Patent ID: 7886565

Claim:
A bending apparatus for bending tubes to form a tube curved section, said curved section defined by two bend end points of a tube, and a center bend point, said center bend point being defined by a predetermined distance along the tube measured from a reference position, said bending apparatus including a tube bending segment rotatable about a pivot axis having a semicircular scale starting with a zero index which equates with one of said bend end points to define a tube bending-start point on the tube, wherein the apparatus comprises a bend-length selector carried adjacent the tube bending segment between which the tube may be placed, said bend-length-selector having at least one measurement edge which aligns with said center bend point of the tube when placed between said bending segment and said bend-length selector, and said zero index of said bending segment being automatically aligned with said bending-start point of the tube when the tube is held in the bending apparatus at the zero index so that said curve section is accurately formed upon rotation of said bending segment.