Patent ID: 8756968
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B21F

Abstract:
1. A wire shaping apparatus comprising: a wire feed station having a bending nose, said wire feed station having wire extending therethrough along a travel axis, said wire passing outwardly through said bending nose; a bending head cooperative with said wire feed station so as to shape the wire passing through said bending nose, said bending head being movable about the travel axis; a support plate positioned adjacent to said bending nose of said wire feed station, said support plate being movable in vertical translation and in horizontal translation in a plane perpendicular to the travel axis; an annular arm supporting said bending head so as to rotate with respect to said support plate about a rotation axis parallel to the travel axis, said annular arm being guided in rotation by rollers and a toothed ring and an actuator mounted on said support plate.