Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Duct blank seam and apparatus for making a duct blank seam
- Patent Title (中): 管道空白缝和制造管道空白缝的设备
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Application No.: US13959999Application Date: 2013-08-06
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Publication No.: US08950229B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Michael C Borwig
- Applicant: Michael C Borwig
- Applicant Address: US MA Westfield
- Assignee: Mestek Machinery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Mestek Machinery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Westfield
- Agency: McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP
- Main IPC: B21D11/00
- IPC: B21D11/00 ; F24F13/02 ; B21D5/04 ; B21D39/02 ; F16L9/00 ; F16L9/17

Abstract:
A flanged duct blank has a male part defined by lead notches formed at each side of a leading end and has a female part defined by trail notches formed at each side of a trailing end. The male part includes a lock tab. The female part includes a leg part and a Z-bend. The Z-bend includes a leg part and a gap. The duct blank is repeatedly clamped and bent by a pivoting wiper to form a duct portion. The pivoting wiper includes a clench tool that has a retractable rib and a retractable roller. With the lock tab inserted into the Z-bend and the retractable rib engaged with the Z-bend, the retractable roller clenches the leg part over the lock tab to lock the male and female parts together in a duct seam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130312866A1 DUCT BLANK SEAM AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A DUCT BLANK SEAM Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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