Sheet metal bending device with an eccentric member for adjusting the bending cheek
AssigneeReinhardt Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorWolfgang Kutschker
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Abstract
A sheet metal bending device comprising a machine frame, a lower cheek, an upper cheek adjustable relative to the lower cheek, and a bending cheek which is pivotable about a pivot axis fixed on the machine frame and whose distance from the pivot axis is adjustable, comprises the following features: an eccentric member for adjusting the distance of the bending cheek from its pivot axis, and an immobilizing mechanism for immobilizing the eccentric member in a predetermined angular position, the distance of the bending cheek from its pivot axis being adjustable by pivoting the bending cheek while the eccentric member is immobilized.
Claims8
Device for bending a metal sheet comprising:
- a machine frame,
- a lower cheek,
- an upper cheek adjustable relative to said lower cheek so as to position said cheeks to grip said metal sheet,
- a bending cheek pivotable about a pivot axis fixed on said machine frame for bending a portion of said gripped metal sheet,
- an eccentric member adapted to be moveable in various angular positions for adjusting the distance of said bending cheek from its pivot axis;
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- an immobilizing mechanism for immobilizing said eccentric member in a predetermined angular position;
- wherein the distance of said bending cheek from its pivot axis is adjustable by pivoting said bending cheek while said eccentric member is immobilized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.