(19)
(11) EP 1 074 319 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(21) Application number: 00116173.6

(22) Date of filing: 01.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B21D 22/02, B21D 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.08.1999 JP 22097599

(71) Applicant: Yourbusiness Co., Ltd.
Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo, 185-0024 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kinoshita, Tadatoshi
    Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-0024 (JP)

(74) Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER 
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) Apparatus for pressing a metal plate into a desired shape


(57) An apparatus for pressing a metal plate into a desired shape. It includes a lower die (1) having a cavity (2) formed on its upper surface; a rotary die (4) supported in the cavity rotatably around a rotational axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the rotary die. The rotary die (4) has a press-shaping section (4a) formed extending in the longitudinal direction; and an upper die (7) having a counter press-shaping section (6) formed to engage with the press-shaping section (4a) of the rotary die with the metal plate sandwiched therebetween at a time of pressing and shaping the metal plate. The lower die (1) and the rotary die (4) are so shaped that their cross sections may take an L-shape, and the horizontal and vertical extensions of the lower die have receiving surfaces (8a,8b) provided thereon to confront the counter abutment surfaces (11a,11b) of the rotary die. The rotary die (4) can move between a working position for pressing and shaping the metal plate and a rest position in which the finished metal plate may be removed readily from the lower die (1).






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