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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Teruo Segawa, Ayase, JP;
Masaomi Umezawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Masayasu Ota, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 23/00 (2006.01); B26D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A trimming apparatus and method that can create plural trim shapes using one press die. The trimming apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying a pallet having a workpiece disposed thereon, a trimming device having a press die for trimming the workpiece in a trimming process area, a positioning device for determining the relative position of the press die with respect to the pallet and a position switching device provided in the positioning device to change operable to change the position of the press die with respect to the pallet in the trimming process area.