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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150175 | Clamp assembly for bend arm of tube bending machine A clamping assembly for use with a bend arm of a tube bending machine. The assembly comprises a force multiplier linkage that applies a controlled and variable force to a workpiece. In one embodiment, the force multiplier linkage comprises a bearing member pivoted b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140224 | Moderate temperature bending of magnesium alloy tubes A method for bending magnesium alloy tubes. The method includes heating the tube at moderate temperature in the range of about 100° C. to 200° C., and bending the tube to a bend angle or forming the tube to a desired shape. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7089773 | Apparatus and method for forming an elongated article An Apparatus and method for forming elongated metal articles includes one or more rotating dies (1) each provided with an indentation (3). The indentation (track) is shaped so as to be complementary to the actual final shape of the resulting articles, ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7021107 | Bending processor of pipe A bending processor for a pipe has a pipe bending unit and a pipe twisting unit. The pipe bending unit is rotated by a predetermined angle while pressing the processed pipe against the circumferential face of a bending die, and performs the bending processing. The p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010951 | Feeding mechanism of an automatic pipe bending machine A feeding mechanism of a pipe bending machine is equipped with several auxiliary hydraulic cylinders in addition to an original power source for providing power to feed a pipe; the auxiliary hydraulic cylinders are joined to an auxiliary fixing member at output rods... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6820450 | Bending device The bending device comprises a hydraulic motor for moving a feeding table, and a hydraulic circuit including first and second switching valves which can be selectively switched between a speed control channel for supplying operating oil from a discharge-rate variabl... | 11/23/2004 |
| 5481891 | Tube bending apparatus and method The invention provides an apparatus for the rotary draw bending of pipe and tube having means to apply an axial boost force to the trailing end of the tube during the bending operation, which force assists in controlling the flow of tube material into the... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5426965 | Carriage boost drive A boost system (53) traveling behind the carriage (12) of a tube bending machine includes an hydraulic boost cylinder (58) that slidably receives a boost shaft (52) that is connected to the carriage. The boost cylinder has a piston fixed to the boost shaf... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5333481 | Apparatus for spatial uncoiling and stretch-bending process in combination with a bending mandrel station Described is a spatial uncoiling and stretch-bending process in combination with a mandrel bending station and the corresponding apparatus, in which the section being bent is first clamped at either end and prestressed and the section is then bent, with a... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5237848 | Method and apparatus for expanding and contouring honeycomb core A method and apparatus for expanding and contouring honeycomb preforms into compound curved honeycomb core sheets. Honeycomb preforms are provided having a plurality of face to face, contiguous, strips bonded together at selected narrow areas such that wh... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4970885 | Tube bending apparatus An electrohydraulic system for bending tube stock includes a bend head having a mandrel and an actuator coupled to a bending die for engaging the tube stock and bending the stock around the mandrel. A clamp is coupled to a second actuator for gripping the... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4941338 | Device for cold forming of ferrous and non-ferrous metal sections In the process for the cold forming of ferrous and nonferrous metal sections, pretensioning is applied to the initially essentially straight metal section, which is clamped at both ends. Next, the tensioned metal section is bent in a rotating bending tool... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4893391 | Method and apparatus for producing round-rolled parts for heat exchangers The method of making a round-rolled part for a heat exchanger comprises connecting the tubes and the irradiating elements to each other to form a rectilinear network, clamping both ends of the rectilinear network and stretching and bending the clamped net... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4269054 | Bending method A rotary pipe bending machine employs a single hydraulic motor to drive clamp and pressure dies toward the bend die and to rotate the bend and clamp dies. The motor piston is connected via a chain to drive a clamp die carrier toward a rotatably mounted be... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4201074 | Submersible pipe installation systems In general, the present invention provides processes and apparatus for bending and straightening, or otherwise installing marine pipelines at underwater installations, and includes systems in which marine pipelines are installed at water depths to 250 fee... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4130004 | Method for bending tubes A tube bend is started by compresssion bending and continued by draw bending. Conventional bending equipment is employed with one die slightly modified so that normal machine operation causes the pressure die to initially operate in a compression bending ... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4063441 | Apparatus for bending tubes A tube bend is started by compression bending and continued by draw bending. Conventional bending equipment is employed with one die slightly modified so that normal machine operation causes the pressure die to initially operate in a compression bending m... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4006621 | Pipe bending machine The pipe bending machine of the present invention is adapted for mandrelless pipe bending with the simultaneous compressing of the pipe being bent to avoid thinning of the walls thereof. The invention can be used to best advantage when applied to bending ... | 02/08/1977 |
