US 5,341,666 AGranted

Device for handling the blades of a press for bending sheets

AssigneeSapim Amada S.p.A.

InventorAntonio Codatto

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Abstract

A device for moving blades of a press used for bending sheets, has blades supported and placed in motion by a bending block which is movable in the vertical direction with respect to two counter blades with the sheet to be bent being placed between the two counter blades. For the purpose of imparting motion to the bending block with respect to the counter blades, there is provided a track along which the bending block rolls. There are also provided two connecting rods, the upper end of which is hinged to the lower part of the bending block. The two rods are pivoted in the lower part to an arm (7) which is placed substantially radially and which is integral with a cylinder (8). Cylinder (8) is integral with a second arm (9) which is connected with a fluid dynamic cylinder. There may also be provided a second fluid-dynamic cylinder which forms with the first fluid-dynamic cylinder a structure having cylindrical symmetry.

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Dependent claims

In a bending press for bending a sheet on a working plane having a fixed frame, two counter blades (3) on said frame adapted to receive said sheet therebetween in said working plane, a substantially C shaped bending block (2) having bending blades (1) supported at the extremities thereof, said bending block (2) being provided with rolls (4) adapted to roll along a track (5) perpendicular to said working plane, and two connecting rods (6) substantially perpendicular to said working plane and having upper and lower parts, the upper parts of said connecting rods being hingedly connected to a lower part of said bending block (2), the improvement comprising

an axially rotatable cylinder (8) whose axis is parallel to said working plane, a first arm (7) associated with each connecting rod (6) integral with and radially extending from said cylinder (8) and having an axis substantially parallel to said working plane, a lower part of each connecting rod (6) being hingedly connected to each said first arm (7), a second arm (9) integral with and radially extending from said cylinder (8) and having an exterior end, and a fluid-dynamic cylinder (11) hingedly connected to said fixed frame at a first end and having an actuated stem (10) at a second end hingedly connected to the exterior end of said second arm (9) whereby actuation of said stem (10) by said fluid-dynamic cylinder (11) translates into movement of said bending block (2) perpendicular to said working plane.

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