Patent ID: 7337642

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a roll-forming apparatus adapted to roll-form a sheet of material into a continuous beam having a longitudinal line level, the continuous beam having a first surface and an opposing second surface; and a sweep station in-line with the line level and adapted to form a longitudinal shape into the continuous beam; the sweep station including a primary bending roller tangentially engaging the continuous beam along the line level and an armature for holding the continuous beam tightly against the primary bending roller for a distance partially around a downstream side of the primary bending roller to form a sweep and further including actuators for adjustably moving the armature at least partially around the downstream side of the primary bending roller between at least first and second positions for imparting at least first and second different longitudinal shapes, respectively, into the continuous beam, the sweep station including stationary side plates supporting a primary axle for the primary bending roller, and the armature including an inverted U-shaped subframe supporting a holding roller, the subframe including legs pivoted to the primary axle with the holding roller at one end, the actuators being operably connected to the subframe.