Patent ID: 6948349

Claim:
In a roll forming machine of the type which forms an indeterminate length debris shedding rain gutter of a desired lateral profile from a uniform width supply strip of sheet metal having a pair of parallel straight edges, said roll forming machine defining a predetermined path of travel for said supply strip through a plurality of roll forming stations, wherein the desired lateral profile includes a lower trough and an upper hood, with the lower trough including a back wall and a front wall joined to a bottom wall, an arrangement for selectively providing independent adjustment of said profile at at least one predetermined one of said plurality of roll forming stations, the arrangement comprising: a pair of kick forming rollers mounted to a bracket at the entry to a first selected roll forming station and adapted to provide an inward bend near an upper end of the front wall so that an upper edge of the front wall is behind a forward end of the hood, wherein the bracket is independently adjustably mounted to the roll forming machine; and a block adjustably mounted to the roll forming machine at a second selected roll forming station where there is a first roller in contact with the exterior of the back wall of the trough and a second roller in contact with the exterior of the bottom wall of the trough, wherein the block slidingly engages the front wall of the trough to form a substantially right angle where the front wall joins the bottom wall, and wherein the block is independently adjustable toward and away from the first roller.