Claims
- 1. Apparatus for forming a profiled surface on an end of an annular object, such as a pipe, including in combination, means for firmly gripping said object and holding it against rotation, cutting means for forming (1) an outer bevel, (2) an intermediate plane land, and (3) an inner bevel in said end, power-driven rotatable means for carrying and operating said cutting means around said end, roller means also carried by said rotatable means and associated with said cutting means for maintaining positional control over said cutting means with respect to said end, a mildly tapered surface on said roller means for cold-rolling a low taper inside said end adjacent said inner bevel, and means for forcibly holding said roller means radially outward against the inside surface of said object while said cold rolling is accomplished.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the roller means includes a substantially cylindrical surface adjoining the mildly tapered surface on one side and a more steeply tapered surface adjoining the mildly tapered surface on the other side.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the means for forcibly holding the roller radially outward is formed to apply sufficient force to roll a thin projecting edge in the radially inner part of said end of said annular object.
- 4. A method of forming a thin annular edge in the inner part of an annular end of a hollow cylindrical work piece such as a pipe, which comprises holding said pipe firmly against rotation and against deformation from a substantially circular shape, cutting and end profile on said annular end with an outer bevel, an intermediate land and an inner bevel, and forcibly cold rolling the interior cylindrical surface of the work piece to swage the metal outwardly and axially towards said end, thereby forming a sharp tapered annular edge which serves as a heat sink.
- 5. Method according to claim 4 in which the cutting is accomplished in a series of complementary operations by moving complementary cutters around the work.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 373,483, filed in the United States on June 25, 1973, and in Great Britain Dec. 12, 1972, now Patent No. 3,922,517 issued Nov. 25, 1975.
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