Ball joint forming methods
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1. A METHOD FOR MAKING SEAL-TIGHT BALL JOINTS, AND METHOD COMPRISING:
- (A) FORMING A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER WITH A SPHERICAL, ENLARGED PORTION THEREON;
(B) TRUNCATING SAID SPHERICAL PORTION ALONG A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR BODY TO FORM A LARGER AND A SMALLER SEGMENT;
(C) INSERTING ONE EXTREMITY OF A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER A SELECTED DISTANCE INSIDE THE MOUTH OF THE LARGER SEGMENT;
(D) CONFINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUBULAR MEMBERS WITHIN A SUITABLE DIE MEANS;
(E) DISCHARGING WITHIN SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER BY THE CAPACITOR DISCHARGE METHOD A QUANTITY OF
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1. A METHOD FOR MAKING SEAL-TIGHT BALL JOINTS, AND METHOD COMPRISING:
- (A) FORMING A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER WITH A SPHERICAL, ENLARGED PORTION THEREON;
(B) TRUNCATING SAID SPHERICAL PORTION ALONG A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR BODY TO FORM A LARGER AND A SMALLER SEGMENT;
(C) INSERTING ONE EXTREMITY OF A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER A SELECTED DISTANCE INSIDE THE MOUTH OF THE LARGER SEGMENT;
(D) CONFINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUBULAR MEMBERS WITHIN A SUITABLE DIE MEANS;
(E) DISCHARGING WITHIN SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER BY THE CAPACITOR DISCHARGE METHOD A QUANTITY OF
- (A) FORMING A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER WITH A SPHERICAL, ENLARGED PORTION THEREON;
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