Machine for making wire lattice mats of welded longitudinal and cross wires with welded end loops

A machine for making wire lattice mats made of welded longitudinal wires (L, R) and cross wires (Q), having

• a device (U) for bending back end pieces (E) of the cross wires which extend beyond a longitudinal edge wire (R) of the lattice mat to form end loops (S),
• said bending device having
• an approximately circular-cylindrical bending template (14) which is displaceable in the direction of its axis;
• a bending plate (8);
• a guide block (11) and a bending tool (10) eccentrically located on the bending plate (8) and pivotable about the bending template (14),
• the guide block (11) being located opposite the bending plate (8) and forming a support surface (12) for the wire to be bent;
• and
• a welding device (V) for welding the end loops (S) formed of the bent-back cross wire end pieces (E) to the longitudinal edge wires (L, R), located downstream of said bending device (U),
• wherein, in accordance with the invention,
• the bending tool (10) is movable back and forth between a work position for bending the wire and a rest position independently of the bending template (14), and, when in rest position, located to form a penetration gap for the end piece (E) of the cross wire to be bent, said penetration gap being formed between said support surface (12) of the guide block (11) and the bending tool (10).