Square tubing swager
OwnerCharter M. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A square tubing swager is an electromechanically operated swaging machine for square steel tubing powered by an electric motor whose mechanical output is connected to a clutch assembly which operates an angle worm drive. The output of the angle drives dual two strand sprockets. These sprockets are connected through a series of roller chains and additional sprockets which drive four cam cross shafts. These cam shafts are set in four corresponding slide blocks assemblies within a jaw mount. The invention would be provided with various sized jaws for various sizes of square steel tubing. During use, the steel stock is inserted within the jaw area and the motor energized. The jaws then form the steel stock inward allowing the deformed area to be inserted within the hollow cavity of undeformed steel stock of the same size.
Claims16
A square tubing swaging device, comprising:
- a base having a first side and a second side;
- an electric drive motor disposed on the first side of the base;
- a clutch assembly connected to a rotational output of the electric drive motor;
- a control panel converting an AC voltage to one-hundred-eighty volts DC;
- an angle worm drive connected to the rotational output of the clutch assembly;
- a swaging head having a plurality of swager units, the swaging head receiving reduced rotational speed and higher torque when delivered by a front primary drive chain;
- a front secondary drive chain adapted to communicate rotational power to the swager units, the swager units each include a sliding block primary jaw mount;
- a rear primary drive chain connecting the angle worm drive and the swaging head, while a rear secondary drive chain connects the swager units located in the swaging head;
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- a first proximity switch and a second proximity switch adapted to be accessed by a user;
- wherein motion of the front primary drive chain is along a front primary chain travel path, while motion of the front secondary drive chain is along a front secondary chain travel path;
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- wherein mechanical connection to the front primary chain travel path and the front secondary chain travel path are made by a set of sprockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.