Tool and method for reorienting a hem flange
AssigneeLord Corporation
InventorEdward T. Staquet
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Abstract
A tool for reorienting a flange member from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation. The tool comprises a support member which includes a guide member; and the tool also comprises a shoe supported by the support member, the shoe comprising a leading portion and a first side portion adjacent the leading portion, the leading portion comprising a leading edge adapted to be located beneath the flange member and a reorienting surface for directing and displacing the flange to an orientation between the first and second angles of orientation, the side portion and guide member defining an orienting gap for orienting the moved flange to the desired second angle of orientation.
Claims20
A tool for reorienting a flange member from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, the tool comprising:
- A) a support member, the support member further comprising a guide member;
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- B) a shoe supported by the support member, the shoe comprising a leading portion and a first side portion adjacent the leading portion. the leading portion comprising a leading edge adapted to be located beneath the flange member and a reorienting surface for directing and displacing the flange to an orientation between the first and second angles of orientation, wherein the reorienting surface spans an angle of about ninety degrees, the side portion and guide member defining an orienting gap for orienting the moved flange to the desired second angle of orientation.
A combination comprising:
- A) a handle;
- and
- B) a tool for reorienting a flange member from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, the tool comprising:
- a support member, the support member further comprising a guide member;
- and a shoe supported by the support member, the shoe comprising a leading portion and a first side portion adjacent the leading portion, the leading portion comprising a leading edge adapted to be located beneath the flange member and a reorienting surface for directing and displacing the flange to an orientation between the first and second angles of orientation, the reorienting surface spanning an angle of about ninety degrees, the side portion and guide member defining an orienting gap for orienting the moved flange to the desired second angle of orientation.
A combination comprising:
- A) a pneumatically actuated tool;
- and
- B) a tool for reorienting a flange member from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, the tool comprising:
- a support member, the support member further comprising a guide member;
- and a shoe supported by the support member, the shoe comprising a leading portion and a first side portion adjacent the leading portion, the leading portion comprising a leading edge adapted to be located beneath the flange member and a reorienting surface for directing and displacing the flange to an orientation between the first and second angles of orientation, the reorienting surface spanning an angle of about ninety degrees, the side portion and guide member defining an orienting gap for orienting the moved flange to the desired second angle of orientation.
Using a tool comprising a shoe with a leading portion having a leading edge and a reorienting surface that spans about ninety degrees and a guide member separated from said shoe by a channel, a method for reorienting a flange member using the tool from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) lifting the flange from the first angle of orientation;
- b) reorienting the flange to a position between the first angle of orientation and the second angle of orientation;
- and c) moving the flange through the channel thereby orienting the flange at the second angle of orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.