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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087278 | Bending apparatus having changeable anvils and related methods The present invention provides bending apparatuses and methods that can form lithographic plates having different radii, such as for different printing press configurations, without the need to remove and replace the anvils on a bending apparatus. More particularly,... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079244 | Device and method for bending a metallic strip A device and method for bending a metallic strip (1), particularly for manufacturing die cutting blades. The bending tools (20, 30) are capable of being rotated about a common axis (15) and wherein each tool (20, 30) is further capable of... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8028560 | Handheld brake Vise pliers with duck bill jaws and a brake attached thereto, having utility as a vise pliers tool and/or as a handheld sheet metal brake. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7954352 | Sheet metal bending brake A bending brake assembly for manually bending pieces of sheet metal material including a base supporting a plurality of c-shaped members presenting opposing clamping surfaces for receiving the sheet metal material. An extension extends away from the clamping surface... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7836743 | System and method for material bending An improved system and method for material bending comprises first handle 51, second handle 61, pivot rod 70, roller 80, and brace 82. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7762116 | Bending brake carrier locking mechanism and method A bending brake includes a rotating carrier that is rotatable about a rotation axis. The carrier has first and second upper jaws connected thereto at different angular locations about the rotation axis. A locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the carrier duri... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7735348 | Method and bending press for bending boundary edge of a sheet for shaping into an open seam tube The invention relates to a method and a bending press for bending the boundary edge of a planar sheet for shaping into an open seam tube, with an upper tool shaped to correspond to the bend radius to be achieved and an opposed lower tool which may be displaced verti... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7685858 | Sheet metal bending brake A bending brake assembly for manually bending pieces of sheet metal material including a base supporting a plurality of c-shaped members presenting opposing clamping surfaces for receiving the sheet metal material. An extension extends away from the clamping surface... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7669451 | Sheet metal bending brake A sheet metal bending brake having a frame with a sheet metal support surface. A clamping jaw is movable relative to the frame support surface to clamp the sheet metal between the clamping jaw and the frame. The clamping jaw has a linear front edge. An elongated ben... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7587922 | Hemming machine and inspecting method thereof A hemming machine is provided with a frame, a hemming tool support structure and a swinging drive structure. The hemming tool support structure is rotatably coupled to the frame to rotate about a center rotation axis. The hemming tool support structure includes a he... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7549311 | Sheet metal bending brake A sheet metal bending brake having a frame with a sheet metal support surface. A clamping jaw is movable relative to the frame support surface to clamp the sheet metal between the clamping jaw and the frame. The clamping jaw has a linear front edge. An elongated ben... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7500375 | Apparatus for forming a gutter cap A gutter cap forming tool is provided for use in a method of forming a gutter cap from a sheet stock blank. A flange of the gutter cap is initially formed by a bending brake or a flange bender. A roll forming operation is performed to form a reversely-turned arcuate... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484396 | Pivot link for sheet bending brake and sheet bending brake including pivot link A guide mechanism for use with a sheet bending brake has a clamping member having a lower leg extending therefrom, a pivot arm and a guide mechanism. The pivoting arm being pivotally supported by and extending from the clamping member to define a clamping area with ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7434438 | Folding brake A folding brake includes a frame having a pair of vertically disposed and spaced side members and a lower clamp member rigidly attached to each side member and disposed in a horizontal plane. An upper clamp member is pivotally positioned in relationship to the lower... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412862 | Sheet bending brake A bending brake for sheet material includes frames; an upper jaw and a lower jaw that cooperate to hold the sheet material a bending surface pivotally connected to the lower jaw to bend the sheet material against an anvil of the upper jaw; an interlocking unit conne... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7296455 | Tool system for bending sheet materials and method of using same A bending tool system is provided for forming a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional sheet material which includes a predetermined fold line. The system includes a tool base for receiving and supporting the sheet material in a work plane, a clamp for e... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276073 | Straightening tools having guide templates for angled tissue cutting instruments and methods of using the same A straightening tool for straightening an elongate angled member of an angled tissue cutting instrument in which the elongate angled member has a proximal length portion and an initial bend connecting the proximal length portion to a distal length portion extending ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258030 | Failsafe element for rotary cam unit used in a flanged die A rotary cam assembly for a bending die includes first and second arms pivotally attached to an actuator. Linear movement of the actuator causes rotation of the rotary cam relative to a bending cam. A rotatable element is supported between the first and second arms ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234332 | Bending machine The invention concerns a bending machine comprising a machine frame, and upper bar and a lower bar mounted on the frame and mutually mobile, a bending bar mounted on the frame, a bending bar mounted on the frame and mobile relative to the frame, to the upper bar and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228721 | Pivot link for sheet bending brake and sheet bending brake including pivot link A guide mechanism for use with a sheet bending brake has a clamping member having a lower leg extending therefrom, a pivot arm and a guide mechanism. The pivoting arm being pivotally supported by and extending from the clamping member to define a clamping area with ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225737 | Method for automated platemaking A computer-to-plate (CTP) machine is operated using processless printing plates. A plate bender is built directly into the CTP, bending the plate after imaging in order to make it ready for mounting on the printing press, eliminating all intermediate steps. For pres... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213438 | Bending tool with adjustable workpiece abutment segments A bending tool (3) for bending workpieces (4) has at least one part with which an upward bend can be made in the workpiece (4) by an abutment of part of the bending tool acting on it along a line of force of the tool. At least one part of the be... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191631 | Sheet metal bending brake with improved hinge A sheet metal bending brake having a frame with a sheet metal support surface. A clamping jaw is movable relative to the frame support surface to clamp the sheet metal between the clamping jaw and the frame. The clamping jaw has a linear front edge. An elongated ben... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171836 | Roofing panel notching, shearing, and hemming tool A notching, shearing, and hemming tool constructed with a table which receives the roofing panel, at least two notching devices (notchers), a pan shear pivotally mounted on the table, and a hemming tool pivotally mounted on the table. To prepare a finished end piece... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152450 | Method for forming sheet material with bend controlling displacements A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line comprising the step of forming of at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material with a portion of the periphery of the displacement closest to the bend line provi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7124612 | Crimping blade profile The invention relates to a crimping blade with a profile such that the angle of attack β of the sheet metal to be crimped remains constant during the entire crimping phase. In this way, the force applied to the sheet metal is always at the same angle in relation to... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117705 | Adjustable cutoff A cutting assembly (20) is removably supported on a sheet bending brake (24) for cutting a work piece (22). The cutting assembly (20) includes a cutter body (32), and a first (42) and a second cutting disk (48), each ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114360 | Plate bending machine A plate bending machine for bending a plate clamped between a lower die and a pressure die by a blade of a bending die mounted on a bend beam which is controlled in the vertical and horizontal directions. The bend beam has a vertical cross-section of substantially C... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114754 | Mobile construction support vehicle A vehicle for use in the construction trade to support steel building fabrication and support issues. In the preferred embodiment, the vehicle comprises a trailer, a mobile type unit containing enough equipment to handle most tasks used on a construction site, parti... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104102 | Bending machine for profiles such as reinforcement round pieces or similar Bending machine (10) to obtain shaped elements from pre-cut profiles (11), equipped with a drawing assembly (14) which draws the profiles (11), first shearing means (13) arranged downstream of the drawing assembly (14) and b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080538 | Roofing panel notching, shearing, and hemming tool A notching, shearing, and hemming tool constructed with a table which receives the roofing panel, at least two notching devices (notchers), a pan shear pivotally mounted on the table, and a hemming tool pivotally mounted on the table. To prepare a finished end piece... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069762 | Bending machine The invention concerns a bending machine comprising a machine frame, an upper bar equipped with a tool and a lower bar likewise equipped with a tool, the upper bar and the lower bar being mounted mutually mobile on the frame. The machine comprises at least one drive... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059164 | Plate material processing machine with bending function and tool for the same The present invention provides a plate material processing machine with a bending function which enables even a bending piece with two or more bending portions to be bent and which enables materials to be bend so as to have different bending directions, dimensions, ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043950 | Measuring device for measuring a sheet of material in a sheet bending brake The subject invention presents a sheet bending brake assembly and a measuring device for the sheet bending brake assembly. The assembly includes a support. First and second clamping members are mounted on the support for movement between open and closed positions. T... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032425 | Folding support assembly The apparatus is a support assembly for attaching a heavy tool on the side of a truck and for unfolding it from a storage position into a horizontal work position. At least one foldable support assembly is constructed from two channels, an extension channel pivoting... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021096 | Front gauge for a sheet bending brake A method, a front gauge and a sheet bending brake with a front gauge providing a scale for gauging a workpiece of sheet material, and optionally also for supporting the workpiece and/or squaring or angling the workpiece relative to a bending anvil of the brake. Moun... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6968722 | Plate processing device A plate-processing device intended for bending and cutting of bending and bendable plate-like objects. A bending and cutting tool is arranged to be moved by actuators. At least two tube sectors, which are arranged within each other and move relative to each other, o... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959580 | Sheet metal bending brake A sheet metal bending brake having a frame with a planar work supporting surface and a plurality of spaced frame members extending over the work support surface. Each frame member has a throughbore and these throughbores are aligned with each other. A plurality of e... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955071 | Mechanical bending apparatus A mechanical bending device (8) for bending flat workpieces (6) has at least one bending tool assembly (9) which includes at least one tool part that can move by means of a bending tool drive (27). When acted on by the tool part that move... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941788 | Bending brake for flat blank The invention concerns a brake (1) comprising at least a platen (2) co-operating with a press (3) for immobilizing a blank section to be bent, the platen (2) being extended by a table (4) hinged to the platen (2) via a hinge... | 09/13/2005 |
