Wire rod forming process
OwnerLionel Freemaninventor
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Abstract
A process comprising taking a plurality of wire rods, laying them out together, side-by-side, ganging them together with a strapping means to form a flat, rectangular shaped array or panel, placing the array into a metal forming press and bending one end of all of the rods together, uniformly and simultaneously. The bound array can then be rotated 180 degrees, if desired, and the other end of the panel inserted to bend that end of all the rods, uniformly and simultaneously.
Claims21
A process for simultaneously forming and packaging for shipping a plurality of wire rods comprising, ganging the rods in a flat, uniform, rectangular array of rods, binding the array of rods with one or more straps which are removably affixed to the rods, said straps comprised of a bendable metal layer fixedly attached to one side of a permanent adhesive, one side of a substrate layer fixedly attached to the other side of the permanent adhesive and a temporary adhesive attached to the other side of the substrate, simultaneously forming the ends of all of the ganged, strapped rods with a metal forming machine.
A process for simultaneously forming a plurality of wire rods comprising, ganging the rods in a flat, uniform, rectangular panel, binding the rods with one or more straps which are removably affixed to the rods, the straps comprised of a bendable metal layer fixedly attached to one side of a permanent adhesive, one side of a substrate layer fixedly attached to the other side of the permanent adhesive and a temporary adhesive attached to the other side of the substrate, simultaneously forming one end of all of the ganged, strapped rods with a metal forming machine, rotating the panel one-hundred eighty degrees and simultaneously forming the other end of all of the rods.
A process for simultaneously forming and packaging for shipping and sale to a user, a plurality of wire rods comprising, ganging the rods in a flat, uniform, rectangular panel of rods, binding the panel of rods with one or more straps which are removably affixed to the rods, the straps comprised of a bendable metal layer fixedly attached to one side of a permanent adhesive, one side of a substrate layer fixedly attached to the other side of the permanent adhesive and a temporary adhesive attached to the other side of the substrate, simultaneously forming one end of all of the ganged, strapped panel of rods with a metal forming machine, rotating the panel one-hundred eighty degrees and simultaneously forming the other end of all of the rods, said user peeling off one or more formed wire rods from said strapped panel, while the remaining rods remain removably attached to the temporary adhesive, for storage and future use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.