Patent ID: 7003998

Claim:
Apparatus for shaping a conduit to form a radially outwardly projecting flange at an end thereof, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a holding fixture including rotatable support members and defining an opening receiving said conduit; a collar releasably attached to said conduit to prevent relative rotational movement between said collar and conduit and surrounding said conduit, said collar disposed in said opening and rotatable supported by the rotatable support members of said holding fixture; rotation imparting structure connected to said holding fixture directly engaging said collar and for simultaneously rotating said collar and said conduit relative to said holding fixture; and a flange forming tool operatively associated with said holding fixture engaging said conduit at said end and operable to apply bending forces to said conduit to form a radially outwardly extending flange at said end upon simultaneous rotation of said collar and said conduit by said rotation imparting structure.