Patent ID: 6339947
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B21D,B23D,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotary apparatus for rotary forming of a web workpiece as it moves in a web feed direction, said rotary apparatus comprising:a rotatable first roll unit and corresponding co-operable rotatable second roll unit mountable on opposite sides of the web and having axes of rotation parallel to each other and perpendicular to said web feed direction; a first die support member pivotally carried by said first roll unit in a controlled angular orientation relative to the web; a second die support member pivotally carried by said second roll unit in a controlled angular orientation relative to the web, and wherein each said die support member includes a first part carried by its respective roll unit and a second part having a platen surface for mounting a die thereto, the second part being mounted on the first part, the second part being linearly reciprocally movable relative to the first part in the direction of movement of the web workpiece during forming thereof.