Metal deforming – By use of roller or roller-like tool-element – Mounted on travelling – work-supported carriage
Patent
1996-11-18
1998-03-31
Larson, Lowell A.
Metal deforming
By use of roller or roller-like tool-element
Mounted on travelling, work-supported carriage
72214, B21D 908, B21D 702
Patent
active
057325855
ABSTRACT:
A hand held, sheet metal forming tool for siding installation. A main frame comprises a base and an integral, semi-circular, ambidextrous handle. The operator simply pushes the tool along siding to bead or form it by grasping either end of the handle with either hand. A pair of spaced apart, cooperating press rollers press against opposite sheet sides. A deforming pattern defined in the upper roller and a mating deforming pattern that is slightly offset in the lower roller captivate and form siding sandwiched therebetween. An offset admission throat is formed at each end of the guide channel to ease sheet insertion. Siding entering either throat is captivated within a bifurcated guide channel longitudinally coextensive with the frame that preserves alignment. The guide channel comprises intersecting vertical and horizontal guide slots. As the tool moves, the upturned siding edge slides within a vertical guide slot, maintaining spacing and alignment. Sheet material is confined within a horizontal slot generally parallel with the axis of roller rotation that constrains sheet shifting during pressing. At each side of the bifurcation point between separate horizontal guide slot portions, an angled wedge forces metal admission into the adjacent guide slot portion. Each roller is mounted on an axle that extends from a subframe and penetrates the frame. Subframe spacing from the frame controls press wheel offset, which may be selectively adjusted by a threaded knob.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2660909 (1953-12-01), Morse et al.
patent: 2982331 (1961-05-01), Bonner
patent: 4397089 (1983-08-01), Pease
Haushahn Steven L.
Varnell Richard K.
Butler Rodney
Carver Stephen D.
Larson Lowell A.
Malvern Tools Inc.
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