Patent ID: 6857303

Claim:
A machine for bending flat metal wire comprising: a means for feeding and maintaining the wire, said means for feeding and maintaining having an outlet; and a means for gripping and releasing the wire positioned at said outlet, said means for gripping and releasing being drivably mobile in a first direction so as to rotate about a first axis along which said means for feeding and maintaining feeds the wire, said means for gripping and releasing being drivably mobile in a direction that is perpendicular to said first axis, said means for gripping and releasing being drivably mobile in rotation about a second axis which is radial to said first axis and in parallel relation to surface of the wire, said means for gripping and releasing comprising: a body having an annular shape and positioned around said means for feeding and maintaining, said body rotatable about said first axis; a tool holder mounted to an edge of said body; and a tool received in said tool holder, said tool holder capable of rotating said tool about said second axis and capable of causing said tool to disengage from the wire.