| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 072176000 | By use of deflector arranged to bend work transversely of direction of work movement (e.g., troughing) | 23 |
| 20100212386 | Device for Guiding a Metal Strip and Method for Operating It - The invention concerns a device for guiding a metal strip | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110167888 | CORD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND CORD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A helical cord having an elliptical shape and the like is manufactured so that a length-to-width ratio or a dimension of a shaped form of the cord to be shaped in a longitudinal direction can be changed. A cord (C) is sequentially passed through through holes ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110179845 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A FLAT TUBE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A FLAT TUBE - A method of producing a flat tube T by bending a band-like material M to be worked, wherein the material M to be worked is pre-bent to form a pre-formed groove Md in the material M along the longitudinal center axis thereof. Thereafter, the material M to be worked is gradually moved so that both edge portions of the material M to be worked in the lengthwise direction thereof gradually approach each other with the pre-formed groove Md as a center to form a tubular shape. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120204615 | EDGE GUIDE MECHANISM AND PANEL FORMING MACHINE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A forming machine for forming a longitudinal margin of a strip of material into a desired profile and methods encompassing the steps inherent in the described mechanical structures and operation thereof. The forming machine includes a frame, a drive mechanism, a plurality of forming elements, and an edge guide mechanism. The edge guide mechanism applies pressure along the edge margin in a lateral direction, thereby following the edge margin as the strip is advanced through the machine. The edge guide includes a carriage assembly attached to the frame that comprises a carriage support frame and a carriage movably disposed thereon. The edge guide mechanism includes an actuator connected to the carriage that is operative to urge the carriage toward edge margin. At least one guide roller is mounted to the carriage and adapted to receive the edge margin of the strip. | 08-16-2012 |
| 072177000 | With deforming of work or product (other than bending transversely) | 3 |
| 20090025446 | Production line and a method of shaping profiles | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100180654 | COLD ROLL FORMING APPARATUS - A cold roll forming mill for the manufacture of hollow flange seam welded beams from a single strip of metal comprises a forming station ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120234064 | ROLLER FORMING DEVICE FOR FORMING A LINEAR METAL MATERIAL - A roller forming device and method for forming a material provided with geometric elements, in particular holes, is disclosed. The device has at least one forming roller and at least one counter roller, wherein a roll gap is configured between the forming roller and the counter roller for carrying through the material. The forming roller has a molding structure on its cylindrical surface, which molds the material when the material runs through the roll gap. The forming roller has carrier elements for an engagement with the geometric elements of the material running through the roll gap. | 09-20-2012 |
| 072178000 | Including roller-cluster | 2 |
| 20090205387 | SYSTEM FOR LOW-FORCE ROLL FOLDING AND METHODS THEREOF - A system for low-force roll folding effects bending of a two-dimensional sheet material having one or more predetermined fold lines into three-dimensional article. The system may include a sheet material with bend-facilitating structure extending along a length one or more of the predetermined fold lines, a stand of rollers configured to effect bending of the sheet metal along the bend-facilitating structure, and a driver to move the stand of folding rollers relative to the sheet material along the length of one or more of the predetermined fold lines to effect bending of the sheet material along the bend-facilitating structure. A method for low-force roll folding is also disclosed. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20140130562 | SQUEEZE ROLL STAND - A squeeze roll stand includes a combination of a fixed portion installed at a joint position of an electric resistance welded pipe manufacturing line, in which squeeze rolls excluding left and right upper rolls are detachably assembled, and a movable portion overlying the fixed portion, inside which left and right upper rolls are detachably assembled, the movable portion being inclined, taking a back surface downstream side as a fulcrum point, toward a same side from an assembling position on the fixed portion to a retreat position to open an upper part of the fixed portion. The movable portion is driven and reciprocated between the assembling position and the retreat position with cylinder type actuators as a drive mechanism. At the retreat position, the movable portion overlies a bead grinding device arranged on the back surface downstream side of the fixed portion with a front surface facing upward. | 05-15-2014 |
| 072179000 | Including complementary roller-couple | 14 |
| 20120192610 | Metallic Molded Sheet and Heat Shielding Cover - The present invention relates to a metallic molded sheet including a metallic sheet having first ridges continuously formed along a first direction and second ridges continuously formed along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, in which the metallic molded sheet has cross-sectional shapes along the first direction and the second direction, each having an identical thickness and continuing sinusoidally, and the metallic molded sheet has a planar shape being a corrugated surface in which ridge lines of first waveforms along the first direction and ridge lines of second waveforms along the second direction perpendicularly intersect each other. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120304725 | BEAD ROLLER - A bead roller sheet metal working machine ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 072180000 | Including plural, axially-spaced circumferential ribs and grooves | 1 |
| 20100011829 | ROLL-FORMING MACHINE FOR FORMING SMOOTH CURVES IN PROFILED PANEL SECTIONS AND METHOD OF FORMING CURVED PANELS - A roll-forming machine for forming smooth curves in profiled panel sections. The roll forming machine has opposed pinch pass rollers having a roller profile generally corresponding to said profiled panel and a pair of cantilever rollers downstream of said pinch pass rollers. The cantilever rollers have axes of rotation that are offset relative to one another in the direction of travel of the profiled panel through the machine and having a roller profile also generally corresponding to the profiled panel. At least one sweep roller is positioned downstream of the cantilever rollers for bending said panel in a longitudinal direction as said panel passes past said sweep roller. The sweep roller also has a roller profile generally corresponding to the profiled panel. The at least one sweep roller can be positioned to the degree of bend of the smooth curve formed in said profiled panel by the machine. | 01-21-2010 |
| 072181000 | Including plural, successively-acting roller-couples | 11 |
| 20080216541 | Roll-Forming Machine Having Changeover Mechanism - A roll-forming machine for manufacturing purlins from strip material comprises a setup changeover mechanism for converting between a setup that produces purlins having a C-shaped cross-sectional configuration and a setup that produces purlins having a Z-shaped cross-sectional configuration. The changeover mechanism includes an inboard linear actuator connected by an inboard linkage to a plurality of turrets associated with inboard sides of respective roll-forming stations, and an outboard linear actuator connected by an outboard linkage to a plurality of turrets associated with outboard sides of respective roll-forming stations, whereby the turrets are pivotally indexed by operation of the linear actuators to change position of forming rollers carried by the turrets. At least one of the linear actuators is connected to turrets both upstream and downstream from the linear actuator in a feed direction of the roll-forming machine. The linear actuators are driven by a shared control system whereby changeover of both the inboard and outboard sides of the roll-forming machine may be carried out simultaneously by inputting a single changeover command. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080289390 | Cold Roll Forming Apparatus - A cold roll forming mill for the manufacture of hollow flange seam welded beams from a single strip of metal comprises a forming station ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090113974 | Roll-Forming Machine And Method For Roll-Forming A Hat-Shaped Profile - A beam with a hat-shaped profile with a cross-section that varies along its length is successively formed from a plane sheet metal strip using a roll-forming machine with a number of forming stations. The forming stations ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090133460 | Profile - A profile formed of a strip-shaped rolling stock and including at least one thickness-reduced section ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090320545 | Gutter guard forming machine - The gutter guard forming machine accepts relatively narrow, elongate sheets of imperforate materials and foraminous screen materials from a series of supply rollers and passes those sheets of material through a series of forming rollers and dies to crimp the sheets mechanically together along their common elongate edges to form the desired cross-sectional shape for the finished gutter guard. The raw sheet materials are fed into the machine in two overlying and two underlying streams, which are joined together and shaped by the forming rollers and dies. The process is continuous, with an automated cutoff saw cutting the completed gutter guard to practical lengths after formation. The mechanism is primarily electrically-powered, with a pneumatic-hydraulic cylinder being used for one of the operations. Various components are adjustable to allow the configuration of the completed gutter guard to be adjusted as desired. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100326160 | CONTINUOUSLY SMOOTHLY ADJUSTABLE AND SELF-ALIGNING VARIABLE WIDTH ROLL FORMING APPARATUS - A roll former has a plurality of paired die assemblies spaced apart across a midline of the roll former, and a web of material is fed through the roll former along the midline for operations by the die assemblies. The spacing between each pair of die assemblies is uniformly adjustable by way of mounting the die assemblies on collector plates movable toward and away from each other by linear actuators such as jack screws. Smoothness of movement is enhanced by supporting the collector plates only on the linear actuators. Precision of positioning is enhanced by using jack screws as the linear actuators. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110203339 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR REDUCING PROFILE VARIATIONS IN SHEET METAL STOCK - An apparatus and process for reducing variations in the profile of a sheet metal stock are shown and described. The process includes the use of two passes, each comprising two smoothing surfaces. The smoothing surfaces of each pass are mateable to define a profile between the smoothing surfaces. The profile defined between the smoothing surfaces of the first pass is substantially the inverse of the profile defined between the smoothing surfaces of the second pass. As a sheet metal is processed between the first and second passes, it is formed with the first profile and the second profile thereby reducing variations in the profile of the sheet metal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110247384 | COLD ROLL FORMING APPARATUS - A cold roll forming mill for the manufacture of hollow flange seam welded beams from a single strip of metal comprises a forming station ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20130263636 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLARE IN ROLL-FORMING PROCESSES - Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes are disclosed. An example method involves predefining a plurality of position values to adjust a tilt angle of a flange roller and adjusting the tilt angle of the flange roller based on one of the pre-defined position values to change an amount of flare in a zone of a component. The one of the pre-defined position values is associated with the zone of the component. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140290324 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL A HEM PROFILE OF STRIP MATERIAL - Methods and apparatus for controlling a hem profile in roll-forming processes are described. An example roll-forming apparatus includes a first plurality of work rolls to form a first hem on a material and a second plurality of work rolls. One of the second plurality of work rolls is adjustable relative to an opposing work roll and to the first plurality of work rolls to adjustably control a profile of the first hem. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150027189 | FLEXIBLE ROLL FORMING METHOD - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a flexible roll forming method for roll forming a beam of a predetermined shape by bending a material fed to a plurality of roll forming units each having upper and lower forming rolls in succession, and for roll forming the beam by feeding the material to a flexible roll forming unit having upper and lower forming rolls disposed on left/right sides of a process direction and both side upper and lower forming rolls disposed to vary positions in a lateral direction of the process and angles from a process direction, respectively, to cause flexible bending of the material in succession over multiple stages, is provided. | 01-29-2015 |
