Pre-hemming tool for robotic hemming

Title: Pre-hemming tool for robotic hemming

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060179914, Pre-hemming tool for robotic hemming.

1. A pre-hemming tool for robotic hemming, the tool comprising: a face and a plurality of sides extending from said face, the perimeter of said face defining an edge; and at least one facet disposed on a side thereof for effecting pre-hemming.

2. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein a facet is disposed on each side.

3. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein each facet is a depression.

4. The pre-hemming tool of claim 3, wherein each depression extends from said edge inwardly and has greater side penetration than face penetration.

5. The pre-hemming tool of claim 3, wherein said depression has a generally triangular shape when viewed from the side.

6. The pre-hemming tool of claim 3, wherein said depression includes two triangularly shaped surfaces.

7. The pre-hemming tool of claim 3, wherein said depression includes a floor and a sidewall extending from said floor.

8. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein said tool has four sides.

9. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein said tool has six sides.

10. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein said tool is made of a flame hardenable tool steel.

11. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, further including a support opposite said face.

12. The pre-hemming tool of claim 11, wherein said support is a plate.

13. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, wherein said tool is adapted for releasable connection to a robot arm.

14. The pre-hemming tool of claim 13, including an automatic change out tool operatively, releasably connected to said tool for mounting said tool to a robot arm.

15. The pre-hemming tool of claim 1, including guide members adjacent said sides of said tool.

16. The pre-hemming tool of claim 14, wherein said guide members are rails generally extending along said sides, said guide members being adapted to engage receivers on a hemming die.

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