Patent ID: 6035504
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for folding the edges of roof cutouts for motor vehicle sliding roofs in which the vehicle body has an outer and an inner metal plate, each with an upwardly projecting flange limiting the roof cutout wherein the flange of the outer metal plate is wider than the flange of the inner metal plate, the device comprising:a folding bed providing support for the outer metal plate and the inner metal plate bearing on the outer metal plate;an abutment positionable against the flange of the outer metal plate and the flange of the inner metal plate resting against the flange of the outer metal plate;a filling slide movable against the abutment and/or flanges; anda multiple-part folding slide with folding slide parts which are movable both in parallel to a plane of the roof cutout and orthogonally to the plane of the roof cutout, said folding slide parts having folding strips each to engage and fold a section of the flange of the outer metal plate projecting over flange of the inner metal plate.