# US 7,607,330 B2 · Machine for drawing metal sheets

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- Number: US 7,607,330 B2
- Document ID: US7607330B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/974,584
- Filed: 2007-10-15
- Published: 2008-02-14
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2006-08-11
- Assignees: Fagor, S. Coop.
- Inventors: Elixabete Casal; Unai Argarate; Oscar Gonzalez; Alvaro Martinez
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607330B2

## CPC

- B21D 1/02: by rollers (B21D1/06 takes precedence)
- B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

## Abstract

Machine for drawing metal sheets, which comprises a static support (3) and a moving support (4) that hold a metal sheet (2) during a process of drawing said metal sheet (2), and driving means (5) that cause a longitudinal movement of said moving support (4) in relation to said static support (3) during said process, a section (S) of said metal sheet (2) comprised between said supports (3, 4) being drew and tensioned. Said machine (1) also comprises a third support (6) that remains static during the drawing process and which is disposed between the static support (3) and the moving support (4), and the driving means (5) cooperate with said third support (6) in order to move said moving support (4) longitudinally during said drawing process.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Machine for drawing metal sheets, which comprises a static support, a moving support, the static support and the moving support holding a metal sheet during a process of drawing said metal sheet, driving means that cause a longitudinal movement of said moving support in relation to said static support during said process, a section of said metal sheet being disposed between said supports being drawn and tensioned, and a third support that remains static during the drawing process and which is disposed between the static support and the moving support, the driving means being disposed between said third support and said moving support, and said third support including a window through which the metal sheet passes, so that said driving means cooperate with said third support in order to move said moving support longitudinally during said drawing process.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving means comprise at least one set of cylinders disposed longitudinally between the moving support and the third support, aligned along the entire width of said supports.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

Machine according to claim 2, wherein the driving means comprise two sets of cylinders disposed parallel to each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

Machine according to claim 2, wherein a base of the cylinders is fixed to the moving support, a piston of said cylinders extending towards the third support when said cylinders are driven.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

Machine according to claim 2, wherein the third support comprises a plurality of ribs that extend radially out from each of the cylinders.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

Machine according to claim 5, wherein the ribs of the third support extend in a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical manner.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, wherein the third support comprises a substantially curved profile on its face facing the static support.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, wherein it comprises acting means for moving the third support and the moving support longitudinally at the same time.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

Machine according to claim 8, wherein the acting means are linked to the third support.