IP Library Granted Patent US 7,520,705
Granted Patent B2
US 7,520,705 · App. 10/512,695 · Granted Apr 21, 2009

Method for grooving the bore of a tube and grooving tool-holder

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,520,705
App. No.
10/512,695
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process to produce alternately concave and convex grooves that are evenly spaced inside a tube, wherein the process includes the steps of at least one simultaneous broaching stage for all the grooves of the tube using at least one roughing tool and/or at least one finishing tool, the tools made integral with a handle bar using a link, the different roughing tools being implemented successively and having a convex profile that gradually approaches the concave profile of the grooves, and at least one finishing tool having a concave profile to make the convex profile of the grooves.

Claims (7)

1. A tool holder for producing grooves inside a tube, comprising:

at least two offset tools integral with a bar and separated by at least one spacer, wherein:

the at least two offset tools includes at least one roughing tool or at least one finishing tool that is integral with the bar using a link, the at least one roughing tool having a convex profile to make a concave profile of the grooves and the at least one finishing tool having a concave profile to make a convex profile of the grooves, and

each spacer comprises a tube having radial straight vanes delimiting housings.

2. The tool holder according to claim 1 , wherein the radial straight vanes are of a width such that they come into contact with an internal surface of the tube before the grooves are machined.

3. The tool holder according to claim 1 , wherein each spacer is integral in rotation with the bar.

4. The tool holder according to claim 1 , wherein the tool holder incorporates at least two offset tools having at least one convex profile.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2009
From: GIAT INDUSTRIES
To: NEXTER SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 022732/0231 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2004
From: DEGESNE, DENIS
To: GIAT INDUSTRIES
Reel/Frame 016693/0530 →