Tube bender and method of using same
AssigneeStride Tool, Inc.
InventorsDarryle Bates, Patrick Mulvaney
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Abstract
A tube bender comprising a mandrel, a forming member connected to the mandrel for coaction with the mandrel to effectuate bending of a tube wherein the forming member has at least two bending positions defined thereon, a handle pivotally connected to said forming member, and a release member movable relative to said handle and configured to be secured in a locked position relative to said forming member when said handle is selectively moved to any of one said at least two bending positions thereby preventing relative movement between said handle and said forming member. The release member enables an operator to move the release member to an unlocked position to permit such operator to move the handle relative to the forming member between the at least two bending positions.
Claims12
A tube bender comprising:
- a mandrel,
- a forming member connected to said mandrel for coaction with said mandrel to effectuate bending of a tube, said forming member having at least two bending positions defined thereon;
- a handle pivotally connected to said forming member;
- and
- a release member movable relative to said handle and configured to be secured in a locked position relative to said forming member when said handle is selectively moved to any of one said at least two bending positions thereby preventing relative movement between said handle and said forming member,
- said release member enables an operator to move said release member to an unlocked position to permit such operator to move said handle relative to said forming member between said at least two bending positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.