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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ernst Zimmer, Neusäss, DE;
Assignee:
Kuka Schweissanlagen GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/04 ;
Abstract
A flanging or hemming device ( ) is provided with an external flanging unit ( ) and/or an internal flanging unit ( ) as well as a clamping device ( ). The clamping device ( ) has one or more leading pressing and clamping elements ( ) which are movable or deformable and can be adjusted in accordance with the place or time and/or force with which they act on the workpiece or work-pieces ( ). The pressing and clamping elements ( ) are notably elastically deformable. They can also comprise a spring ( ) or be fluidically pre-stressed.