Patent ID: 8166786

Claim:
A wire-forming machine comprising: a machine frame, a base plate movably mounted on a front side of the machine frame, the base plate being linearly movable in an x direction with respect to the machine frame, the base frame having a central recess; a drive for linearly moving the base plate with respect to the machine frame; a tool plate being mounted on and overlaying the base plate and being linearly movable with respect to the base plate in a y direction, the y direction being 90 degrees from the x direction, the tool plate having a central recess thereon, the tool plate surrounding the central recess, the tool plate adapted for mounting tools thereon; a drive for linearly moving the tool plate; a wire feeder feeding wire to a wire guide along a forwardly extending longitudinal wire axis, the wire guide positioned within the central recess of the base plate and within the central recess of the tool plate, the wire guide for guiding wire to a working area of the machine; wherein each tool mounted on the tool plate is linearly movable from an initial position remote from the wire to an operative position at the working area of the machine for processing the wire guided by the wire guide, each tool on the tool plate is movable to the operative position by way of linearly moving at least one of the base plate and tool plate.