Mandrel with flared, dish shaped disk and process for using mandrel
US5324049A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T279/1066
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mandrel for transporting a hollow cylinder including an elongated arm, a dish shaped disk adjacent one end of the elongated arm, the dish shaped disk having a flexible lip flared inclined away from the elongated arm, the flared flexible lip having a circular outermost edge, and a reciprocable presser means adapted to partially flatten at least a portion of the flexible lip adjacent to and including the outermost edge of the lip toward the elongated arm to increase the length of the circumference of the circular outermost edge of the lip. This mandrel is used in a process for coating hollow cylinders.
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