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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980111 | Bending tool It is difficult to bend materials for forming beyond 180° in terms of bend angle due to the entrant nature of prior press forming arrangements including a press tool with a press recess of a static nature. By providing a press recess which is formed from actuators ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975521 | Bending tool for a bending press A bending tool that may be used for bending elongated works and in which the works are not likely to be damaged is provided. An angle formed by a blade parting line L1 or L2 and an outside edge (e.g., 55 degrees) of each die (having an angle of a blade... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966858 | Bending tool for a bending press A bending tool that may be used for bending elongated works and in which the works are not likely to be damaged is provided. An angle formed by a blade parting line L1, L2 and an outside edge of a blade of each die is made larger than an angle formed b... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7647805 | Precision desorbing (detachable) metal sheet bend angle adjustment device A precision metal sheet bend angle adjustment device is provided, which includes a lifter plate, a wedge plate, a support plate and a positioning frame. The lifter plate has a tapered bottom face. The wedge plate has a tapered top face and side recesses. The support... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7351948 | Safety system and method utilizing multiple laser beams for an industrial machine A method of operating a safety system for an industrial press having a moveable section and a stationary section, the safety system providing a plurality of continuous planar laser beams having a generally constant lateral width, each laser beam being spaced at vary... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7260974 | Bending machine, especially bending or folding press, comprising an adjustable lower tool A bending machine (1) is provided wherein components of the existing abutment system, namely a drive part or a carriage (7), which can be directly or indirectly detachably coupled to the lower tool, are used instead of an additionally integrated device... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260973 | Method and apparatus for repairing a damaged propeller blade A propeller straightening apparatus utilizes a pair of adjustable hydraulic cylinders to apply pressure to a selected propeller blade of the propeller. Adjustments can include lateral, longitudinal and tilt angle. A propeller mount holds the propeller in a fixed pos... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152453 | Press brake tool and tool holder A press brake tool and tool holder. The tool has a body terminating downwardly in a workpiece-engaging surface and a tang extending upwardly from the body and adapted for reception in a tool holder, the tang having a first wall defining a vertical surface and a seco... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117711 | Adjustable mould The present invention relates to a mould (42) for bending material parts, the mould (42) comprising opposite first and second longitudinally extending mould halves (1, 21) enclosing a longitudinal mould cavity (59). The first mould halve ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114364 | Cam slider The invention relates to a cam slider with an upper guiding part containing a cam element (20) and a cam guiding element (10), and with a lower guiding part containing a driver element (40), the upper guiding part (10, 20) being holdable ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100418 | Metal shaping apparatus A metal shaping apparatus to shape a metal blank into one of a plurality of configurations comprising a radius die including at least one substantially cylindrical die section having a plurality of metal blank receiving channels or slots formed therein to receive an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7036345 | Method of monitoring ram speed of press brake, press brake using the method, and method and apparatus for controlling ram position of press brake A vertical position of a ram is directly detected by a ram position detector. A first speed arithmetic operating portion determines a first ram moving speed on the basis of a change of the detected position. A second speed arithmetic operating portion determines a s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013698 | Bending press with a substantially undeformable toolholder beam Bending press comprising: a stationary support structure (11), a first and a second toolholder unit (12, 13) movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position, actuator means (14) able to command the relative motion b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007530 | Bending method and bending device In bending a workpiece, a position of the workpiece relatively pressed down by a punch is directly detected by a plurality of position detectors provided in a V-groove of a die, and a bending speed calculation section obtains a bending speed from a change in this po... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000447 | Tube bending machine A machine for bending thin wall electrical conduit having first and second spaced apart forming shoes, each having partial arcuate forming surfaces and a movable arcuate shaped third forming shoe mounted on the tabletop between the first and second forming shoes con... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959581 | Press brake and ram movement method for press brake In a press brake relatively moving an upper table (5U) or a lower table (5L) upward and downward by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (17L and 17R) so as to perform a bending work, the respective hydraulic cylinders (17L, 17 | 11/01/2005 |
| 6928852 | Combination of a press brake clamping system and at least a press brake tool The invention relates to a combination of a press brake tool and a press brake clamping system for pressing the press brake tool in a press direction, said press brake clamping system comprising: at least one clamp for clamping sai... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919555 | Guard device for machines such as bending presses, cutting machines, stamping machines or the like A guard device for machines such as bending presses, cutting machines, stamping machines or the like, has a first machine part which performs operative movements toward a second machine part. A laser photoelectric detector arrangement is attached to the first machin... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903327 | Laser guarded industrial press safety system A safety system for an industrial press having a moveable section (30), the safety means including: a laser emitting means (1) for emitting a continuous planar laser beam (9) having a generally constant lateral width; a light receiving means ( | 06/07/2005 |
| 6874346 | Multi-form die base with rotatable anvils having alternative forming surfaces An improved apparatus used in press brakes having a lower press member and an upper press member which are movable relative toward and away from each other for bending and forming sheet materials is provided. The apparatus includes a die base, first and second mobil... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6810710 | Adjustable forming die, in particular for forming presses In a forming press, a die comprises a pair of half-dies, supported by a bed, able in turn to support an element to be deformed permanently in opposition to the thrust exerted by a forming punch. The die is provided, for each of the half-dies, with two racks associat... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6725702 | Apparatus and method for overcoming angular deviations in a workpiece Apparatus for adjusting the shape of an elongate die rail in press equipment comprising a plurality of interconnected shaping members spaced apart from each other and extending longitudinally along the inner surface of the die rail. The shaping members are adapted t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6672127 | Metal sheet bending device with rotation inhibiting function A metal sheet bending apparatus includes first and second lower bar molds each having a section of a semicircular shape. The first and second lower bar molds are rotatably provided in first and second concave portions of a support, respectively. First and... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6581427 | Method of adjusting the stroke of a press brake A method of adjusting the stroke of a press brake having a movable beam (1) supporting a punch (2), a fixed beam (3) supporting a die (4), means of displacing (5, 5') the movable beam with respect to the fixed beam, said displacement means resting on side... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578403 | Device for adjusting the height of a plurality of tool carriers for a bending press The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the height of a plurality of tool carriers connected to a top panel of a bending press, each tool carrier having a tool spacer, the adjustment device comprising, for each tool carrier, an adjustment ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6499330 | Displacement indicator device for a press brake compensator A displacement indicator device 10 for a press brake compensator 16 includes a first recess 20 in a lower wall of a preselected portion or a die holder member 14 of the press brake compensator 16, an indicator rod 18 snugly inserted into the first recess ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6401512 | Press brake with active lower table A bending press for bending metal sheets, the press comprising a moving top panel and a fixed bottom panel, the bottom panel being constituted by a plate having a top portion and a fixed bottom portion defined by two notches that are symmetrically identic... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378353 | Electromechanical drive for metal part forming machine A hydromechanical drive for a metal part forming machine includes an electric motor having a rotary output shaft, a drive shaft attached to the rotary output shaft and adapted to undergo rotational motion therewith about a rotational axis defined by the d... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6233988 | Bending method and bending apparatus for bending machine A bending method and bending apparatus directed to avoiding the risk of die breakage and damage to ram coupling parts due to an abnormal condition of a ram drive shaft and directed to achieving high-accuracy bending in which a uniform bend angle can be pr... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6189364 | Bending angle correction method and press brake A bend angle correction method directed to carrying out simple and accurate penetration of a movable die into a fixed die to produce a uniform angle throughout the length of a workpiece, being unaffected by material variations. When bending a sheet-like w... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6164114 | Compensation device for a press brake A compensation device (10) for a press brake that provides vertical arcuate adjustment to a die holding an elongated workpiece to be configured by the press brake. The compensation device (10) includes a die holder member (18) that removably receives the ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6119503 | Universal die holder assembly for press brakes An adjustable die holder for a press brake comprising an elongated base block adapted to be attached to a jaw of a press brake and having a first bore formed therein and a horizontal upper surface; a top plate slidable on the upper surface of the base blo... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6032509 | Press brake A press brake comprising a bed for supporting a lower mold on the upper surface thereof, a ram for supporting an upper mold in opposition to said lower mold a driver for causing either the ram or the bed to move for bending a workpiece between the upper a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6018979 | Tool working height adjustment for press brake Mating sets of forming punches and dies having different combined working heights are mounted at multiple work stations in a single press brake by means of a variable height forming punch holder. The punch holder has a pair of mating step wedges that are ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5857377 | System for producing bent sheet-metal articles and components of the system The system for producing bent sheet-metal articles comprises a bending machine (80) having a punch (84) and a die (86) which cooperate with each other and define a bending space, and a manipulator (64) having a movable head (76) which can grip a piece of ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5813263 | Ram position setting method and ram control unit for press brake During the process of bending a workpiece, actual load exerted on the workpiece and displacement are sampled and the bending stress to displacement relationship is obtained from the sampling data and data on the actual thickness of the workpiece. From the... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5813273 | Press brake A press brake for bending a work sheet wherein an upper tool holder is mounted at a lower end of a ram to mount an upper tool and a bending angle of a work sheet is determined by three points of spaced shoulders of a lower tool and a lower tool bottom. Th... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5782308 | Quick clamping device for at least one tool of a machine tool The present invention refers to a quick clamping device for at least one tool of a machine tool, in particular for at least one bending or edging punch of a bending or edging press, comprising a clamping member and a safety and hold means for the tool, sa... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5711181 | Die and die assembly for press brake A die for a press brake is formed with: a first V-shaped groove (43A) extending in a longitudinal direction and on an upper surface thereof; a second V-shaped groove (43B) extending in the same way in parallel to the first V-shaped groove; a plurality of ... | 01/27/1998 |
