Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipe processing tool with pipe deformation members
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Application No.: US14608883Application Date: 2015-01-29
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Publication No.: US10344892B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Jason Lavalley , Daniel Larson , Jesse Kilde
- Applicant: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MN Bemidji
- Assignee: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Bemidji
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: B21D3/14
- IPC: B21D3/14 ; F16L1/06 ; F16L1/09 ; F16L1/10 ; B21D19/10 ; B21D39/04 ; B23K37/02 ; B23K101/06 ; F16L1/036 ; B23K37/053 ; B23K31/02 ; B23K101/10 ; B23K103/04

Abstract:
A pipe processing tool that is configured to deform the end of a pipe so that the circumferential shape of the end of the pipe generally matches the circumferential shape of an adjacent pipe end. Matching the circumferential shapes of the pipe ends is advantageous during a pipe attachment process. The pipe processing tool can include a deformation ring with a plurality of pipe deformation members. Each pipe deformation member faces radially inward and is actuatable in a radial direction toward and away from the center of the deformation ring in order to permit engagement with the pipe. Each pipe deformation member is individually and separately actuatable from the other pipe deformation members so that the circumferential shapes of the pipes can be altered by controlling suitable ones of the pipe deformation members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150300529A1 PIPE PROCESSING TOOL WITH PIPE DEFORMATION MEMBERS Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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