Clinching machine for door overlap flanges

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR BENDING OVER AND CLINCHING DOWN AN UPSTANDING PROJECTION OF AN OUTER DOOR PANEL UPON A FLANGE PORTION OF AN INNER DOOR PANEL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FIXED FRAME ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID PANELS, A MOVABLE FRAME MOUNTED ON SAID FIXED FRAME FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A VERTICAL PATH ADJACENT TO AND SPACED APART FROM SAID PANELS, A LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOVABLE FRAME FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER NORMAL TO SAID UPSTANDING PROJECTION ON SAID OUTER DOOR PANEL, OPERATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LEVER AND SAID FRAME IN SUCH A MANNER THAT ONE END OF SAID LEVER TRAVELS ALONG A PATH HAVING A FIRST PORTION DIRECTED INWARDLY TOWARD SAID UPSTANDING PORTION OF SAID OUTER DOOR PANEL AND A SECOND PORTION OF SAID PATH HAVING A MOTION DIRECTED DOWNWARD RELATIVE TO SAID FLANGE OF SAID INNER DOOR PANEL, AND A TOOL BAR CARRIED BY THE ONE END OF SAID LEVER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPSTANDING PORTION OF SAID OUTER DOOR PANEL IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER ALONG SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID PATH AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO CLINCH SAID BENT UPSTANDING PORTION AND SAID FLANGE PORTION OF SAID PANELS TOGETHER IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER ALONG SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID PATH.