Patent ID: 7900495
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A powered conduit bending tool comprising: a portable drive housing including a handle and having a powered drive gear; a bracket secured to the housing defining a pivot connection spaced from the drive gear; a guide operatively secured to the housing; a platform pivotally connected to the bracket at the pivot connection and including a driven gear operatively engaging the drive gear to controllably pivot the platform; and a shoe removably mountable to the platform and comprising a first bender defining a downwardly opening arcuate channel selectively positionable proximate the guide, a hook proximate one end of the first bender for engaging a conduit received in the channel, wherein, in use, the guide supports a conduit engaged by the hook and pivotal movement of the shoe driven by the platform deforms the conduit as it passes by the guide.