Pipe belling machine

Abstract

Abstract AN APPRATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY BELLING THE SINGLE WALL THICKENED END PORTION OF INDIVIDUAL PIPES SUPPLIED TO THE APPARATUS FROM AN EXTRUDER WITH THE THICKENED WALL END PORTIONS THEREOF LOCATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SUCCESSIVE PIPES HAS A PICK-UP STATION FOR RECEIVING THE PIPES FROM THE EXTRUDER AND A GENERALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING CONVEYOR WHICH SEQUENTLY RECEIVES THE PIPES AT THE PICK-UP STATION AND TRANSPORTS THE PIPES THROUGH A PLURALITY OF PROCESS STATIONS INCLUDING A PAIR OF GENERALLY VERTICALLY SPACED FIRST PROCESS STATIONS AT WHICH THE BOTH ENDS OF THE PIPES ARE CLEANED BY A FLOW OF AIR PRODUCED THEREINF WHICH IS DIRECTED OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE PIPE ENDS TO REMOVE DEBRIS THEREIN WHILE A LINE IS SIMULTANEOUSLY SCRIBED ON THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE SPIGOT PORTION OF THE PIPES AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION FROM THE END THEREOF, A PAIR OF GENERALLY VERTICALLY SPACED SECOND PROCESS STATIONS AT WHICH THE WALL THICKENED END PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE PIPES ARE HEATED, AND A PAIR OF GENERALLY VERTICALLY SPACED THIRD PROCESS STATIONS AT WHICH THE HEATED WALL THICKENED END PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE PIPES ARE BELLED PRIOR TO DISCHARGE FROM THE APPRATUS.

Inventors

• 👤 Herbert A Dalik

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