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US 2002/0100157 A1Published application
Wire rod forming process
OwnerLionel Freemaninventor
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Abstract
A process comprising taking a plurality of wire rods, laying them out together, side-by-side, ganging them together with a strapping means to form a flat, rectangular shaped array or panel, placing the array into a metal forming press and bending one end of all of the rods together, uniformly and simultaneously. The bound array can then be rotated 180 degrees, if desired, and the other end of the panel inserted to bend that end of all the rods, uniformly and simultaneously.
Claims16
1:
- A process for simultaneously forming a plurality of wire rods comprising, ganging the rods in a flat, uniform, rectangular array, binding the rods with one or more straps which are removably affixed to the rods, simultaneously forming the ends of all of the ganged, strapped rods with a metal forming machine.
2:
- The process of claim 1 comprising forming the ends of each rod into hooks.
3:
- The process of claim 1 comprising forming both ends of each rod into hooks.
4:
- The process of claim 1 comprising forming one end of all of the rods into hooks, rotating the panel one hundred eighty degrees and forming the other end of all of the rods into hooks.
5:
- The process of claim 1 in which the rod ends are formed using a high pressure forming press.
6:
- The process of claim 1 in which the straps are comprised of a bendable metal layer fixedly attached to one side of a permanent adhesive, one side of a substrate layer fixedly attached to the other side of the permanent adhesive and a temporary adhesive attached to the other side of the substrate.
7:
- The process of claim 6 in which the metal layer is composed of aluminum, steel, brass, copper or silver.
8:
- The process of claim 6 in which the temporary adhesive is covered by a removable protective liner prior to use.
9:
- The device of claim 1 in which two or more straps are used to secure the array of rods.
10:
- A process for simultaneously forming a plurality of wire rods comprising, ganging the rods in a flat, uniform, rectangular panel, binding the rods with one or more straps which are removably affixed to the rods, the straps comprised of a bendable metal layer fixedly attached to one side of a permanent adhesive, one side of a substrate layer fixedly attached to the other side of the permanent adhesive and a temporary adhesive attached to the other side of the substrate, simultaneously forming one end of all of the ganged, strapped rods with a metal forming machine, rotating the panel one-hundred eighty degrees and simultaneously forming the other end of all of the rods.
11:
- The process of claim 10 comprising forming the ends of each rod into hooks.
12:
- The process of claim 10 comprising forming both ends of each rod into hooks.
13:
- The process of claim 10 in which the metal layer is composed of aluminum, steel, brass, copper or silver.
14:
- The process of claim 10 in which the temporary adhesive is covered by a removable protective liner prior to use.
15:
- The device of claim 10 in which two or more straps are used to secure the array of rods.
16:
- The device of claim 10 in which the adhesive layer is a double sided foam tape.