Patent ID: 8220304

Claim:
An apparatus for cambering, forming, folding or bending a longitudinal member with a circular cross-section, the apparatus comprising: a bending die having a clamp cooperative therewith, said bending die having a channel therein so as to orient the longitudinal member; and a bending jaw of a prismatic shape, said bending jaw having a channel formed on at least one face thereof, said channel having a size corresponding to a radius of the longitudinal member, said bending jaw being movable in at least two steps, one of the steps being rectilinear, another of the steps being rotary, said bending jaw movable in an area peripheral to said bending die, said bending jaw being rotatable relative to said bending die in the rotary step about a central axis perpendicular to a bending plane of the longitudinal member, said bending jaw being movable relative to said bending die in the rectilinear step in a vertical direction so as to allow for multiple bends of said longitudinal member, said clamp being carried by a rocking beam, said rocking beam carrying a pair of clamping jaws, said pair of clamping jaws suitable for clamping the longitudinal member on each side of said bending die alternatively such that when one of said pair of clamping jaws clamps the longitudinal member the other of said pair of clamping jaws lies outside a bending plane of the longitudinal member.