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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Masaki Saito, Okazaki, JP;
Shingo Hashimoto, Okazaki, JP;
Fumio Shindo, Nishio, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A bending apparatus for performing accurate non-destructive bending of material includes first and second jigs that are rotatable about a rotary shaft and that bend the material attached to the jigs as they rotate relative to each other. The first jig includes a bending section that is arranged offset from a rotary center to a rotating side of the material and that has a partially cylindrical surface with a radius of curvature corresponding to the radius of curvature of an inner peripheral surface of the material. Each of the first and second jigs has a suppressing section for suppressing displacement of the material, and a bending center of the material is arranged such that the material is not displaced relative to the first and second jigs when the material is bent.