS ALONG EACH OTHER FROM BEYOND EACH OTHER, WHEREBY A SMOOTH, RECTILINEAR, HARD-LAYER, BALLCURVATURE CONFORMING RACEWAY IS ROLLED INTO THE GROOVE OF THE SOFT METALLIC RAIL FOR ITS FULL LENGTH.