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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erwin Collet, Lunen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72420 ; 72457 ;
Abstract
A machine for straightening anode rods has a portal-like frame through which the rods are transported in succession with the aid of a suspended rail conveyor. Jaws which engage on the sides of the rods are used to squeeze the rods. Beneath the jaws there is a rotatable fork which can engage and entrain with a shaped end piece on the lower end of one of the anode rods. The fork and its rotary drive is raised and lowered and guided for this reciprocal movement. An anode rod can thus be transposed through 90.degree. enabling the jaws to squeeze against all the sides of the rod.