Patents by Inventor David G. Francisco

David G. Francisco has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4615198
    Abstract: A rolling tool for both expanding and reforming the dented end of a tube within the tubesheet of a nuclear steam generator is disclosed herein. Generally, the tool comprises a rotatable roller cage having a diameter which is approximately the same as the minimum diameter across the dented tube end, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted within pitched slots in the roller cage, a tapered mandrel slidably movable within an opening in the cage for rotating, orbiting and radially extending the rollers, and a ring which circumscribes at least a substantial portion of the cage for providing a surface around and against which the rollers may rotate when the roller-driving mandrel is rotated. In the preferred embodiment, the cage is rotatably mounted within a collar and the ring is detachably mountable around the proximal end of the roller cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Hawkins, David G. Francisco