Machine to manufacture gun barrels and method of using
AssigneeSmall Arms Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorCarl H. Behling
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Abstract
A machine for reaming a bore in a tubular member that includes a support block connected to a track, a holder connected to the support block, a reamer adapted to pass through at least a portion of the bore, a reamer drive for rotating the reamer, and a position drive coupled to the support block for moving the support block along the track. Also, a method of reaming a bore in a tubular member including providing a machine as described and a tubular member having a bore, securing the tubular member to the holder such that the longitudinal axis of the reamer is co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the bore, and powering the reamer drive and the position drive such that the reamer rotates and the support block moves along the track. The tubular member may be a gun barrel.
Claims20
A machine for reaming a bore in a tubular member comprising:
- a support block slidably connected to a track;
- a holder connected to the support block and adapted to hold the tubular member;
- a reamer adapted to pass through at least a portion of the bore in the tubular member when the tubular member is held in the holder;
- a reamer drive for rotating the reamer about its longitudinal axis;
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- a position drive coupled to the support block for moving the support block along the track.
A method of reaming a bore in a tubular member comprising:
- providing at least one station comprising:
- a support block slidably connected to a track;
- a holder connected to the support block and adapted to hold a tubular member;
- a reamer adapted to pass through the bore in the tubular member when the tubular member is held in the holder;
- a reamer drive for rotating the reamer about its longitudinal axis;
- a position drive mechanically coupled to the support block for moving the support block along the track;
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- a controller for controlling the reamer drive and the position drive;
- providing a tubular member having a bore,
- securing the tubular member to the holder such that the longitudinal axis of the reamer is co-axial with a longitudinal axis of the bore of the tubular member, and
- sending a signal from the controller to power the reamer drive and the position drive such that the reamer drive causes the reamer to rotate and the position drive causes the support block to move along the track,
- wherein movement of the support block along the track causes the rotating reamer to be received in and pass through at least a portion of the bore of the tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.