Patent ID: 7430889

Claim:
A crimping device for creating protruding projections ( 18 ), such as teeth, burrs, crimps on a carrier plate ( 8 ) of a brake lining, comprising: a tool that is driven by a compression plate ( 1 ) into the carrier plate ( 8 ) of the brake lining and subsequently removed from it again, said tool comprising a number of tool elements ( 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 ) that can be adjusted in opposite directions relative to each other and that have cutting teeth, and wherein the tool elements ( 68 to 71 ) are moved in a plane both along a first axis ( 20 ) and a second axis ( 21 ) substantially perpendicular thereto to create protruding projections, wherein the first axis ( 20 ) essentially corresponds to or lies flush with a face normal of the carrier plate ( 8 ) of the brake lining, and wherein said tool further comprises positive guiding means for moving the tool elements ( 68 to 71 ) in the direction of the second axis, wherein the positive guiding means are arranged between the compression plate ( 1 ) and the tool elements ( 68 , 71 ), said positive guiding means comprising a wedge slider ( 64 ) and a guide slider ( 52 ) with corresponding slanted surfaces ( 65 , 66 ) that are configured for a positively guided movement of the tool elements ( 68 to 71 ) in the direction of the first axis ( 20 ).