Patent ID: 6116316
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
Device for bending a flat, round disc element (12;14), especially for forming a widened gap (54) between two adjacent, facing disc elements (12;14), which are to be glued together, comprising a first means (20) for directly contacting with a first portion of the disc element (12;14), a second means (28) for contact with a second portion of the disc element (12;14), said first and second means (20,28) being arranged to be movable relative to each other in a direciton transverse to the plane of the disc element (12;14) which is to be bent, said first and second means (20,28) being movable relative to each other between a first position, in which the first and second means are arranged to be in co-planar contact with the disc element (12;14) in its flat state, and a second position, in which the first and second means hold the disc element (12;14) in an at least partially bent state having a central portion of the disc element held flat in a first plane and an annular portion of the disc element held flat in a second plane offset from the first plane.