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8047034 |
Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices
A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The...
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8006531 |
Kinematic system for the displacement of working units of machines for bending and forming metallic sheets
A bending machine designed to bend and shape sheet metal comprises a blade-holder unit (10) with a “C” shaped cross-section, mobile along two mutually orthogonal directions with respect to a fix...
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7937981 |
Process for treating metal alloy surgical needles to improve bending stiffness
A method of mechanically treating alloy metal surgical needles to improve bending strength is disclosed. The needles are curved and reverse-curved in this method to improve bending strength.
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7908899 |
Slide lock
Improved slide lock apparatus used in bending apparatus to bend stock to an acute angle. A hydraulic cylinder with a ram extendable under hydraulic pressure provides the bending power. The ram...
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7891225 |
Bending machine
A bending machine for bending elongated workpieces supplied from a magazine is disclosed. The bending machine comprises a base support; two bending robots arranged on a common guideway centrally...
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7878038 |
System and process for production of three-dimensional products from wire
A process of production of three-dimensional products from wire (1) or other suitable material, which process may be implemented in a system (8) that may include an advancement mechanism (9), a...
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7870774 |
Roller hemming apparatus and roller hemming method
In an initial state of roller hemming processing, an erected flange 65 begins to be bent by a roller 48. At this time, a first plate 63 and a receiving face 15 are brought into tightly contact with...
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7770426 |
Blade material bending method and blade material bending device
A method includes: a step of bending the blade member in the width direction; and a step of, after the bending process, bending the blade member in the thickness direction. In the width-direction...
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7757532 |
Method and apparatus for bending a blade member
In the width-direction bending step for the blade member, the blade member is clamped by a pair of rotary press claws 13, 14 from both sides in the thickness direction to be compressed in the...
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7721582 |
Bending machine for rod-shaped workpieces made from wire, tubular material or the like
In a bending machine for bending rod-shaped workpieces made from wire, tubular material or the like, a machine frame is provided with at least one bending station including two bending units. Each...
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7661281 |
Method and device for shaping an orthodontic archwire
Methods and an apparatus for bending orthodontic wires are provided. An apparatus for bending an orthodontic wire can determine an optimal shape of a portion of an archwire to include a pair of...
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7607331 |
Method and apparatus for hemming panels together
Method and apparatus hems the edges of inner and outer panels by bending a peripheral flange of the outer panel over edge portions of the inner panel to form a panel assembly. A press apparatus has...
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7571631 |
Method of manufacturing a woodworker's holdfast
A semi-automated method for manufacturing a woodworker's holdfast tool from an unheated length of mild steel rod includes forging a flattened contact surface at one end of the rod and subsequently...
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7487659 |
Machine for working sheet metal parts, in particular a flanging machine, and a system for driving the machine
The machine (20) comprises: a supporting structure (24, 26); a movable unit (28) mounted on the supporting structure (24, 26) so that it can translate along a first working direction (Z) and along...
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7458242 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing a rock bolt
An apparatus for manufacturing a cable bolt from a cable (1) includes first and second clamps (2, 3) adapted to releasably clamp the cable (1) with the cable (1) extending along the longitudinal...
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7296455 |
Tool system for bending sheet materials and method of using same
A bending tool system is provided for forming a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional sheet material which includes a predetermined fold line. The system includes a tool base for...
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7243523 |
Metal unit nesting machine
The invention is a machine, machine system, and method of using a machine that alters metal plates to enable rigid stacking of the metal plates. In a preferred embodiment, the machine system...
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7241073 |
Sheet metal hem
A reduced radius hem assembly and method for joining an inner panel and an outer panel together. The inner panel has an outwardly extending perimeter flange comprising an end surface, an inboard...
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7237416 |
Robotic turntable drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system
A robotic turntable drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system includes a turntable having a top plate and a lower frame. The top plate is rotatable about the lower frame. The turntable...
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7204116 |
Flanging apparatus for roller hemming
A flanging apparatus for use in roller hemming with a robotic hemming roller and a roller hemming anvil having a peripherally disposed hemming surface includes a tool insert having a flanging...
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7134309 |
Pre-hemming apparatus
A pre-hemming apparatus for use with a hemming die includes a driving member adapted to be centrally disposed below the hemming die. A plurality of link arms are operatively, pivotally connected to...
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7131309 |
Bending system
A bending system comprising a series of bending stations, each equipped with a bending head. Workpieces are conveyed from one bending station to the next by grippers suspended from a two-axis...
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7114360 |
Plate bending machine
A plate bending machine for bending a plate clamped between a lower die and a pressure die by a blade of a bending die mounted on a bend beam which is controlled in the vertical and horizontal...
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7089773 |
Apparatus and method for forming an elongated article
An Apparatus and method for forming elongated metal articles includes one or more rotating dies (1) each provided with an indentation (3). The indentation (track) is shaped so as to be...
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7082803 |
Hemming device and hemming method
A hand transport section holds and transports a workplace grip hand for gripping and positioning a workpiece. The hand transport section mounts the workpiece grip hand on a hand mount so as to set...
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7073367 |
Earring wire forming apparatus
An earring wire forming apparatus including a base, a lever rotatably mounted on the base and a wire retaining member rotatably mounted on the base for holding a piece of wire of predetermined...
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7051566 |
Method for performing a 180 degree hem and apparatus for performing the same
A hemming method for performing a 180 degree hem between an inner panel and outer metal panel. A curvilinear prehemming tool is then moved in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the...
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7047785 |
Installation for processing metal bars with improved means for transferring the bars, and method provided thereby
A transferring device usable in installations for cutting and/or bending metal bars, particularly bars intended for concrete reinforcement. The device comprises one or more gripping pliers movable...
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7021107 |
Bending processor of pipe
A bending processor for a pipe has a pipe bending unit and a pipe twisting unit. The pipe bending unit is rotated by a predetermined angle while pressing the processed pipe against the...
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7017380 |
Bending assembly for bending machine
A bending assembly on a bending machine for the bending of rod and/or bar-shaped workpieces (8) includes a bending tool (10) and a bending drive unit (11) with a swivel arm (21) and a bending-drive...
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7013697 |
Method for expanding a tubular blank
A method for expanding tubular blanks includes pre-expanding or initially expanding a section of the tube by forcing a punch into an open end of the tube. The punching process may be repeated to...
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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,...
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6928848 |
Flanging processes with radial compression of the blank stretched surface
A method and tool for forming a hem flange. A larger radius bend is initially formed when a pre-hem flange is formed. A sharper radius bend is subsequently formed when the flange is formed. After...
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6923036 |
Hemming apparatus and method
In accordance with the present invention, an improved apparatus and method for prehemming and hemming is provided. More particularly, the improved apparatus and method is for folding an edge...
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6849820 |
Preliminary assembly system and assembly method for vehicle body component parts
A preliminary assembly system for joining a body side panel and a floor panel of an automotive vehicle in a loose-fit hemming joint state by bending a claw piece extending from a main body of one...
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6804981 |
Flanging device for pre-flanging and flanging of components
A hemming or flanging device is provided for the prehemming and finishing hemming of components with a first component having an upright standing flange before hemming and a second component with a...
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6769282 |
One-step offset bender
One-step offset bender for speed and accuracy in offsetting pipe or other materials. The offset bender (100) includes a base (110) on which is mounted a fixed shoe support (130) and a traveling...
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6748788 |
Method for bending metal plate
Disclosed is a method for bending a metal plate comprising: a first forming step (A) for obtaining a first formed member having a bent portion; and a second forming step (B) for bending the first...
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6745608 |
Hemming units and apparatus
A hemming unit may include a hemming tool, an actuator for moving the hemming tool, and a link mechanism connecting the actuator and the hemming tool. Therefore, the hemming tool can be moved by...
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6644088 |
Apparatus for flanging metal sheets
The present invention provides a flanging apparatus for metal sheets for use with metal sheets of the body structure in vehicle manufacturing, with a base frame, with a flanging bed movable up and...
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6640600 |
Bending device
A bending device has one or more bending tools and each bending tool has one or more adjustable bending jaws and one or more stationary bending jaws for producing a fold on a sheet metal plate. The...
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6612146 |
Hemming machine with movable die cartridges
A hemming machine having a stationary base and defining a work station. A lifting beam is vertically movably mounted to the base at the work station while a motor assembly moves the lifting beam...
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6474125 |
Hemming machine with dual ball screw drive
A hemming machine for sheet metal is disclosed having a base adapted to be supported on a ground support surface. A cradle is vertically slidably mounted to the base while a nest is mounted to the...
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6467324 |
Die hemming assembly and method
A hemming assembly and method for joining the edges of a pair of panels together includes a main die supporting edges of the two panels, a pre-hem slide supporting a pre-hem tool, a final die...
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6460392 |
Flange bending apparatus
A flange bending apparatus for bending an upstanding flange on an inside perimeter of an automotive window opening. A flanging steel drive reciprocally drives a flanging steel between retracted and...
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6446478 |
Two-stage hemming machine with movable dies
A two-stage hemming machine has a centrally located press station with an anvil extendable along a vertical axis, and a loading station and an unloading station located on opposite sides of the...
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6434993 |
Bending machine for bending threadlike material such as tubes, rods profiles or metal wire
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...
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6427510 |
Bending and hemming method and apparatus
A bending and hemming apparatus configured to both bend and hem a sheet metal panel to form a body closure member at a single station. The apparatus includes a hemming machine movable between a...
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6363766 |
Double function bending blade for sheet metal bending machine
There is described a new bending blade for sheet metal bending machine, that in order to allow the bending of the sheet metal both upward and downward comprises two bending teeth extending from a...
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6341517 |
Wire bending apparatus
A wire bending device includes an upright frame and a wire feed hopper for dispensing wire rods. A wire bending section is mounted on the frame, and at least one transport arm is pivotally mounted...
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