US 5,203,192 AGranted

Portable, lightweight machine for bending reinforcing steel rods or the like

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Ogura

InventorKiyoshi Kimura

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Abstract

A portable bending machine has a boxlike casing with an internal support structure fastened to its top plate only. A reinforcing steel rod is bent around a fulcrum roll by a bending roll revolving about the fulcrum axis, while an adjustable abutment on the top plate of the casing bears against the work. The bending roll, the fulcrum roll, the abutment, and a drive mechanism for revolving the bending roll about the fulcrum roll are all mounted, either directly or via the internal support structure, solely to the top plate of the casing. Consequently, all but the top plate of the casing walls can be made thinner than heretofore.

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Dependent claims

A machine for bending elongate workpieces such as reinforcing steel rods, comprising:

(a) a casing having a top plate;
(b) fulcrum means mounted to the top plate of the casing;
(c) bending means capable of angular displacement about the fulcrum means for bending a workpiece;
(d) abutment means mounted to the top plate of the casing for bearing against the workpiece being bent by the bending means about the fulcrum means, said abutment means comprising:
(1) an abutment;
(2) a fixture immovably mounted to the top plate of the casing, the fixture having a first hole extending therethrough and a second hole extending at right angles with the first hole;
(3) a support rod slidably extending through the first hole in the fixture and carrying the abutment on one end thereof;
(4) a thrust member slidably received in the second hole in the fixture, the thrust member having a slanting surface extending at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the support rod;
(5) a wedge member disposed between the support rod and the slanting surface of the thrust member for preventing the movement of the support rod in a direction from the one to another end thereof by wedging action;
and
(6) a threaded member threadedly engaged in the second hole in the fixture for pushing the thrust member against the support rod via the wedge member;
(e) a support structure disposed within the casing and mounted solely to the top plate of the casing;
and
(f) drive means mounted to the support structure for revolving the bending means about the fulcrum means;
(g) whereby all but the top plate of the casing can be of relatively lightweight construction as the fulcrum means, the bending means, the abutment means and the drive means are all mounted, either directly or via the support structure, to the top plate of the casing.

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A machine for bending elongate workpieces such as reinforcing steel rods, comprising:

(a) a casing having a top plate;
(b) fulcrum means mounted to the top plate of the casing;
(c) bending means capable of angular displacement about the fulcrum means for bending a workpiece;
(d) abutment means mounted to the top plate of the casing for bearing against the workpiece being bent by the bending means about the fulcrum means, said abutment means comprising:
(1) an abutment;
(2) a fixture immovably mounted to the top plate of the casing, the fixture having a first hole extending therethrough, a second hole extending at right angles with the first hole, and a recess at an angle between the first and the second hole, the recess having a slanting surface extending at an angle to the first hole;
(3) a support rod slidably extending through the first hole in the fixture and carrying the abutment on one end thereof;
(4) a wedge member disposed between the support rod and the slanting surface of the recess in the fixture for preventing the movement of the support rod in a direction from the one to another end thereof by wedging action;
and
(5) unwedging means disposed within the casing and the fixture and acting on the wedge member for unwedging the support rod;
(e) a support structure disposed within the casing and mounted solely to the top plate of the casing;
(f) drive means mounted to the support structure for revolving the bending means about the fulcrum means;
(g) whereby all but the top plate of the casing can be of relatively lightweight construction as the fulcrum means, the bending means, the abutment means and the drive means are all mounted, either directly or via the support structure, to the top plate of the casing.

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A machine for bending elongate workpieces such as reinforcing steel rods, comprising:

(a) a casing having a top plate;
(b) fulcrum means mounted to the top plate of the casing;
(c) bending means capable of angular displacement about the fulcrum means for bending a workpiece;
(d) abutment means mounted to the top plate of the casing for bearing against the workpiece being bent by the bending means about the fulcrum means, said abutment means comprising:
(1) an abutment;
(2) a fixture immovably mounted to the top plate of the casing, the fixture having a hole extending therethrough and a pair of recesses on opposite sides of the hole, each recess having a slanting surface extending at an angle to the hole;
(3) a support rod slidably extending through the hole in the fixture and carrying the abutment on one end thereof;
(4) a pair of wedge members disposed respectively between the support rod and the slanting surfaces of the recesses in the fixture for preventing the movement of the support rod in a direction from the one to another end thereof by wedging action;
and
(5) unwedging means acting on the wedge members for unwedging the support rod;
(e) a support structure disposed within the casing and mounted solely to the top plate of the casing;
and
(f) drive means mounted to the support structure for revolving the bending means about the fulcrum means;
(g) whereby all but the top plate of the casing can be of relatively lightweight construction as the fulcrum means, the bending means, the abutment means and the drive means are all mounted, either directly or via the support structure, to the top plate of the casing.

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A machine for bending elongate workpieces such as reinforcing steel rods, comprising:

(a) a casing having a top plate;
(b) fulcrum means mounted to the top plate of the casing;
(c) bending means capable of angular displacement about the fulcrum means for bending a workpiece;
(d) abutment means mounted to the top plate of the casing for bearing against the workpiece being bent by the bending means about the fulcrum means;
(e) a support structure disposed within the casing and mounted solely to the top plate of the casing;
(f) drive means mounted to the support structure for revolving the bending means about the fulcrum means;
(g) whereby all but the top plate of the casing can be of relatively lightweight construction as the fulcrum means, the bending means, the abutment means and the drive means are all mounted, either directly or via the support structure, to the top plate of the casing;
and
(h) angle adjustment means for causing the drive means to revolve the bending means through a predetermined angle, the angle adjustment means comprising:
(1) a rotary shaft capable of joint rotation with the bending means;
(2) a switch carrier rotatably mounted to the rotary shaft;
(3) an electric switch mounted to the switch carrier and electrically connected to the drive means;
(4) a switch actuator mounted to the rotary shaft for joint rotation therewith into and out of engagement with the switch;
and
(5) means for adjustably varying the angular position of the switch carrier with respect to the rotary shaft, said adjustably varying means comprising a hand lever extending with clearance through a slot in the casing and slidably through a hole in the switch carrier, the hand lever having an enlarged end disposed outside the casing;
and resilient means acting between the switch carrier and the hand lever for normally holding the enlarged end of the hand lever in contact with the casing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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