Patents Assigned to CML International S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 7299671
    Abstract: A bending device for bending machine comprises a matrix (2), a countermatrix (6), and a die (7) able to prevent wrinkles. A countermatrix-holder support element (8) is fixed on an upper slide (10), which is slidable transversally to a workpiece T to be bent on a lower slide (11) movable in turn in the same direction of the upper slide (10), on a table (12). A first double-acting cylinder (19), being fixed on said lower slide (11), moves the countermatrix (6) toward and away from the workpiece (T); and a second double-acting cylinder (24) is slidable on the upper slide (10) and connected to a slider (25) on a counteracting rod (26) which is pivoted about an end of an arm-turning spindle (3), so that a force is exerted on the countermatrix-holder support element (8) in a projecting portion (23) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Mario Giorgio
  • Patent number: 7181947
    Abstract: A bending machine with a compact bend arm includes in a bend arm (4) being mounted on a rotating spindle (3) a cylinder which is fed with a pressured fluid through hoses (7) being part of a hydraulic circuit connected to a source of pressured fluid and of an electric circuit. Each of the hoses (7), which are side by side, comprises a curved section (7a) around the rotating spindle (3), the curved section (7a) being radiused at one end to a section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4), and at the other end to a section (7c) directed to the rest of the bending machine, to which hoses (7) are retained. In the section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4) the plurality of hoses (7) are clamped on a slider (9) slidable in a prismatic guide (10) which is provided in the bend arm (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Mario Giorgio
  • Patent number: 7140220
    Abstract: A curling machine provided with an adjusting device for evenly winding elongated workpieces into spirals, includes a machine frame sustaining a horizontal worktable; a vertical axis mandrel for a curling tool and provided with a counteracting device for acting on elongated workpieces passing through the worktable. The counteracting device is connected to an actuator in the form of an oleodynamic cylinder which is fixed on the worktable and provided with a rod carrying a tool holder in the free end of the rod, the vertical axis mandrel being removable from the worktable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Patent number: 7131306
    Abstract: A vise for clamping an elongated workpiece to be bent on a die (2) of a bending machine includes a movable jaw (35), provided with a clamping portion (51) approachable to and removable from the circumferential groove (4) of the die (2). The movable jaw (35) has a pivoting end (7) and a retaining end (8) opposite to the pivoting end (7). The pivoting end (7) is rigidly connected to a spindle (9) rotatable about an axis (X) at right-angles to the rotation axis (Y) of the die (2), so that the clamping portion (51) of the movable jaw (35) is displaced by an operating device (90) from an opened position, far from the elongated workpiece to be bent, to a closed position in which the clamping portion (51) mates with the elongated workpiece. A retaining device (28) is able to grip the retaining end (8) of the movable jaw (35) and to maintain the movable jaw (35) in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Publication number: 20060174673
    Abstract: A bending machine with a compact bend arm includes in a bend arm (4) being mounted on a rotating spindle (3) a cylinder which is fed with a pressured fluid through hoses (7) being part of a hydraulic circuit connected to a source of pressured fluid and of an electric circuit. Each of the hoses (7), which are side by side, comprises a curved section (7a) around the rotating spindle (3), the curved section (7a) being radiused at one end to a section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4), and at the other end to a section (7c) directed to the rest of the bending machine, to which hoses (7) are retained. In the section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4) the plurality of hoses (7) are clamped on a slider (9) slidable in a prismatic guide (10) which is provided in the bend arm (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Mario Giorgio
  • Publication number: 20060174672
    Abstract: A bending machine with a controlled-return bending die includes a matrix (2) mounted around a spindle (3) having an axis y, a bend arm (4) being able to turn around on the same axis y, and a vice (5) adapted to clamp a section of a workpiece to be bent. A driving element causes the bend arm (4) and the matrix (2), both being connected together by the vice (5), to rotate around the axis y for a set angle from a start position, and a workpiece bending operation is performed for a workpiece section corresponding to the angle. The bend arm (4) carries on itself a controlled return element able to return the matrix (2) to its start position at the end of workpiece bending operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A
    Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Mario Giorgio
  • Publication number: 20060174671
    Abstract: A bending device for bending machine comprises a matrix (2), a countermatrix (6), and a die (7) able to prevent wrinkles. A countermatrix-holder support element (8) is fixed on an upper slide (10), which is slidable transversally to a workpiece T to be bent on a lower slide (11) movable in turn in the same direction of the upper slide (10), on a table (12). A first double-acting cylinder (19), being fixed on said lower slide (11), moves the countermatrix (6) toward and away from the workpiece (T); and a second double-acting cylinder (24) is slidable on the upper slide (10) and connected to a slider (25) on a counteracting rod (26) which is pivoted about an end of an arm-turning spindle (3), so that a force is exerted on the countermatrix-holder support element (8) in a projecting portion (23) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Caporusso, Mario Giorgio
  • Patent number: 7065998
    Abstract: A control element (1) adapted to prevent an external-flange angle iron from being twisted during its bending is applied to a variable-radius bending machine, on which an angle iron (10) is worked by deformation by at least two couples of lower co-axial rollers (7, 8, 7?, 8?) and at least a third upper roller (9), the one flange (11) of the angle iron (10) being clamped by the lower rollers (7, 8, 7?, 8?), and the other flange (12) facing outward. The control element (1) includes a frustoconical head (2) pivoted on a stem (3) designed to be received into a co-axial housing hole that is frontally performed on the support element (13) of a cylindrical control roller (14), having three degrees of freedom, of the bending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Patent number: 7044844
    Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed centre and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Patent number: 7032423
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for linearly driving a machine-tool slider in both directions, comprising an hydraulic cylinder (5) whose piston rod (4) is connected to a slider and which is fed with pressurized fluid from a reservoir (14) by a pump (15) through a three-position four-way valve (18), a check valve (12-13), and between the last ones, a pair of throttling valves (19, 19?) which are mounted symmetrically each other and operated to generate an increased pressure in either one or the other chamber, which is at the moment in a low pressure, of the hydraulic cylinder (5) in order to slow down said slider in its work motion in both directions of linear travelling when a programmable interval is approached from a predetermined position for each working pass. Situated in the bypass (190, 190?) of each throttling valve (19, 19?), among the same valves (19, 19?) and the hydraulic cylinder (5), is a manual flow control valve (20, 20?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Publication number: 20060010955
    Abstract: A method of making a so called pine-cone spiral decorative element of metal, which is formed from a plurality of bars, generally four or eight in number, having circular or polygonal cross-section, cut in desired length, comprises steps of bending each bar, whose end sections remain straight; welding the end sections of the bars at both their ends, which are placed side by side and angularly spaced so that the bars look like meridians of an unfinished product formed according to a rotation body; and mutual rotation of the one welded ends of the bars to the other ends thereof by a desired angle. Further, a machine for embodying the method of the invention is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Publication number: 20050059326
    Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed centre and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Patent number: 6855038
    Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed center and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: CML International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Publication number: 20040168498
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for linearly driving a machine-tool slider in both directions, comprising an hydraulic cylinder (5) whose piston rod (4) is connected to a slider and which is fed with pressurized fluid from a reservoir (14) by a pump (15) through a three-position four-way valve (18), a check valve (12-13), and between the last ones, a pair of throttling valves (19, 19′) which are mounted symmetrically each other and operated to generate an increased pressure in either one or the other chamber, which is at the moment in a low pressure, of the hydraulic cylinder (5) in order to slow down said slider in its work motion in both directions of linear travelling when a programmable interval is approached from a predetermined position for each working pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso
  • Publication number: 20040097178
    Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), comprises a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary centre and a removable counter-centre, both being live centres which are housed in respective said housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with centre holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed centre and removable counter-centre, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: CML INTERNATIONAL S. P. A
    Inventor: Alessandro Caporusso