Scaffold assembly and method of manufacture
AssigneeUI Property Limited
InventorsKevin Jury, Paul Butler
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Abstract
The present invention provides a scaffold assembly, in particular a combination of a conventional tubular scaffold tube or pole and a rosette, type coupling which enables the connection of additional scaffold components to the scaffold assembly, the coupling and tubular element being fixed relative to one another by means of at least one abutment which is cold formed in the tubular element such as to fix the coupling in position relative thereto.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a scaffold assembly comprising a hollow tubular element and a coupling circumscribing the tubular element, the method comprising locally outwardly deforming the tubular element to form an abutment positioned to retain the coupling in position.
A method according to claim 11 comprising the steps of providing a recess in the coupling opening onto an interface between the coupling and the tubular element;
- and forming at least one abutment as an outward deformation into the recess.
A method according to claim 11 comprising cold forming each abutment.
A method according to claim 11 comprising forming each abutment through deformation of the tubular element from an inner wall of the tubular element.
A method according to claim 11 comprising the step of inserting a forming tool into a hollow interior of the tubular element;
- and expanding at least a portion of the forming tool in order to form at least one abutment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.