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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Greenlee Tools, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sean Daugherty, Gilberts, IL (US);
Jeffrey Plummer, Rockford, IL (US);
Ryan Mantell, Woodstock, IL (US);
Gerald Tully, Hampshire, IL (US);
Assignee:
GREENLEE TOOLS, INC., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 7/10 (2006.01); B21D 7/08 (2006.01); B21D 7/00 (2006.01); B21D 7/02 (2006.01); B21D 7/024 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01); C07K 14/81 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); B21D 7/04 (2006.01); B21D 7/12 (2006.01); B21D 11/22 (2006.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 7/10 (2013.01); B21D 7/00 (2013.01); B21D 7/021 (2013.01); B21D 7/024 (2013.01); B21D 7/04 (2013.01); B21D 7/08 (2013.01); B21D 7/12 (2013.01); B21D 11/22 (2013.01); C07K 14/4753 (2013.01); C07K 14/8121 (2013.01); C12N 9/1081 (2013.01); C12P 21/005 (2013.01); C12Y 204/99001 (2013.01); C12Y 204/99004 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bender includes a rotatable bending shoe having at least one channel therein configured to receive a workpiece, a seat proximate to the bending shoe which is configured to receive the workpiece thereon, and a sensor provided on the seat which is configured to sense the presence of the workpiece. In some embodiments, the sensor is configured to sense an end of the workpiece.