Patents Assigned to Straza Enterprises Ltd.
  • Patent number: 3952575
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming circumferential corrugations in a thin wall tube to produce a cylindrical bellows. The tube is supported on a rigid sleeve to prevent distortion, but is free to move axially as each corrugation is formed by an expanding mandrel which extends through a circumferential channel in the sleeve to form a complete ring. The mandrel is composed of interfitting wedge elements, alternate elements of which move radially more than the others to accommodate the expansion and contraction, a common multiple cam actuator providing the driving force on all elements simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Straza Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventors: George T. Straza, Edward L. Parr