Patent · US Expired

Cold forged steel grating

US3948013A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1975
Grant dateApr 6, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 7, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49943
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cold forged steel grating is formed of a plurality of spaced parallel bearing bars secured to one another by a plurality of spaced parallel cross rods engaged in openings in the bearing bars adjacent their uppermost surfaces with the metal of the bearing bars adjacent the cross rods cold forged into engagement therewith and the metal of the cross rods adjacent the bearing bars flatened by cold forging to forcefully engage the opposite sides of said bearing bars and forming a sturdy rigid grating structure.

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