US 12,343,783 B2
Tubing bender
Todd Brochman, White Bear Lake, MN (US)
Assigned to Brochman Innovations, LLC, White Bear Lake, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/789,151
Filed by Brochman Innovations, LLC, White Bear Lake, MN (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066341
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/133715, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/001,905, filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,244, filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031227 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B21D 7/06 (2006.01); B21D 7/022 (2006.01); B21D 7/12 (2006.01); B21D 7/14 (2006.01); B21D 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 7/06 (2013.01) [B21D 7/022 (2013.01); B21D 7/12 (2013.01); B21D 7/14 (2013.01); B21D 7/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable tubing bender, comprising:
a portable housing including a handle portion;
a bender shoe operably coupled to the portable housing, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to restrain a length of tubing along a prescribed arc during bending operations;
a guide gear fixedly coupled to the bender shoe; and
a guide frame pivotably coupled to the bender shoe, the guide frame including a motor, a driven gear and a guide member, the motor configured to drive the driven gear along the guide gear to pivot the motor relative to the bender shoe, so as to move the guide member during bending operations to guide the length of tubing along the arcuate channel of the bender shoe.