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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Allor Manufacturing, Inc., Brighton, MI (US);
Anthony Allor, Fenton, MI (US);
James Kitson, Davisburg, MI (US);
Allor Manufacturing, LLC, Brighton, MI (US);
Abstract
A device to level a metal plate fabricated from a material includes a frame, a leveling station, and a draw device. The leveling station includes a single upper roller and a pair of lower rollers in parallel arrangement and defining a serpentine path. A plunge depth is defined based upon a difference between a top-dead-center point of the lower rollers and a bottom-dead-center point of the single upper roller. A longitudinal spacing and the plunge depth are configured such that the single upper roller and the lower rollers are disposed to impart a bend radius on the metal plate as the metal plate is drawn or moved through the serpentine path such that the metal plate has line contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the single upper roller and the lower rollers. The bend radius is selected to achieve plastification of the metal sheet.