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

Claim 28:
29. 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 extending around each said cam body, each said cam surface comprising a region of reduced radius and a region of increasing radius, said region of increasing radius extending partially around said cam body and being engageable with said pipe element received within said central space, all of said cam surfaces on each said cam body being circumferentially aligned with one another;
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.