Patent ID: 6290170
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B21C,B21D

Abstract:
A guiding device for guiding a strip longitudinally along a feed path, comprising:limiting means disposed in said feed path, for limiting the strip transversely at opposite side edges thereof to cause said strip to pass through a predetermined position in said feed path;said limiting means comprising:a pair of abutment members having respective abutment surfaces for abutting against the side edges of said strip along said feed path, said abutment members being movable in first directions toward and away from said side edges of said strip;urging means for normally urging said abutment members away from the strip;a pair of pressing members having respective slanted surfaces held in sliding contact with respective sliding surfaces of said abutment members remote from said abutment surfaces, said pressing members being movable in second directions transverse to said first directions, the arrangement being such that said pressing members press said abutment members toward said strip against said urging means by sliding contact of said slanted surfaces with said sliding surfaces in response to movement of said pressing members in one of said second directions; anddisplacing means for displacing said pressing members in said second directions to move said abutment members in said first directions.