Gregory A Watson

US Patent:

20070209204, Sep 13, 2007

Filed:

Oct 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/538079

Inventors:

Daniel J. Chase - Parma OH, US
Jeffrey J. Blake - Ravenna OH, US
William C. Fisher - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US
Garrett C. Humphrey - Akron OH, US
Gregory W. Watson - Akron OH, US
Benjamin M. Trace - Tallmadge OH, US
Michael R. Swails - Madison OH, US

International Classification:

B23P 17/00
B23P 19/04

US Classification:

29890144, 29234, 29270, 29271

Abstract:

A process for assembling a rigid fitting to a flexible or elastic tube or hose within one of a portable, hand-held and/or mountable assembly device, including the steps of slip-fitting the fitting within a pusher member of the device that includes a torque-producing source capable Of converting input power into linear motion force; b. temporarily restraining a hose open end within the assembly device and; activating the torque-producing source to linearly advance the pusher member and fitting, relative to the restrained hose end, for physically inserting the fitting into the hose open end. Additional steps include: retraction of the pusher member and releasing the now-assemble hose and fitting assembly from the assembly device. Product-by-process claims and article claims, pertaining to the assembly device used in the process for assembling, are also set forth.