Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for cutting through a tube bundle

US4192067A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1978
Grant dateMar 11, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 23, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/7755
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Cutting apparatus having spaced apart cutters which can be brought closer together are disposed on one end of a boom which is movable in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of a closely packed tube bundle to cut out short segments from the tubes starting at the periphery and working through the tube bundle by bringing the cutters closer together to provide clearance as the cutters move deeper into the tube bundle.

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