Patent ID: 7143621
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A guide support for a bending machine ( 1 ) comprising a framework ( 2 ), a bending head ( 3 ), a bending arm ( 4 ), a bending roller ( 9 ), a clamping jaw ( 12 ) for the bending of a tube, sliding means ( 15 , 16 ) for the displacement of the bending head ( 3 ) in horizontal and vertical directions with respect to the framework ( 2 ), at least two guides ( 28 , 29 ) carried on a guide element ( 21 ) and including recesses ( 30 , 31 ) arranged in opposite directions with respect to the position of the tube, guiding means ( 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 ) for the the guide element ( 21 ) on the bending head ( 3 ), the guide element ( 21 ) being guided in a horizontal translation motion on a plate ( 17 ) securely fastened to the bending head ( 3 ), the guiding means ( 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 ) being positioned adjacent a first surface ( 22 ) of the element ( 21 ), and the at least two guides ( 28 , 29 ) being arranged parallel to each other adjacent a second, opposite surface ( 25 ) of the element ( 21 ).