Fender flanging apparatus
AssigneeMcCauley Metal Products, Inc.
InventorHerbert J. McCauley
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Abstract
The illustrated apparatus forms a flange at the front or rear end of a bicycle fender, the end of the fender being generally arcuate as viewed in side elevation. The fender is supported on a shoe member having an arcuate end face with a portion of the fender projecting beyond such end face. A forming member of arcuate curvature is mounted for arcuate movement on an axis concentric with the common axis of curvature of the end of the support block and the arcuate forming member. The forming member has an inverted U-shaped forming edge which passes arcuately downwardly across the projecting end of the fender to cooperate with the end face of the support block to flange the projecting end of the fender downwardly.
Claims7
Apparatus for forming a flange along the end of a bicycle fender or similar workpiece of curving transverse cross section and having a curved end portion whereby the fender end is of generally arcuate shape as viewed in side elevation, said apparatus comprising a supporting shoe fitting within the fender and having an end portion complementary to the interior of the fender, said end of said shoe being arcuate in side elevation, and a forming member having an internally arcuate surface concentric with the arcuate end of said shoe, means mounting said forming member for pivotal movement on an axis coincident with the common axis of said arcuate surfaces, whereby pivotal movement of said forming member bends the curved fender end portion downwardly across the arcuate end portion of said shoe to form a flange along said curved end portion.
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