Patent ID: 11858028
Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of bending a conduit comprising:
providing a conduit bender, including:
a frame;
a shoe rotatably mounted on the frame;
a motor configured to rotate the shoe;
a microprocessor in operative communication with the motor;
an engagement member mounted on the frame and reciprocally movable to engage with, and disengage from, a switch, based on contact between the engagement member and a portion of the conduit;
the switch in communication with the engagement member and with the microprocessor;

displacing the engagement member via contact with the conduit, the engagement member moving relative to the frame, causing the engagement member to engage the switch;
sending, via the switch, a signal to the microprocessor indicative of a characteristic of the conduit to be bent, in response to engagement of the switch; and
the microprocessor providing a motor control signal to the motor to control a rotation of the shoe, wherein rotation of the shoe bends the conduit.