| CPC B21F 15/04 (2013.01) | 14 Claims |
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1. An article bender apparatus that assists in joining two separate malleable article line free ends that are defined as a first line free end portion with a first line long axis and a second line free end portion with a second line long axis when said first and second line long axes are positioned substantially perpendicular to one another, said article bender apparatus assists in joining the first and second line free end portions in a selected helical wrap with the second line free end portion being helically wrapped about the first line, comprising:
(a) a disc having a first face portion and an opposing second face portion, further said disc having an outer periphery portion that is about a longitudinal axis that is centered in said disc, wherein said longitudinal axis is positioned perpendicular to both said first and second face portions, in addition said disc has a slot disposed therethrough from said first face portion to said second face portion, wherein said slot originates from said longitudinal axis in a root section then extending in a radial fashion to said outer periphery portion, said outer periphery portion further includes a plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth extending radially outward;
(b) a receptacle housing that includes a radially slotted annular cavity having a slide surface and a radial internal diameter that both provide a partially nested axial and outer periphery slidable contact for said plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth extending radially outward on said outer periphery portion of said disc, a radial slot is disposed therethrough said annular cavity, thus said receptacle housing operationally allowing for free disc rotation about said longitudinal axis, said receptacle housing also includes a top surface approximately in the form of a ring that is parallel to said slide surface and is positioned radially outward of said radial internal diameter, said receptacle additionally includes a recessed cavity with a floor wherein said recessed cavity floor is in plane with said slide surface, further said recessed cavity extends radially outward from said slide surface for circumferentially a portion of said plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth on said disc, further said top surface extends outward from said recessed cavity as said top surface is continuously outward of said plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth on said disc and said recessed cavity;
(c) a pawl element that is substantially planar including a first side and an opposing second side that are both planar in shape, further said pawl includes a primary boundary margin and a secondary boundary margin that are both disposed as between said first and second sides of said pawl, said pawl also includes a plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth disposed opposite of said primary and secondary boundary margins, said pawl plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth removably mate, through said pawl second side sliding against said recessed cavity floor, with said disc outer periphery portion plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth extending radially outward, resulting in said pawl being slidably disposed within said recessed cavity with said pawl second side being in said slidable contact with said recessed cavity floor, wherein said receptacle, said disc outer periphery portion plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth extending radially outward, and said pawl plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth that removably mate with said disc outer periphery portion plurality of asymmetrical gear teeth, form a ratchet that operationally facilitates clockwise rotation of said disc and receptacle in unison about said longitudinal axis and facilitates counter clockwise rotation of said receptacle about said longitudinal axis while said disc is either static rotationally or said receptacle is static rotationally and said disc can be manually rotated clockwise about said longitudinal axis;
(d) a shoe that is planar in shape having a primary planar face portion and an opposing secondary planar face portion, said shoe has a lengthwise axis and a perpendicularly positioned shortwise axis, said shoe has a first end portion and an opposing second end portion with said lengthwise axis spanning therebetween, further said shoe has an axial axis that is perpendicular to both said lengthwise and shortwise axes, wherein said axial axis spans between said primary and secondary planar face portions also said axial axis is positioned parallel to said disc longitudinal axis with said primary planar face portion having a slidable/pivotable engagement to said disc second face portion about said axial axis, said shoe first end portion terminates in a first channel that is positioned longwise to be parallel to said shortwise axis;
(e) a means for a selectable pivotal lock with pivotal movement between said disc and said shoe about said axial axis, wherein said shoe is in an open operational state when said slot is fully open and said shoe is in a closed locked operational state when said shoe partially covers said slot leaving said slot root section open; and
(f) a means for imparting a clockwise rotational movement to said receptacle, wherein said clockwise rotational movement is about said longitudinal axis, wherein operationally said disc is inserted onto the first line free end portion with the first line long axis therethrough said disc slot from said outer periphery portion to said root section resulting in said longitudinal axis and the first line long axis being substantially co-incident to one another, next said shoe is manually moved through said pivotal movement from said open state to said closed locked state resulting in the first line free end portion being secured within said root section, simultaneously during said shoe being manually moved said first channel is aligned to partially encompass the second line free end portion, resulting in both the first line free end portion being secured within said root section and said shoe first channel to partially encompass the second line free end portion, next said imparting of clockwise rotational movement to said disc is initiated to result in the selected helical wrap of the second line free end portion around the first line free end portion being about the first line long axis.
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