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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Teruaki Yogo, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Teruaki Yogo, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Opton, Seto-shi, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 7/024 (2006.01); B21D 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 7/024 (2013.01); B21D 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bending device is provided with a bending mechanism, a fixing table, an articulated robot, and a control unit. Control performed by the control unit includes a bending/movement control in which a workpiece is moved by clamping the workpiece by the bending mechanism and moving the bending mechanism by the articulated robot, and the workpiece is bent by the bending mechanism while the workpiece is being moved.