Negative-angle forming die

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6523386
  • Patent Number
    6,523,386
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, June 7, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, February 25, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
The present invention provides a negative-angle forming die comprising a lower die half and an upper die half. The lower die half has an intrusion forming portion, a rotary cam, a slide cam, and an automatic retractor. The work is placed on the lower die half being formed by an intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam and an intrusion forming portion of the slide cam. The slide cam forms the work by sliding. The rotary cam has two ends each including a supporting shaft projecting therefrom. The supporting shafts are supported by the lower die half for rotatably supporting the rotary cam. The intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam has a lower portion formed with a receiving portion, a J-shaped lock bar having an engaging portion for engagement with the receiving portion being slidably disposed below the rotary cam, the lock bar being urged by a returning urge provider in a direction away from a forming direction, the slide cam being made capable of urging the lock bar in a direction of the intrusion forming by an urge provider providing an urge greater than the urge from the returning urge provider, for moving the lock bar against the urge from the returning urge provider thereby engaging the rotary cam with the lock bar at a time of the intrusion forming performed by the slide cam and the rotary cam.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to a negative-angle forming die for forming a sheet metal. Herein, the negative-angle forming die is used for a formation made at a location more inward of a lower die half than a straight downward stroke line of an upper die half.




The negatively angled forming of a work provided as a sheet metal into a shape having a portion more inward of the lower die half than the straight downward stroke line of the upper die half is generally performed by using a slide cam.




According to a prior-art intrusion forming process of the sheet metal work, the work is placed on the lower die half and the upper die half is lowered vertically. At this time a drive cam of the upper die half drives a driven cam of the lower die half, forming the work from a side. After the formation is completed and the upper die half is lifted, then the driving cam is retracted by a spring.




In the above arrangement, the driven cam slid onto the work from the side has a forming portion which is formed as a single piece in the same shape as the work as after the formation. The lower die half however, must allow the work to be taken out from the lower die half after the formation, and for this reason, a portion of the lower die half providing the intrusion formation must be made separable for retraction, or a rear portion thereof must be cut off so that the work can be moved forward and taken out. This does not pose a serious problem if the extent of the intrusion is small. However, the problem becomes serious if the extent of the intrusion is large, or if the work is to be formed into a long frame having a groove-like section such as in a formation of an automobile front pillar-outer from a sheet metal. Specifically, since the groove width of the work is so narrow, that if the portion of the lower die half corresponding to the groove is divided or cut off, it becomes impossible for the forming portion of the driven cam to form clearly. In addition, strength of the lower die decreases. Thus, it was impossible to perform a clear-shaped intrusion formation.




Further, a formed product sometimes has a twist or distortion, which must be corrected. However, for example, many automobile parts that provide the outer skin of the automobile, such as a side panel, fender, roof, bonnet, trunk lid, door panel, front pillar-outer and so on are formed to have a three-dimensional surface or line, and therefore it is practically impossible to make correction after the formation. In assembling the automobile sheet-metal parts, if there is a twist or distortion in the parts, it is difficult to fit the parts together. Without solving this problem, it was impossible to provide a high quality automobile sheet metal structure, and it was impossible to maintain a required level of product accuracy in the formed sheet metal products.




In order to solve the above-described problem, an arrangement was proposed, in which the straight downward stroke of the upper die half is converted to a rotary movement of a rotary cam to pivot to form the portion in the lower die half more inward than the straight downward stroke line of the upper die half. In this arrangement, after the forming operation, the rotary cam is pivoted back to a state where the completed work can be taken out of the lower die. This arrangement will be described in more detail.




Specifically, as shown in

FIG. 4

to

FIG. 7

, this negative-angle forming die comprises a lower die half


102


including a supporting portion


101


on which a work W is placed and an upper die half


103


which is lowered straightly down onto the lower die half


102


to press thereby forming the work W. The lower die half


102


is rotatably provided with a rotary cam


106


supported in an upwardly opening axial groove


104


. The groove


104


has a portion close to the supporting portion


101


formed with an intrusion forming portion


105


located more inward than a stroke line of the upper die half


103


. The lower die half


102


rotatably supports a rotary cam


106


. The upper die half


103


is provided with a slide cam


108


opposed to the rotary cam


106


and provided with an intrusion forming portion


107


. The lower die half is further provided with an automatic retractor


109


which moves the rotary cam


106


back to the sate that allows the work W to be taken out of the lower die half


102


after the formation. The work W placed on the supporting portion


101


of the lower die half


102


is formed by the intrusion forming portion


105


of the rotary cam


106


and the intrusion forming portion


107


of the slide cam


108


. The work W is formed by a rotary movement of the rotary cam


106


and a sliding movement of the slide cam


108


. After the formation, the automatic retractor


109


pivots back the rotary cam


106


, allowing the work W to be taken out of the lower die half


102


.




Now, an operation of this negative-angle forming die will be described.




First, as shown in

FIG. 4

, the upper die half


103


is positioned at its upper dead center. At this stage, the work W is placed on the supporting portion


101


of the lower die half


102


. The rotary cam


106


is held at its retracted position by the automatic retractor


109


.




Next, the upper die half


103


begins to lower, and first, as shown in

FIG. 5

, a lower surface of the slide cam


108


makes contact with a pivoting plate


111


without causing the slide cam


108


to interfere with the intrusion forming portion


105


of the rotary cam


106


, pivoting the rotary cam


106


clockwise as in

FIG. 10

, thereby placing the rotary cam


106


at a forming position. Then, a pad


110


presses the work W.




When the upper die half


103


continues to lower, the slide cam


108


which is under an urge outward of the die half begins a sliding movement as the sliding cam in a laterally leftward direction, against the urge from a coil spring


112


.




This is a state shown in

FIG. 6

, where the intrusion forming portion


105


of the pivoted rotary cam


106


and the intrusion forming portion


107


of the slide cam


108


perform formation of the work W.




After the intrusion formation, the upper die half


103


begins to rise. The slide cam


108


, which is urged outwardly of the die half by the coil spring


112


, moves in a laterally rightward direction as in

FIG. 7

, and keeps rising without interfering with the work W as after the intrusion formation.




On the other hand, the rotary cam


106


is released from the holding by the slide cam


108


, and therefore is pivoted in a leftward direction as in

FIG. 7

by the automatic retractor


109


. Thus, when the work W is taken out of the lower die half after the intrusion formation, the work W can be removed without interference with the intrusion forming portion


105


of the rotary cam


106


.




According to the negative-angle forming process described above, the lower surface of the slide cam


108


urged by the coil spring


112


contacts the pivoting plate


111


urged by the coil spring


113


of the automatic retractor


109


, rotating the rotary cam


106


in the clockwise direction to the shaping position, and thereafter, the pad


110


presses the work W. With this arrangement, urging force from the pad


110


to the work W is so strong that the work W under the formation can be slightly pivoted counterclockwise as in the figure. In another case, the urge of the coil spring


112


of the slide cam


108


is not well balanced with the urge of the coil spring


113


of the automatic retractor


109


, resulting in a slight pivoting movement of the rotary cam


106


out of the predetermined position for the formation. These situations sometimes make impossible to form into an accurate curve. For example, it is sometimes impossible to provide a product of an accuracy level in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm, and it was sometimes impossible to achieve a high quality negative-angle formation.




Further, as will be understood from FIG.


4


through

FIG. 7

, the rotary cam


106


is supported by the lower die half


102


through direct contact of the cam's outer circumference except for the groove portion


104


. With this structure, accurate and difficult machining must be made to the rotary cam


106


and the supporting portion (a bore having a generally circle section) of the lower die half


102


which supports the rotary cam


106


.




Further, since most of the outer wall of the rotary cam


106


is used for support by the lower die half


102


, the negative angle forming die tends to be large and expensive.




Now, in consideration of the background described above, the present invention aims to solve these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; that it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. The present invention aims to maintain the rotary cam at a predetermined forming position thereby providing a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a negative-angle forming die comprising a lower die half having a supporting portion for placing a sheet metal work, and an upper die half to be lowered straightly downward onto the lower die half for forming the work, an intrusion forming portion formed in the lower die half at an edge portion near the supporting portion inward of a downward stroke line of the upper die half, a rotary cam rotatably provided in the lower die half, a slide cam including an intrusion forming portion and slidably opposed to the rotary cam, and an automatic retractor provided in the lower die half for pivoting the rotary cam back to a position thereby allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half after a forming operation, the work placed on the supporting portion of the lower die half being formed by the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam and the intrusion forming portion of the slide cam, the slide cam forming the work by sliding, the automatic retractor pivoting back the rotary cam after the forming operation for allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half, wherein the rotary cam has two ends each including a supporting shaft projecting therefrom, the supporting shafts being supported by the lower die half for rotatably supporting the rotary cam, the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam having a lower portion formed with a receiving portion, a J-shaped lock bar having an engaging portion for engagement with the receiving portion being slidably disposed below the rotary cam, the lock bar being urged by a returning urge provider in a direction away from a forming direction, the slide cam being made capable of urging the lock bar in a direction of the intrusion forming by an urge provider providing an urge greater than the urge from the returning urge provider, for moving the lock bar against the urge from the returning urge provider thereby engaging the rotary cam with the lock bar at a time of the intrusion forming performed by the slide cam and the rotary cam.




Further, in consideration of the background described above, the present invention aims to solve these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; and it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. The present invention aims to maintain the rotary cam at a predetermined forming position, thereby providing a formed sheet metal product if of a high quality. In order to achieve this object, according to the negative-angle forming die provided by the present invention, the rotary cam has an intrusion forming groove having an edge portion opposing the intrusion forming portion, formed with a supporting surface, and the slide cam is formed with a sliding surface for contact with the supporting surface at the time of the intrusion forming.




Further, in consideration of the background described above, the present invention aims to solve these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; and it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. The present invention aims to maintain the rotary cam at a predetermined forming position, thereby providing a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. In order to achieve this object, according to the negative-angle forming die provided by the present invention, the upper die half is provided with a driving cam for driving the slide cam provided in the lower die half.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




[FIGS.


1


(


a


) and


1


(


b


)]




Two sectional views of an automobile sheet-metal part before and after a formation by the negative-angle forming die according to the present invention.




[FIG.


2


]




A sectional side view showing a state in which an upper die half for forming the sheet-metal part in

FIG. 1

is at an upper dead center.




[FIG.


3


]




A sectional side view showing a state in which the upper die half having formed the sheet-metal part in

FIG. 1

is lowered to a lower dead center.




[FIG.


4


]




A sectional side view of a prior art negative-angle forming die, with an upper die half thereof being at its upper dead center.




[FIG.


5


]




A sectional side view of the prior art negative-angle forming die in

FIG. 4

, with the upper die half in its downward stroke, beginning to contact a lower die half thereby making contact with a work.




[FIG.


6


]




A sectional side view of the prior art negative-angle forming die in

FIG. 4

, with the upper die half being at its lower dead center.




[FIG.


7


]




A sectional side view of the prior art negative-angle forming die in

FIG. 4

as after the intrusion forming, with the upper die half lifted to its upper dead center.











EMBODIMENT




The present invention will now be described in detail, based on an embodiment shown in the attached drawings.





FIG. 1

shows sectional views of an automobile sheet-metal part before and after a formation by the negative-angle forming die. A work W shown in FIG.


1


(


b


) has a lower portion shaped by an intrusion forming process.




It should be noted here that this part is formed to have a three-dimensional curved surface/line to provide an outer skin of the automobile.




Referring now to

FIG. 2

, a lower die half


1


has an upper portion formed with a supporting portion


2


for the work W. The lower die half


1


rotatably supports a rotary cam


5


, which has a side close to the supporting portion


2


, formed with an intrusion forming portion for forming a recessed portion located inward of a stroke line of an upper die half


3


. Code C indicates a center of pivoting movement of the rotary cam


5


. In order to take the work W out of the lower die half


1


after the work W has been formed, the lower die half


1


is provided with an unillustrated automatic retractor such as an air cylinder.




The upper die half


3


is provided with a driving cam


46


and a pad


9


fixed to a base plate by a bolt


82


.




The lower die half


1


is slidably provided with a slide cam


8


urged by a coil spring


74


in a direction away from the work W.




In order to maintain the rotary cam at a predetermined forming position thereby providing a high quality sheet-metal product, according to the present invention, at a time of the intrusion formation:




(1) The rotary cam is fixed by a lock bar;




(2) The rotary cam is engaged by the slide cam thereby fixed; and




(3) The slide cam engaged with the rotary cam is contacted by a driving cam thereby fixing the rotary cam.




The shaft-like rotary cam


5


has two ends each provided with a supporting shaft extending therefrom. Each of the supporting shafts is rotatably fitted into a bearing


13


, allowing the rotary cam


5


to pivot.




The rotary cam


5


is supported at its ends by the bearings as described above. If the rotary cam is directly contacted with the lower die half as in the prior art, accurate machining is required. However, since most portion of the rotary cam


5


is not directly contacted with the lower die half


1


, machining of the rotary cam


5


and the lower die half


1


becomes easy.




The rotary cam


5


includes a rotary cam main body


21


serving as a core portion having; an upper portion provided with an intrusion forming portion


4


fixed by a bolt


83


, a side portion provided with a pressing side-member


24


fixed by a bolt


25


, and a bottom portion provided by a pivoting contact member


26


. The pivoting contact member


26


contacts the lower die half


1


. Also, the pressing side-member


24


contacts a backup portion


28


of the lower die half


1


. With this arrangement, when the intrusion forming portion


4


of the rotary cam


5


and the intrusion forming portion


22


of the slide cam


8


press the work W, the backup portion


28


contacts the pressing side-member


24


thereby preventing the rotary cam


5


from deformation. By providing the backup portion


28


, the deformation of the rotary cam


5


can be positively prevented, and it becomes possible to manufacture a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




As shown in FIG.


2


and

FIG. 3

, a receiving portion is provided by fixing a receiving plate


31


with a bolt


32


to a lower portion of an intrusion forming portion


4


of the rotary cam


5


. A J-shaped lock bar


34


having an engaging portion


33


for engagement with the receiving portion is slidably disposed in a guide


30


fixed to the lower die half


1


below the rotary cam


5


. The lock bar


34


is urged in a direction away from the forming position by a coil spring


35


serving as a returning urge provider. The coil spring


35


is housed as compressed in a hole


36


formed at a rear end of the lock bar


34


, seated on a seat plate


37


fixed to the guide


30


, thereby urging the lock bar


34


toward the slide cam


8


. The hole


36


is threaded by a stroke adjusting bolt


38


which projects out of the hole


36


. The lock bar


34


is threaded by a nut


39


at a position which gives a desired stroke ā€œSā€. The slide cam


8


is urged by a gas spring


40


serving as an urge provider providing an urge greater than the urge from the coil spring


35


serving as the returning urge provider. With this arrangement, the lock bar


34


can be urged in a direction of intrusion forming. When the intrusion forming is made to the work W by the slide cam


8


and the rotary cam


5


, the lock bar


34


is moved against the urge from the coil spring


35


thereby engaging the rotary cam


5


with the lock bar


34


.




The rotary cam


5


has an intrusion forming groove


41


opposed by a portion provided with a supporting plate


42


fixed by a bolt


43


. The slide cam


8


has a portion to face the supporting plate


42


, where a sliding plate


44


is fixed by a bolt


45


.





FIG. 2

shows a state in which the upper die half


3


is in its upper dead center.




When the work W is placed on the supporting portion


2


of the lower die half


1


, and the upper die half


3


is lowered, the driving cam


46


makes contact with the slide cam


5


, rotating the slide cam


5


clockwise as in the figure thereby positioning the rotary cam


5


at a predetermined position. Thereafter, the pad


9


presses the work W.




With the lowering of the upper die half


3


, the driving cam


46


also lowers, making the slide cam


8


leftward against the urge from the coil spring


74


. The rotary cam


5


is brought to a predetermined posture for the intrusion forming by an unillustrated automatic retractor.




On the other hand, the gas spring


40


is fixed by a bolt at a portion opposing the lock bar


34


. The gas spring


40


exerts a high and generally constant urging output over its entire stroke than does the coil spring


36


.




The gas spring


40


is charged with a gas of a high pressure, at 150 kg/cm


2


for example, matched to an application, and provides a generally constant output of 150 kg/cm


2


for example, over an entire stroke of a rod


73


extending out of the cylinder


72


even if the rod is compressed. This is made possible by two tanks incorporated in the cylinder


72


: When the rod


73


is compressed to pressurize one of the tanks, the high pressure gas in this tank flows out into the other tank, thereby maintaining a generally constant output over the entire stroke of the rod


73


.




As has been described, differing from the coil spring, the gas spring


40


can provide a high output over its entire stroke, making possible to reliably move the lock bar


34


.




Further, the gas spring


40


can move the slide cam


4


for a long distance such as 150 mm.




Gas spring


40


has a piston rod


73


that presses the lock bar


34


against the urge from the coil spring


36


, moving the lock bar


34


leftward, engaging the engaging portion


33


of the lock bar


34


with the receiving plate


31


of the rotary cam


5


, thereby positioning the rotary cam


5


right at a predetermined position, and making possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




Further, when the rotary cam


5


and the slide cam


8


performs the intrusion forming of the work W, the sliding plate


44


of the slide cam


8


contacts the supporting plate


42


of the rotary cam, bringing the slide cam


8


to fit into the intrusion forming groove


41


of the rotary cam, thereby positioning the rotary cam


5


accurately at the predetermined position, making possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




Further, the slide cam


8


, which co-operates with the rotary cam


5


in the intrusion forming, is driven in contact with the driving cam of the upper die half


3


, thereby positioning the rotary cam at the predetermined position, making possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




According to the present invention, the lock bar


34


locks the rotary cam


5


, the slide cam


8


is engaged with thereby positioning the rotary cam


5


, and further the slide cam


8


is pressed by the driving cam


46


for the positioning, making possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




The present invention provides, as has been described above, a negative-angle forming die comprising a lower die half having a supporting portion for placing a sheet metal work, and an upper die half to be lowered straightly downward onto the lower die half for forming the work, an intrusion forming portion formed in the lower die half at an edge portion near the supporting portion inward of a downward stroke line of the upper die half, a rotary cam rotatably provided in the lower die half, a slide cam including an intrusion forming portion and slidably opposed to the rotary cam, and an automatic retractor provided in the lower die half for pivoting the rotary cam back to a position thereby allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half after a forming operation, the work placed on the supporting portion of the lower die half being formed by the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam and the intrusion forming portion of the slide cam, the slide cam forming the work by sliding, the automatic retractor pivoting back the rotary cam after the forming operation for allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half, wherein the rotary cam has two ends each including a supporting shaft projecting therefrom, the supporting shafts being supported by the lower die half for rotatably supporting the rotary cam, the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam having a lower portion formed with a receiving portion, a J-shaped lock bar having an engaging portion for engagement with the receiving portion being slidably disposed below the rotary cam, the lock bar being urged by a returning urge provider in a direction away from a forming direction, the slide cam being made capable of urging the lock bar in a direction of the intrusion forming by an urge provider providing an urge greater than the urge from the returning urge provider, for moving the lock bar against the urge from the returning urge provider thereby engaging the rotary cam with the lock bar at a time of the intrusion forming performed by the slide cam and the rotary cam. Therefore, the present invention has solved these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; that it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. According to the present invention, the rotary cam can be maintained at a predetermined forming attitude, and therefore it has become possible to provide a high-quality sheet metal formed product.




Further, according to the negative-angle forming die provided by the present invention, the rotary cam has an intrusion forming groove having an edge portion opposing the intrusion forming portion, formed with a supporting surface, and the slide cam is formed with a sliding surface for contact with the supporting surface at the time of the intrusion forming. Therefore, the present invention has solved these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; that it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. According to the present invention, the rotary cam can be maintained at a predetermined forming attitude, and therefore it has become possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.




Further, according to the negative-angle forming die provided by the present invention, the upper die half is provided with a driving cam for driving the slide cam provided in the lower die half. Therefore, the present invention has solved these problems: that slight pivoting movement makes a rotary cam out of a predetermined forming position, making an unwanted step in a curved surface of the work or making unable to form into an accurate curve; that it is difficult to provide a product of accuracy in the order of {fraction (1/100)} mm is difficult; and that it is impossible to provide a formed sheet metal product of a high quality. According to the present invention, the rotary cam can be maintained at a predetermined forming attitude, and therefore it has become possible to provide a high-quality sheet-metal formed product.



Claims
  • 1. A negative-angle forming die comprising a lower die half having a supporting portion for placing a sheet metal work, and an upper die half to be lowered straightly downward onto the lower die half for forming the work, an intrusion forming portion formed in the lower die half at an edge portion near the supporting portion, a rotary cam rotatably provided in the lower die half, a slide cam including an intrusion forming portion and slidably opposed to the rotary cam, and an automatic retractor provided in the lower die half for pivoting the rotary cam back to a position thereby allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half after a forming operation, the work placed on the supporting portion of the lower die half being formed by the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam and the intrusion forming portion of the slide cam, the slide cam forming the work by sliding, the automatic retractor pivoting back the rotary cam after the forming operation for allowing the work to be taken out of the lower die half, wherein the rotary cam has two ends each including a supporting shaft projecting therefrom, the supporting shafts being supported by the lower die half for rotatably supporting the rotary cam, the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam having a lower portion formed with a receiving portion, a J-shaped lock bar having an engaging portion for engagement with the receiving portion being slidably disposed below the rotary cam, the lock bar being urged by a returning urge provider in a direction away from a forming direction, the slide cam being made capable of urging the lock bar in a direction of the intrusion forming by an urge provider providing an urge greater than the urge from the returning urge provider, for moving the lock bar against the urge from the returning urge provider thereby engaging the rotary cam with the lock bar at a time of the intrusion forming performed by the slide cam and the rotary cam.
  • 2. The negative-angle forming die according to claim 1, wherein the rotary cam has an intrusion forming groove having an edge portion opposing the intrusion forming portion, formed with a supporting surface, the slide cam being formed with a sliding surface for contact with the supporting surface at the time of the intrusion forming.
  • 3. The negative-angle forming die according to claim 1, wherein the upper die half is provided with a driving cam for driving the slide cam provided in the lower die half.
  • 4. The negative-angle forming die according to claim 2, wherein the upper die half is provided with a driving cam for driving the slide cam provided in the lower die half.
  • 5. A negative-angle forming die for forming sheet metal work, said die comprising:A. a first die half carrying: 1. a supporting portion for placing a sheet metal work; 2. an intrusion forming portion; B. an second die half movable toward the first die half; C. a rotary cam journaled in the first die half; said rotary cam having a lock bar receiving plate; D. a slide cam slidably opposed to the rotary cam, said slide cam having an intrusion forming portion; E. a lock bar slidably carried by the first die half, said lock bar having: 1. an engaging portion for engaging the lock bar receiving plate of the rotary cam; 2. a returning urge provider, urging the lock bar away from the rotary cam; wherein the work placed on the supporting portion of the first die half is formed by the intrusion forming portion of the rotary cam and the intrusion forming portion of the slide cam; wherein the slide cam urges the lock bar toward the rotary cam with an urge greater than the urge of the returning urge provider, wherein the lock bar prevents rotation of the rotary cam while forming the sheet metal work.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2001-060168 Mar 2001 JP
US Referenced Citations (1)
Number Name Date Kind
6230536 Matsuoka May 2001 B1
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Number Date Country
3-5018 Jan 1991 JP
11-226672 Aug 1999 JP