Patent ID: 7260974

Claim:
Bending machine ( 1 ), comprising a lower tool ( 2 ) and an upper tool ( 3 ), which can be adjusted vertically relative to the lower tool, one of the tools ( 2 ) has one or more parallel notches or grooves ( 4 ) and by vertical movement of the upper tool ( 3 ) a workpiece is pressed and therefore bent in the notches or grooves ( 4 ), the lower tool ( 2 ) is adjustable perpendicular to a longitudinal extent thereof or perpendicular to a bending line, and the bending machine ( 1 ) has at least one adjustable stop ( 6 ) for the workpiece, the stop is arranged in a region of a plane of the lower tool ( 2 ) and can be adjusted in distance relative to the lower tool ( 2 ), the lower tool ( 2 ) is operatively coupled to an adjustment drive for the adjustable stop ( 6 ), and operatively decoupleable from the adjustment drive for adjustment of a horizontal distance of the stop from the lower tool.