Patent ID: 7222416

Claim:
An edge bending apparatus comprising: a first hemming mold unit for bending an edge of a workpiece halfway through a predetermined full bending angle; a second hemming mold unit for further bending the edge of the workpiece from the halfway angle to the predetermined full bending angle, said first hemming mold unit and said second hemming mold unit being installed in parallel in the same pressing machine; a first workpiece transfer section movable upward and downward through a lower mold of said first hemming mold unit for placing a workpiece on said first hemming mold unit or feeding the workpiece to said first hemming mold unit; a second workpiece transfer section movable upward and downward through a lower mold of said second hemming mold unit for placing the workpiece on said second hemming mold unit or feeding the workpiece to said second hemming mold unit; and an intermediate workpiece transfer section disposed between said first workpiece transfer section and said second workpiece transfer section for supporting thereon the workpiece to be transferred horizontally from said first workpiece transfer section to said second workpiece transfer section.