Patent ID: 7861569

Claim:
A reaction device for use with forming equipment, comprising: a base having a return spring passage, and at least two guide shaft passages each spaced apart from the return spring passage; a reaction member spaced apart from the base; a return spring received in the return spring passage of the base and carried by the base, the return spring having a rod with an end arranged for contact with the reaction member; a guide bushing received in each guide shaft passage of the base and carried by the base, at least one of the guide bushings having an end projecting below the base for use in locating the reaction device on the forming equipment; a guide shaft received in each guide bushing, and at least one guide shaft having an end arranged for engagement with the reaction member; and the reaction member includes at least two guide shaft apertures, at least one of the guide shaft apertures includes a flat portion and an end of at least one of the guide shafts includes a corresponding flat portion for engagement with the flat portion of the reaction member.