Patent ID: 9067256
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B21F

Abstract:
1. A system for the production of frames from material, comprising: a feeding station configured to introduce material sections; a joining station configured to join together the ends of material sections introduced into the machine to produce frame loops; a bending station configured to controllably bend frame angles in frame loops produced by said joining station; said joining station being disposed at a first axially spaced offset location, said first axially spaced offset location being spaced from a location of said feeding station, in the direction of an axis passing through said feeding, joining, and bending stations; a material guide extending between said feeding station and said joining station, said material guide having a channel; a clamping mechanism configured to retain a first unjoined end of a material section passed through said material guide; at least one release mechanism configured to controllably release material from said material guide; transfer mechanisms configured to transfer a second unjoined end of a material section from said feeding station to said joining station and, to transfer a frame loop from said joining station to said bending station, said bending station being disposed at a second axially spaced offset location, spaced from said first offset location of said joining station in the direction of the axis passing through said feeding, joining, and bending stations.