Sheet metal repair method, sheet metal repair tool, and sheet-like member fixing device
OwnerAkio Ito, Eiji Tokuharainventors
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Abstract
A method for repairing a sheet metal (14) of a car body (10), which comprises the steps of removing a damaged part, bending a portion near the end part of a repair member (22) with a sheet-metal repair tool, and bonding the portion near the end part of the repair member to a portion near the end part of the sheet metal (14) in place of the removed part.
Claims21
A sheet metal repair method in which a particular portion including a damaged part of a sheet metal is removed and a repair member is bonded to the sheet metal in place of the removed portion, characterized in that a portion near the end part of a repair member which is larger in area than a gap formed by removing the particular portion and/or a portion near the end part of the sheet metal to which the repair member is bonded is/are bent in accordance with a shape of the gap to form at least a first bent part, and that the repair member is bonded to the sheet metal in place of the removed portion.
A sheet metal repair tool for removing a particular portion including a damaged part of a sheet metal and for bonding a repair member to the sheet metal in place of the removed portion, characterized by comprising a punch and a die for forming at least a first bent part by bending the portion near the end part of the repair member and/or the portion near the end part of the sheet metal to which the repair member is bonded so that the repair member is bonded to the sheet metal in accordance with a shape of the gap formed by removing the particular portion.
A sheet-like member fixing device comprising a rod like male thread and a female thread, characterized in that the male thread has a hook on its one end portion and is screwed into the female thread, that the female thread is tightened after passing the male thread through a hole of a sheet-like member, and that the sheet-like member is supported by sandwiching it between the hook and the female thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.