Tools for bending sheet metal

US4181002A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Walter Eckold Vorrichtungs u. Geratebau Sperrluttertal · DE

Inventors

• Gerd-Jurgen Eckold · Braunlage, DE
• Hans Maass

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1977
• Grant date: Jan 1, 1980
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B21D5/042
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet metal bending tool with first and second former members, one rotatable on a first axis, the former members being movable toward and away from each other on another axis normal to the first axis, the formers having opposed clamping faces, the rotatable former member having two clamping faces angularly related to each other by an angle equal to the angle of rotation during bending, the clamping face of the second former being toothed.