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US 12,059,866 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for bending tubular products
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorsFabrizio Tale, Fiorenzo Draghetti
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Abstract
Apparatus (10) for bending tubular products (100) wherein each tubular product (100) is provided with a flexible portion (111) configured to allow a bending of the tubular product (100). The tubular products (100) are disposed, at least temporarily, on positioning means (19), while bending means (18) each allow the bending of a respective tubular product (100) in correspondence with the flexible portion (111).
Claims19
Apparatus for bending tubular products, said apparatus comprising:
- at least a support member configured to support, at least temporarily, a plurality of tubular products;
- a plurality of retaining elements, each retaining element of said plurality of retaining elements being configured to retain a respective tubular product in a determinate position with respect to said support member, and a corresponding plurality of contrast elements associated with said support member;
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- a plurality of bending element associated with said support member and configured to cooperate with said plurality of contrast elements to carry out a bending of said tubular products around said plurality of contrast elements, wherein said support member has a cylindrical shape which is configured to rotates around an axis of rotation and is provided with a peripheral surface with said plurality of contrast elements mounted thereon.
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Method to bend tubular products, said method comprising at least the following steps:
- supplying a plurality of tubular elements to a respective plurality of retaining elements associated with a support member, each retaining element of said plurality of retaining elements retaining a respective tubular product in a determinate position with respect to said support member,
- bending said plurality of tubular product around a plurality of contrast elements by means of a plurality of bending elements associated with said support member, wherein said support member has a cylindrical shape which rotates around an axis of rotation and is provided with a peripheral surface with said plurality of contrast elements mounted thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.