Patent ID: 6422052
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B21D,B23P,B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
A guide block for guiding and supporting a metal strip, comprisingtwo plates oppositely analyzed and each having a surface facing each other with an elongated fitting channel; and a bending block having a nozzle with surfaces that surround and guide the metal strip, the bending block being held by and between the two plates that has one side fitted into one of the elongated channels and another side fitted into the other of the elongated channels, the bending block having a guide sized to accommodate receiving the metal strip to guide same, each of the two plates having an associated configuration that defines the elongated fitting channel that has plate engagement surfaces configured to complement bending block engagement surfaces of the bending block such that as the one side of the bending block is fitted into one of the elongated channels and the other side is fitted into the other of the elongated channels, the channel engagement surfaces engage the bending block engagement surfaces in a complementary manner.