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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HERMAN BUSSEL, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
METAL-BENDING MACHINE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 12, 1910.
Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 87,037.
Th all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HERMAN BUSsEL, a
citizen of the United States, residing at El
Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of
STexas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Metal-Bending Machines;
of which the following is a specification,
reference being had to the accompanying
drawings.
10 This invention relates to an improved
metal bending and shearing machine, and
has for its primary object to provide a
simple and easily operated mechanism
whereby a metal bar may be readily bent to
15 any desired angle.
It is a more particular object of the in-
vention to provide a machine for the above
purpose including a suitable base, stand-
ards rotatably mounted upon the base and
20 arranged in juxtaposition to each other,
each of said standards being slotted to re-
ceive the metal bar, the bar being adapted
to be arranged in one of the standards
whereby, when said standard is rotated, the
25 bar bearing against the other standard is
angularly bent.
It is a further general object of the inven-
tion to provide a machine for the above pur-
pose, embodying but few parts which are
30 simple and durable in construction and ca-
pable of being easily and quickly assembled
in operative position.
With the above and other objects in view,
my invention consists in the novel features
36 of construction, combination and arrange-
ment of parts to be hereinafter more fully
described, claimed and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating
40 a metal bar arranged in position upon the
machine to be bent; Fig. 2 is a top plan
view showing the bar after it has been bent
in the operation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a
vertical sectional view taken on the line
45 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view
of one of the slotted posts or standards;
and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the
rectangular bending sleeve.
Referring in detail to the drawings, 5
50 designates the heavy, cast metal base, pref-
erably, though not necessarily, of the form
shown in Fig. 2. This metal base is pro-
vided in its approximate center with a ver-
tically extending, rectangular opening 6
55 which tapers from its upper to its lower
end, This opening 6 is adapted to be dis.posed in registering relation over a socket
in an anvil or other suitable support, and
the anchoring pin o- wedge 7 is driven
through the opening and into the socket. In 60
the major portion of the base 5, a multiplic-
ity of relatively small, equidistantly spaced,
vertical openings 8 are formed for a pur-
pose to be hereinafter referred to.
9 and 10, respectively, designate post 65
receiving openings extending vertically
through the base 5. Each of these openings
is diametrically enlarged adjacent its upper
end to provide an annular shoulder 11
therein. 70
12 and 13 indicate the metal bending posts
or standards which are of relatively differ-
ent diameters and are provided upon one of
their ends with reduced, cylindrical studs
or extensions 14 and 15 respectively, for en- 75
gagement in the openings 9 and 10 of the
base 5. The body portions of the standards
12 and 13, at their juncture with the re-
duced studs, are of such diameter as to fit
snugly within the enlarged upper end por- 80
tions of the openings 9 and 10 and rest upon
the shoulders 11. The metal bending posts
or standards are identical in construction,
and the description of one will, therefore,
suffice for both. Each standard is provided 85
in its body portion with a longitudinally ex-
tending slot 16 which divides said body into
spaced, parallel arms 17, each of which, at
its upper end, has its outer peripheral face
slightly beveled or tapered, as clearly shown 90
in Fig. 3 of the drawings. One of the arms
17 is provided with a series of spaced,
threaded openings 18. The pivot studs on
the lower ends of the standards which turn
in the openings provided in the base, are of 95
such length as to project slightly below the
base 5. Upon these projecting ends of the
pivot studs, collars or washers 19 are fitted
and securely held in place by means of set
screws 20, whereby the standards are held 100
against upward movement with respect to
the base, and detachably retained in con-
nection therewith.
A metal sleeve 21 is provided for each of
the standards 12 and 13 and is adapted to 105
fit snugly thereover. By beveling the outer
faces of the arms 17 of the standards as
above explained, these sleeves may be easily
and quickly slipped downwardly over the
standards. In Fig. 5 I have shown a rec- 110
tangular sleeve 22 which may be employed
when it is desired to make a square bend in1,208,091.
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Bussel, Herman. Metal-Bending Machine., patent, December 12, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858781/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.