Patent ID: 7802459

Claim:
A method for making one or more bends in an electrical conduit comprising a first end and a second end each of which is connected to and separated by a substantially straight length of conduit, the method comprising: orienting the electrical conduit substantially parallel to a bending deck; placing a first portion of the electrical conduit into a traveling shoe assembly located on the bending deck that translates along an axis substantially parallel to the bending deck; placing a second portion of the electrical conduit into a rising shoe assembly initially located in a plane substantially parallel to the bending deck that translates along an axis substantially perpendicular to the bending deck such that the second end of the electrical conduit is relatively closer to the rising shoe assembly than the traveling shoe assembly; forcibly translating the rising shoe assembly along the axis substantially perpendicular to the bending deck so as to make a bend in the electrical conduit wherein the first end of the electrical conduit is oriented at an angle to the second end of the electrical conduit that is substantially forty five degrees; forcibly translating the traveling shoe assembly along the axis substantially parallel to the bending deck towards the rising shoe assembly so as to contact the bend in the electrical conduit such that the angle between the first end of the electrical conduit and the second end of the electrical conduit is transformed from the substantially forty five degree angle to a substantially ninety degree angle.