Patent · US Expired

Soldered tube end

US4089453A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1976
Grant dateMay 16, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 30, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L13/08
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An initially loose fitting aluminum sleeve is pre-tinned with fluxless solder and, while the solder is molten, is swaged down and rotated to form a tight soldered joint connecting two aluminum tube ends, or an aluminum tube end to a copper tube end.

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