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Bending machine for bending threadlike material such as tubes, rods profiles or metal wire

US6434993B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 2001
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D7/024
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine for bending threadlike material such as tubes, rods, profiles or metal wire comprises a machine bed, having parallel guides movably supporting a carriage for feeding, rotating and angularly locating the tube, the machine bed having a T-shape, the cross member of the T-shape body being provided, at the top and bottom thereof, with parallel guides supporting a controllably driven movable carriage having a bending head provided with a fixed shaft supporting, at the two end portions thereof, bending dies with corresponding swinging bending arms, the bending head being supported by a horizontal shaft and being adapted to be controllably driven about the axis of the horizontal shaft.

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