Patent ID: 6047585
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in shaping panel-shaped workpieces in conjunction with a bending tool, the apparatus comprising:a first and a second tool between which the workpiece is clampably receivable, the second tool having a holding surface disposed to contactingly engage the workpiece, said first tool and said second tool each including vertical side surfaces aligned along convergent planes intersecting one another at a corner angle, each of the vertical side surfaces of said first tool being laterally offset from a superimposed one of the vertical side surfaces of said second tool by a horizontal dimension corresponding at most to five times a thickness of the panel-shaped workpiece; andthe second tool including a further vertical surface aligned along a further plane extending between said vertical side surfaces at an inclined angle thereto and positioned on said second tool to correspond to a corner region in which the panel-shaped workpiece is to be shaped into a corner when the workpiece is clamped between said first and second tools, such that the second tool does not overlay the workpiece in said corner region.