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US 4,539,164 AGranted
Method for fabricating a support for a bubble cap on the end of its riser tube
AssigneeCombustion Engineering, Inc.
InventorWayne L. Roberts
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Abstract
A spider is formed at the upper end of a vapor riser tube by shearing and upsetting or crimping a portion of the upper end to form a support for a bolt which mounts the bubble cap.
Claims1
The method of forming a bubble cap assembly comprising a cylindrical riser tube supporting a bubble cap on its upper end, including,
- moving four metal shearing and forming jaws in a horizontal plane toward the upper portion of the riser tube,
- advancing the jaws simultaneously into the side of the riser tube to first horizontally shear a portion of the upper end of the riser tube and deforming the sheared sides of the tube inwardly until the sheared material of the riser tube wall extends over the central axis of the tube to form a spider with an aperture coinciding with the axis of the riser tube, and
- extending a bolt through the aperture formed in the spider as a link between the bubble cap and riser tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.