Patent ID: 11898628
Assignee: VICTAULIC COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A device for cold working a pipe element, said device comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of gears mounted within said housing, each one of said gears being rotatable about a respective one of a plurality of axes of rotation, said gears being positioned about a central space for receiving said pipe element;
a plurality of cam bodies, each said cam body mounted on a respective one of said gears;
a plurality of cam surfaces, each one of said cam surfaces extending around a respective one of said cam bodies and being engageable with said pipe element received within said central space, each one of said cam surfaces comprising a region of increasing radius and a region of reduced radius;
a pinion mounted within said central space within said housing, said pinion meshing with said plurality of gears and being rotatable about a pinion axis.