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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Robert Obrecht, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
REO Hydraulic Pierce & Form, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A fabricating apparatus especially designed to perform work operations in areas where access is limited. The apparatus includes a frame defining an anvil and a straight guide bore, a first fabricating tool mounted on the anvil proximate the guide bore, a power cylinder mounted on the frame, and a link defining first and second ends and pivotally mounted at the first end thereof on the frame. A piston assembly is mounted in the power cylinder and includes a piston rod having a free end pressing against the link at a location between the first and second ends of the link. A carrier is mounted for linear movement on the frame and includes a main body portion and a guide rod portion slidably received in the frame guide bore. A second fabricating tool is mounted on a first face of the carrier in confronting relation to the first fabricating tool and a roller is mounted on the second end of the link and rollably engages a second face of the carrier opposite from the first carrier face. A spring is positioned in the guide bore and urges the carrier away from the first fabricating tool to urge the second carrier face against the roller and urge the link against the free end of the piston rod.