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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey E. Smith, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Amerimax Diversified Products, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; B21D 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; B21D 3/104 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for creating expanded and non-expanded regions on a sheet of sheet metal. The apparatus includes a programmable controller, a sheet metal feeder for incrementally advancing the sheet metal, and a cutter/expander for generating rows of expanded metal apertures. The controller selectively controls both the amount of incremental advance provided to the sheet metal by the feeder and the timing and location of the cutting and expanding provided by the cutter/expander; the combination of which creates such regions.