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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Shigeru Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeru Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Amada Company, Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 28/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for processing a product formed by a punch press. The method includes leaving a micro joint connecting a workpiece to a raw material forming the product when forming a slit in the workpiece along an outer shape of the raw material. The method also includes forming the product by bending a bending process portion downward on the basis of a cooperation of an upper metal mold and a lower metal mold. The method further includes dropping the product by separating the connection between the product and the workpiece by the micro joint.