| US 7,387,009 B2 | ||
| Automated bending machine | ||
| Kevin Kane, 8763 Pinion Dr., Lake Worth, Fla. 33467 (US); and David Kane, 12109 53rd Rd. N., Royal Palm Beach, Fla. 33411 (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/389,417. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/665096, filed on Mar. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0260377 A1, Nov. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B21D 11/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 72—307 | 2 Claims |

| 1. An automated strip bending device for bending a strip of metal material at predetermined locations as said strip of metal
material is continuously fed though said strip bending device, said strip bending device comprising:
a table with a surface upon which at least two opposed drive rollers are rotatably connected to, said drive rollers being
connected to said table, said drive rollers are constructed and arranged to drive said strip of metal material along a feed
path;
at least one pair of holding plates connected to said table and located downstream said drive rollers along said feed path
to maintain said strip of metal material in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to the surface of the table,
said holding plates including left and right side sharp bending dies formed at their first ends to provide a contact surface
that a bending assembly acts upon to produce a sharp bend on said material strip; and
said bending assembly including a sharp bend roller and a round bend roller secured to a rotating assembly, said bending assembly
constructed and arranged to independently position said sharp bend roller and said round bend roller on either side of and
across said feed path for creating at least one sharp angle or curve at predetermined locations along said strip of material;
wherein said strip bending device is capable of creating bends or angles in said strip of material without the need to stop
the advancement of said strip of material during operation of said device;
wherein said bending assembly includes a pair of independently controlled round rolling arms rotatably connected to said table
surface, each said rolling arm includes a die surface upon which said round bending roller acts against to produce a curved
bend as the material strip is continuously fed through said device.
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