Patent ID: 8234898

Claim:
A bending assembly for channel stock material comprising: a mandrel disposed in supporting engagement with the channel stock material; a forming die including a movable section being movably mounted relative to said mandrel at a location fixedly positioned relative to said mandrel and relative to a path of travel of said movable section during a formation cycle; said movable section including a forming channel having a predetermined curved configuration disposed and dimensioned to continuously receive the channel stock material therein during travel of said movable section through said forming cycle; a locking assembly structured to lockingly secure the channel stock material to said movable section for movement therewith; a bracing assembly having a plurality of brace members each disposed within predetermined interior portions of the channel stock material during said forming cycle, wherein at least two of said plurality are disposed in confronting arrangement with corresponding interior surface portions of the channel stock material to restrict deformation of the stock material during said forming cycle; at least one of said plurality having an elongated configuration disposed within at least a majority of a length of the stock material; and at least another of said plurality disposed on an interior end portion of the channel stock material and having a substantially block-like configuration corresponding in dimension and shape to the sectional interior of one end of the channel stock material; said movable and fixed sections cooperatively disposed and structured to force a length of the stock material into and along a length of said forming channel and into said predetermined curved configuration substantially corresponding to said forming channel during travel of said movable section through said forming cycle.