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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370397 | Tool kit and method for repairing a damage vehicle body member with a hem flange A method and kit for repairing vehicle door skins by reorienting vehicle hem flanges from a closed orientation to an open orientation to allow removal of a damaged door skin from a door frame and replacing with a new door skin with an open orientation hem flange tha... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7313941 | Corrugated sheet member bending machine A corrugated sheet member bending machine is disclosed to include a base frame, a housing pivotally supported on the base frame and turnable within 90-degrees to fit different workpiece insertion angles and different workpieces, a set of drive rollers mounted on a w... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7037054 | Apparatus for forming groove used in cutting blade Disclosed is an apparatus for defining a bending or welding groove in a cutting blade. A pair of fixed blocks are fixed to a base of a cutting blade forming apparatus. A slider is slidably coupled to each fixed block, and a bit support block is slidably coupled to t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997026 | Quick change metal stud to hemmed track roll forming system An apparatus and method for selectively forming metal stud and track members from sheet material, the apparatus including a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly, and a tra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6925846 | Portable mini-break A sheet metal bending tool for bending materials, such as flat metal sheets is disclosed. The tool has a restraining base for receiving and cooperatively holding a sheet metal workpiece and the tool has a bending component that is rotatably mounted to the restrainin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6901783 | Device having pivotable wheel mechanism The subject invention provides a sheet bending brake assembly for securing a work piece. The sheet bending brake assembly includes a clamping member having a lower leg extending therefrom and a pivoting arm pivotally supported by and extending from the clamping memb... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6003357 | Sheet metal brake accessory An accessory for a bending brake is secured to the brake only by the clamping force of the brake jaws. A pressing member is rotatably affixed to the base plate which is clamped between the jaws when in operation. A pressing member is attached to the base ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5819577 | Accessory kit for a bending brake for bending curves in sheet metal An accessory kit for a portable bending brake allows bends and rebends to be made in elongated sheet-metal workpieces. The bending brake with which the kit is used has an elongated bed, a clamp which bears against the bed, and a bending apron hinged to th... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5775157 | Swinging self-positioning support for pipe bending machines A pipe bending machine with a bending assembly (1) and a support arm (2), pivotedly supported swingingly relative to the bending assembly through a pivot (6) that is slidably supported along a stem (7) on the axis passing through the center of rotation of... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5626045 | Metal stock bender A hand operated bending apparatus uses a lever arm which acts through a compound lever to increase the applied force. A pin, which mates with a number of holes at various distances along the compound lever linkage, permits changing the lever ratio readily... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5497643 | Remote bending apparatus A remotely positionable bending apparatus includes a support platform with a mandrel mounted to a front surface thereof and a bending arm pivotally connected between the mandrel and support platform. The outer end of the bending arm rotates around the upp... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5042282 | Small-diameter metallic conduit bending machine A small-diameter metallic conduit bending machine includes a stationary frame. The stationary frame made of bar stock or pipe stock is shaped so as to substantially conform to a finished metallic conduit. The stationary frame includes a bending section wh... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4987760 | Leaf-spring bender An apparatus for bending a leaf spring from a generally straight into an arcuate shape has a frame and a lower jaw assembly on the frame including a fixed central jaw having a flat upper face and a pair of normally curved side jaws flanking the central ja... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4964290 | Small-diameter metallic conduit bending machine A small-diameter metallic conduit bending machine comprises a stationary frame with a guide surface, a bending member for pressing a metallic conduit against the stationary frame, and an actuator for moving the bending member via a lever. One end of the l... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4961335 | Small-diameter metallic conduit A small-diameter metallic conduit bending machine includes a stationary frame which is shaped so as to substantially conform to a finished metallic conduit. A bending member is provided movably toward the stationary frame from thereoutside to bend a metal... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4945747 | Apparatus for bending elongated materials in any direction An apparatus for bending an elongated material in any direction includes a chucking unit, an arm robot having at least three swiveling arm segments, a bending head provided on a free end of the arm segment and a moving device for moving the robot along a ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4875356 | Material fabricating mechanism There is provided a bending mechanism for use in the fabrication of metal and other materials. The bending mechanism includes a clamping structure to secure the material to a supporting plate with the portion of the material to be bent projecting from the... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4785650 | Tube pipe bender assembly A pipe bender assembly comprising a pipe bender and a pipe clamp (36) cooperable therewith, the pipe bender including a body (10), a main die (12) forming part of, or mounted on the body, the main die having at least one part annular groove on its periphe... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4739642 | Tube forming apparatus Tube forming apparatus for forming a tubular part having an enlarged diameter end section at one end with an adjacent short radius bend is disclosed. A straight length of tubing is magnetically positioned between die members and fixedly clamped with oppos... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4712406 | Apparatus for bending tubular workpieces A method and apparatus for bending tubular workpieces whereby a tube length is placed in front of a template and selectively driven deforming shoes urge the tube into engagement with the same. Where the desired tubular radii of curvature are relatively la... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4691555 | Tube bending tool A tube bender has two readily connectable and detachable members. A base member has a block with two parallel grooves. The tube groove is formed in an arc having the radius of the desired bend and a cross-section with a radius corresponding to the tube di... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4566305 | Sweep-arm bender for forming orthodontic arches A device for forming orthodontic arches from straight wire blanks comprises a die having a cylindrical surface with multiple wire-receiving grooves situated in planes perpendicular to the die axis. A clamp temporarily applies a clamping force to the wire ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4524599 | Rotary compression bending machine A rotary compression bending machine comprises a radius die, a wiper die, and a flexible ball mandrel. Hydraulic cylinders are provided to simultaneously drive the wiper die around the radius die and to draw the ball mandrel through the tubing in order to... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4467633 | Trough, manufacturing process, and apparatus The disclosure concerns a smooth continuous steel trough, free of longitudinal weld joints except for a flanged frame attached to its open top for supporting a cover grating. The apparatus for performing these steps comprises a conveyor table for moving a... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4392373 | Forming means A forming machine to form a sheet of metal to an "S" bend having clamps to clamp the sheet metal, one of the clamps having an anvil about which the sheet metal is folded by a rotatable forming bar to form a first channel and partially form a second channe... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4356716 | Bending machine A bending machine for flanging sheet metal elements comprises retaining rams for gripping a sheet metal element and at least one drivable bending tool, which is movable about a backing tool that is constituted by an end portion of one retaining ram. To av... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4352282 | Sheet metal panel brake A panel brake has an intermediate jaw disposed between one fixed jaw having a straight edge and another fixed jaw having a curved edge. The intermediate jaw is movable so as to grip a panel against either the straight edge fixed jaw or the curved edge fix... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4322963 | Valve stem bender and/or marker Apparatus for bending valve stems of inner tubes used primarily in truck tires which facilitates locating the area of bending contemporeous with readily controlling the bend angle of the stems. An apertured clevis is pivotally mounted on a housing that is... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4133198 | Apparatus for bending large area construction units An apparatus for the bending of large area construction units, particularly of tightly welded tube walls for boiler construction, with a supporting table for that part of the construction unit which is not to be deformed, which is held down at least in th... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4092840 | Device for flanging the edges of sheet sections Apparatus for bending the outer edge of sheet metal members includes a yoke having a substantially C-shaped contour. The sheet metal member is supported to be engaged with one of the legs of the yoke. A movable tool carrier is mounted on the yoke and incl... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4026138 | Cable bender A cable bender apparatus for bending cables, for example of the type having thermoplastic insulation around copper or aluminum strands. The apparatus is connected to a cable for bending the latter to any desired degree and is actuated by, for example, a s... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3979938 | Apparatus for bending thin flexible strips Apparatus for bending a thin flexible and narrow strip having a flat longitudinally extending base portion and a central longitudinally extending rib projecting upwardly from the base portion at right angles thereto, the upper edge of the rib being sharpe... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3958440 | Universal tube bending machine A universal tube bending machine includes a frame mounting an upper die clamp with a downturned channel. A support arm is pivoted to the frame and mounts a corresponding lower die clamp with an upturned tube receiving channel to grip the tube to be bent. ... | 05/25/1976 |
