System and method for bending strip material to create cutting dies
Assignee1500999 Ontario Inc.
InventorsWesley Scott, Marcus de la Merced, Alois Slovak
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Abstract
The present invention is a bending machine for bending material such as steel to form cutting dies for products such as cloth, leather or the like. Coiled material is fed through a material washer, straightener and printer by a material feeder to a bending head. If required the material is forwarded through the bending head to a heating unit and retracted to the bending unit to aid in bending. A nicking tool is also provided ahead of the bending tool to nick the material. The nicks enable the cutting die to cut notches in the product being cut. A support surface at the output end of the machine supports the material as it is bent into the required form.
Claims21
1-26. (canceled)
A bending machine for producing cutting dies from material, said bending machine comprising:
- a) a feeder for accepting said material;
- b) a bending tool accepting said material from said feeder for bending, and
- c) a support surface for supporting said material upon output from said bending tool.
A method of creating a cutting die, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) extracting material from a source of material;
- b) feeding said material to a bending tool;
- c) bending said material;
- d) supporting said material after bending;
- e) repeating steps a) through d) until said cutting die is complete;
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- f) detaching said cutting die from said source of material, after the completion of step e).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.