Patent ID: 7243438

Claim:
A gauge device for controlling a geometry of a shaped or bent profile having straight and bent sections, the gauge device comprising: a base having a support plate, said support plate having a plurality of holes formed therein; a superstructure defining an imprint of the profile, said plurality of holes comprising first holes extending in a direction of lines parallel to orthogonal projections of the straight section of the profile and at least one second hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the orthogonal projection of the straight section, said superstructure comprising: a support having a flat plate, said flat plate having tenons adjustably fitted into said first holes, said support having an upper section fitted with a guiding device for the straight section; and at least one brace having a flat plate, said flat plate of the brace having at least one tenon adjustably fitted into said at least one second hole, said support and the brace each having a notch defining a vertical slot extending from a bottom portion of the support and an upper portion of the brace, the vertical slots allowing said support and the brace to be mutually fitted together such that said support and the brace extend perpendicularly each of said tenons of said support and the brace having a length that is longer than a thickness of said support plate such that said tenons jut outwardly of said support plate, each of said tenons having a notch fit so as to rigidly position said support and the brace without play on said support plate.