Invention Application
- Patent Title: TUBE STIFFENING
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Application No.: US15862909Application Date: 2018-01-05
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Publication No.: US20180193892A1Publication Date: 2018-07-12
- Inventor: Eric D. Smith
- Applicant: Keystone Tower Systems, Inc.
- Main IPC: B21C37/12
- IPC: B21C37/12

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to formation of tubular structures, such as spirally formed structures, having spirally extending reinforcing material. In particular, tubular structures can be formed in a continuous process in which a first material is spiral formed along a first spiral and a second material is joined to the first material along a second spiral to reinforce the spirally formed first material. As compared to manual application of reinforcing material, such a continuous process can facilitate producing tubular structures at rates suitable for high-volume, commercial fabrication. Further, or instead, as compared to the use of circumferentially extending reinforcing material to support a spiral formed tube, reinforcing the spirally formed first material with a spiral of the second material may offer certain structural advantages, such as improved resistance to buckling.
Public/Granted literature
- US11577292B2 Tube stiffening Public/Granted day:2023-02-14
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