Tubing expansion

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus – Preform reshaping or resizing means: or vulcanizing means... – Including shaping means comprising fluid pressure contacting...

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C425S393000, C425SDIG021, C166S380000, C072S393000

Reexamination Certificate

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07144243

ABSTRACT:
A tubing expansion device (20) is adapted to be advanced axially, without rotation, through tubing (10) to be expanded. The device (20) comprises a body (22) and a plurality of expansion members (30,32,34) mounted on the body (22), the expansion members (30,32,34) being independently radially movable. The expansion members may be rotatable, or may be non-rotating.

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