Tube bender loader and unloader

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1998-04-17

1999-05-11

Hail, III, Joseph J.

Metal deforming

By deflecting successively-presented portions of work during...

With use of means to remove product from deflector

72419, 72426, B21C47/00

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059015969

ABSTRACT:
A tube bending apparatus having a base and a bend arbor thereon and an X-axis extending spindle selectively rotatably mounted on the base for movement along the X-axis and for lateral movement in orthogonal Y-axis and Z-axis directions. The spindle has a clamping mechanism on the distal end thereof. A tube bend effecting arm is hinged relative to the bend arbor and is swingable about a bend axis. An elongate track is provided laterally offset from the base and extends continuously in a direction parallel to the X-axis. A tube loader is mounted on and for movement along the elongate track. The tube loader includes a feed mechanism for sequentially feeding one tube at a time to a specified position axially aligned with the spindle when in either of the first and second locations of the tube loader. Additionally, a method is provided for systematically removing a bent tube from a bend arbor utilizing onboard robotics of the tube bending apparatus and an onboard tube gripping tool operatively connected to the spindle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5090191 (1992-02-01), Mueller
patent: 5379624 (1995-01-01), Harman et al.

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