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Device for pressing sheet material

US5067336A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 28, 1989
Grant dateNov 26, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49805
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for pressing sheet material blanks, in particular sheet metal blanks (10), comprising a cushion (2) composed of an elastic material disposed in a retaining box (1), an arrangement for performing the sheet blank constituted by an outer slide carrying an upper blank holder (6), and an arrangement for finally forming the sheet blank constituted by a central slide acting on a punch (8), the device further comprising a lower blank blank holder constituted by an element (3) for supporting and maintaining at least a portion of the sheet blank (10), placed directly on the elastic cushion (2) and cooperative with the upper blank holder (6) for gripping the sheet blank in at least localized region of the blank.

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