Patent ID: 9636162
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61B,B21D,B21F

Claim:
1. An automated rod bending system to bend a rod, the automated rod bending system comprising: a base having a first end and a second end, said base including a base passage extending there through in a first direction from the first end to the second end; a linear movement device configured to axially feed the rod in the first direction through the base passage; a rotational movement device coupled to one of the base and the linear movement device, the rotational movement device configured to rotate the rod as it is fed through the base passage; and a bending device coupled to the base at the second end of the base adjacent to the base passage and including a roller moveable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to impose bending forces against the rod, the rod being free from contact with the bending device after it is axially fed past the roller; a cutting device coupled to the second end of the base adjacent to the base passage and the bending device and moveable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and opposite the second direction to cut the rod; wherein the roller and the cutting device are arranged on opposite sides of the base passage in opposition to one another.