Patent ID: 6520860
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B21G

Abstract:
Apparatus for securing elongate bodies in a machine for the manufacture of heads on said elongate bodies, said apparatus comprising a tool ring having an axis of rotation, an outer circumference, and a surface that extend substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation; said tool ring comprising a number of engagement devices to receive and releasably secure said elongate bodies to advance said elongate bodies to a station at which said heads are formed thereon, said engagement devices being equally spaced at the circumference of the tool ring, said engagement devices each comprising two holding jaws, each having holding faces, at least one of the two holding jaws being movable by a movement mechanism so that the movable holding jaw can be displaced towards and away from the opposed holding jaw in respective closed and open positions, said movement mechanism displacing the movable holding jaw to said open position completely away from an area in front of the holding face of the opposed jaw in its closed position, each of said engagement devices further comprising a pair of opposed holding trays disposed in spaced relation relative to a respective pair of holding jaws, for squeezing one said elongate body therebetween with said elongate body engaged by said jaws in the closed position thereof.