Patent ID: 6308551
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
An apparatus for bending a cutting blade rule, comprising:a guide having a guide passage formed therein for transferring said cutting blade rule in a lengthwise direction;a first rotary body located at an upper position adjacent to a head of said guide;a second rotary body located at a lower position adjacent to the head of said guide and oppositely to said upper position;a first bending member extending through a hole formed in said first rotary body;a second bending member supported by a hole formed on said second rotary body, said second bending member being opposite to said first bending member in an end-to-end relationship in a substantial perpendicular direction to said lengthwise direction;a drive means for driving said first and second rotary bodies; andlinear drive means for linearly moving said first and second bending members respectively.