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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.:

US 9393608 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2011

Folding device

Applicants:

Johann Kraus, Mertingen, DE;

Wolfgang Fischer, Augsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Johann Kraus, Mertingen, DE;

Wolfgang Fischer, Augsburg, DE;

Assignee:

KUKA Systems GmbH, Augsburg, DE;

Attorney:

McGlew and Tuttle, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Essama Omgba

Assistant Examiner:

Darrell C Ford

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/00 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B21D 43/00 (2006.01); B21D 43/10 (2006.01); B21D 43/11 (2006.01); B21D 39/02 (2006.01); B21D 19/04 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B23Q 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/021 (2013.01); B21D 19/043 (2013.01); B21D 39/023 (2013.01); B21D 53/88 (2013.01); B23Q 17/22 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49906 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49908 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49915 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49936 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5124 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5134 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5196 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53004 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53422 (2015.01);
Abstract

A hemming device () and a hemming method are provided in which the hemming device () has a hemming bed () for a workpiece () and multiple hemming robots () with hemming tools (). The hemming device () is designed to hem inner and outer lock seams () on both sides of the workpiece (). The hemming robots () lie on different sides of the hemming bed (), and the hemming bed () is further designed and arranged for accessing inner and outer lock seams () on both sides of the workpiece () from front and rear sides (). For this purpose, the hemming bed can have a section () for a rearward access to an inner lock seam () and a bedding for inner and outer lock seams ().

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