Patent ID: 8302441

Claim:
A device for repairing an upright profile which has been bent out of an original position, wherein an inner space accessible from an open side is defined in the profile, the device comprising: an outer template having a shape at least substantially complementary to an original form of the outer surface of the profile, wherein the outer template encloses at least a portion the profile during use; an inner template having a shape at least substantially complementary to an original form of the inner surface of the profile, wherein the inner template is arranged in the inner space of the profile during use; and a press comprising a drive unit and a pressing element, wherein the drive unit is connected to the outer template, and wherein the pressing element is coupled to the inner template such that, during use, the drive unit urges the pressing element against the inner template, the inner template being urged by the pressing element against the inner side of the profile with pressing force such that the upright profile is bent back into its original form, and wherein the force of the pressing element against the inner template urges the drive unit away from the inner template, wherein the movement of the drive unit away from the inner template pulls the outer template against the outer surface of the profile such that the outer surface is bent back into its original form by the outer template; wherein the inner template comprises a first inner template part and a second inner template part, wherein the first and second inner template parts each have an external shape at least substantially complementary to a corresponding portion of the inner space of the profile, and wherein, during use, the pressing element urges each of the first and second inner template parts against the profile via mutual displacement of the first and second inner template parts away from each other.