Patent ID: 9623464
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B21D

Claim:
1. A bending machine for bending a sheet metal workpiece comprising: (a) a bending machine control; (b) at least one tool carrier comprising a horizontal tool receptacle and a plurality of coupling devices; (c) a plurality of tool parts arranged on the at least one tool carrier and displaceable along the horizontal tool receptacle; (d) at least one adjusting device for displacing the tool parts comprising a threaded spindle running parallel to the horizontal tool receptacle; wherein each coupling device separately connects a respective tool part individually to the at least one adjusting device and comprises a spindle nut section and an actuating device; wherein the spindle nut section couples to at least one of the respective tool part and the threaded spindle; wherein the actuating device is connected to the bending machine control and causes the spindle nut section to engage in the threaded spindle or the respective tool part; wherein the spindle nut section is mounted rotatably in the respective tool part and is in continual engagement with the threaded spindle; and wherein the actuating device is a coupling for transmitting torque between the spindle nut section and the respective tool part.