US3698221A - Apparatus for tapering flexible metal tubes - Google Patents

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US3698221A
US3698221A US155540A US3698221DA US3698221A US 3698221 A US3698221 A US 3698221A US 155540 A US155540 A US 155540A US 3698221D A US3698221D A US 3698221DA US 3698221 A US3698221 A US 3698221A
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Roger Couland
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00—Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/36—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects collapsible or like thin-walled tubes, e.g. for toothpaste
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/15—Making tubes of special shape; Making tube fittings
    • B21C37/16—Making tubes with varying diameter in longitudinal direction
    • B21C37/18—Making tubes with varying diameter in longitudinal direction conical tubes

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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for converting flexible metal cylindrical tubes into nestable tapered tubes including a mandrel France................»7023778 having a cylindrical portion shorter than the tube and US. a frustoconical portion whose largest diameter is equal [51] Int. Cl. 26/04 to or greater than the filling opening of the tube and in .72/57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 72/367, 56, 370; 29/421, DIG. 41
  • This invention relates to a machine intended to impart a conical shape to flexible metal tubes originally of cylindrical shape. The transformation enables the formed tubes to nest one within the other.
  • the tube to be tapered is fitted onto a support, the opening at its lower end being placed on a slidable conical sleeve.
  • the tube is covered by a matrix and, by means of air blown inside, it is pressed against the matrix.
  • the sleeve advances at a rate proportional to that at which the opening at the lower end widens and the length of the tube decreases.
  • the male portion comprises two sections, namely the mandrel and the sleeve slidably mounted thereon. These two sections had to be adjusted with great precision one on the other and the advance of the sleeve involved extremely careful regulation.
  • the machine of this invention enables the desired results to be obtained more uniformly and more rapidly.
  • the cylindrical metal tube is placed on a mandrel inside a conical matrix and expanded to the desired shape by blowing air under high pressure through the mandrel.
  • the mandrel comprises a cylindrical part which is dimensioned to have a length less than the cylindrical tube, followed by a widening frustoconical part having a length at least equal to the difference between the length of the cylindrical part of the mandrel and the overall length of the tube.
  • the diameter of the major base of the frustoconical part of the mandrel is at least equal to the largest diameter of the widened tube.
  • the cylindrical part of the mandrel is formed with openings extending therethrough which communicate with the source of high pressure air through the mandrel.
  • a support A carries two members which are employed for the tapering of cylindrical tubes, namely the matrix 11 and the mandrel 20.
  • the matrix 11 is formed with passages 12 which extend radially through the side walls. Its interior or cavity is of frustoconical shape and corresponds to the shape which the tube is intended to assume.
  • the mandrel 20 enters the matrix through the open end 13 in which the diameter of the opening is at least equal to the largest diameter of the tapered tube.
  • the opposite end of the matrix 11 has a smaller opening dimensioned to receive the stopper 1" which caps the tube, as by threaded engagement with the threaded end 14" of the tube.
  • Themandrel 20 is formed with four zones, namely part 21, preferably of cylindrical shape, having a diameter equal to or slightly less than the internal diameter of the cylindrical tube to be tapered and a length less than that of the tube.
  • the upper free end 22 of the part 21 is formed to frustoconical shape, which corresponds to the internal shape of the shoulder of the tube.
  • the mandrel tapers outwardly to form a short frustoconical part 23 whose largest diameter is at least equal to that of the filling opening at the lower end of the tapered tube.
  • the mandrel terminates in an end part 24 designed to enable it to be fixed or connected to a rod 50 which is mounted for linear reciprocatory movement in response to actuation by a jack 52, hydraulic cylinder, or other equivalent reciprocating mechanism.
  • the mandrel 20 is formed with a central duct 30 which extends therethrough.
  • the mandrel is formed with a plurality of passages 31 which extend therethrough to communicate the duct with the exterior of the mandrel.
  • the duct 30 is connected to a source of compressed. air through the hollow rod 50.
  • the machine operates as follows:
  • the cylindrical tube 1 is manually or preferably automatically placed on the cylindrical part 21 of the mandrel 20 with its free lower edge touching the beginning of the frustoconical part 23, as illustrated to the left of the line X-Y in the drawing. There is thus left between the free end 22 of the mandrel and the shoulder 1" of the tube an empty space 25, the height H of which is equal to or less than the height H, of the frustoconical part 23 of the mandrel.
  • the mandrel 20, covered by the tube 1 is advanced into the matrix by the rod 50, operated by the jack 52, until the shoulder 1' of the tube comes into contact with the corresponding end of the matrix while the previously applied stopper 1" extends through the opening 14 which has been provided for this purpose.
  • the tapering operation is completed.
  • the mandrel 20, with the deformed tube thereon is withdrawn from the matrix and the tube is separated from the mandrel by blowing a gentle stream of air through the duct 30.
  • the tapered tubes can now be stacked by nesting one within the other.
  • an apparatus for tapering tubes of cylindrical shape comprising a matrix having an interior cavity of conical shape, and a mandrel mounted for reciprocal movement relative to the matrix within said cavity between advanced and retracted positions, said mandrel having an end portion of cylindrical shape dimensioned to have a length less than the length of the cylindrical tube, a tapered portion of frustoconical shape dimensioned to have a length at least equal to the difference between the length of the cylindrical portion and the length of the tube, means communicating the exterior of the cylindrical portion of the mandrel with a source of fluid under pressure for blowing the tube when positioned thereon for expanding the tube against the matrix, and means for actuation of the mandrel between advanced and retracted positions.
  • An apparatus as claimed in claim 7 which includes a passage extending axially through the mandrel into communication with the openings through the cylindrical portion and means communicating the passage with the source of fluid under pressure.
  • An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the mandrel is mounted for linear movement between advanced and retracted positions and the means for actuation of the mandrel in reciprocal movement between extended and retracted positions comprises a connecting rod and a jack operatively connected to the rod for reciprocal movement.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Forging (AREA)
  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)
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US5794474A (en) * 1997-01-03 1998-08-18 Ball Corporation Method and apparatus for reshaping a container body
US6079244A (en) * 1996-01-04 2000-06-27 Ball Corporation Method and apparatus for reshaping a container body
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US2038304A (en) * 1934-05-04 1936-04-21 Alexander J Middler Metal blowing process
US2696184A (en) * 1951-05-16 1954-12-07 Pastushin Aviat Corp Apparatus for forming hollow bodies
US2821945A (en) * 1953-08-27 1958-02-04 Peccerill Donald Apparatus for forming sheet metal articles
US3043254A (en) * 1956-09-06 1962-07-10 Forges Ateliers Const Electr Machine for rapid forming cartridge cases
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US3943741A (en) * 1975-03-25 1976-03-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Embossing method
WO1995029775A1 (en) * 1994-04-29 1995-11-09 Qa Technology Company, Inc. Method and apparatus for hydro-forming thin-walled workpieces
US5524466A (en) * 1994-04-29 1996-06-11 Qa Technology Company, Inc. Method and apparatus for hydro-forming thin-walled workpieces
US6079244A (en) * 1996-01-04 2000-06-27 Ball Corporation Method and apparatus for reshaping a container body
US6151939A (en) * 1996-01-04 2000-11-28 Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. Can shaping apparatus
US6343496B1 (en) 1996-01-04 2002-02-05 Delaware Capital Formation, Ltd. Can shaping apparatus and method
US5794474A (en) * 1997-01-03 1998-08-18 Ball Corporation Method and apparatus for reshaping a container body

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DE2131504B2 (de) 1976-09-09
ES194460Y (es) 1975-04-01
ZA714177B (en) 1972-08-30
DE2131504A1 (de) 1972-07-13
IT1005017B (it) 1976-08-20
NL164767C (nl) 1981-02-16
JPS5340584B1 (no) 1978-10-27
GB1358881A (en) 1974-07-03
NO134035C (no) 1976-08-11
ES194460U (es) 1974-12-16
BE769078R (fr) 1971-12-27
TR16632A (tr) 1973-01-01
CA950812A (en) 1974-07-09
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SU455518A3 (ru) 1974-12-30
NL7108784A (no) 1971-12-28
NO134035B (no) 1976-05-03
AT333104B (de) 1976-11-10
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