Patent ID: 8713984
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A bending apparatus comprising: a housing including a first chassis plate, and a second chassis plate; at least one drive motor attached to the second chassis plate; an output drive disk having (i) a geared outer circumference having a radius, and (ii) a center aperture, a plurality of synchronized motor transmissions operably connected to the at least one drive motor and operably connected to the front chassis plate, wherein each motor transmission of the plurality of synchronized motor transmissions includes an output drive disk idler gear engaged with the geared outer circumference of the output drive disk, wherein the output drive disk being disposed directly between the idler gears of the plurality of synchronized motor transmissions to structurally retain the output drive disk in a radial position about a common axis; a first tool sized to be freely received through the center aperture of the output drive disk and attached to the housing and being cantilevered through the center aperture of the output drive disk such that the first tool does not contact the center aperture, wherein the first tool is stationary relative to the housing when the output drive disk rotates in an opposite direction than the idler gears of the plurality of synchronized motor transmissions; and a second tool attached to the outer drive disk and positioned adjacent to the first tool such that an article to be bent can be disposed between the second tool and the first tool while the output drive disk rotates.