Method and apparatus for making welded tapered tubes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4971239
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07287727

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A welded tapered tube is made by deforming a flat, elongated trapezoidal sheet of metal into an elongated, U-shaped trough in a wagon open at its top and having a U-shaped trough for a bottom. The wagon moves along a track to carry the U-shaped sheet past a series of fin rolls, which deform the U-shaped sheet into an oval-shaped, tapered tube with a seam running the length of the tube. The wagon and tube thereafter move past a welding station where the seam is forged and welded together to form an elongated, tapered tube with an oval-shaped cross section, which may be squeezed between two elongated and semicircular die cavities to form a tapered tube of circular cross section.

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BANK OF AMERICA N AGATEWAY VILLAGE-900 BUILDING NC1-026-06-09 (MACLEGAL) 900 W TRADE ST CHARLOTTE NC 28255

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grabowski, Michael G Castro Valley, CA 1 11
Hart, Gregory A Hayward, CA 3 16
Muller, William A Fillmore, CA 11 32
Tyler, Truett Whittier, CA 1 11

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