Patent ID: 7131306

Claim:
A bending machine die provided with a vise for clamping an elongated workpiece to be bent, said die having a circumferential groove between its lower and upper sides, the vise comprising a movable jaw provided with a clamping portion approachable to and removable from the circumferential groove of the die, the clamping portion of the movable jaw and the groove of the die having concave profiles adapted to surround, from opposite parts, an elongated workpiece to be bent, characterized in that the vise comprises: the movable jaw, having a pivoting end and a retaining end opposite to the pivoting end, the pivoting end, located below the elongated workpiece to be bent, being rotatable about an axis at right-angles to the rotation axis of the die, so that the clamping portion of the movable jaw of the vise is displaced from an opened position, far from the elongated workpiece to be bent, to a closed position in which the clamping portion mates with the elongated workpiece, and vice versa; and a retaining device able to grip the retaining end of the movable jaw and to maintain the movable jaw in its closed position.