Conduit bending machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR BENDING CONDUIT IN A PREDETERMINED ARCUATE FORM WHICH COMPRISES A BASE, A TILTING WORK TABLE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED AT ONE END THEREOF ON SAID BASE, A FORMING DIE RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ON SAID TILTING TABLE AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A PIVOT POINT ON SAID TABLE AT A POINT REMOVED FROM SAID FORMING DIE, A LINK PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT SAID PIVOT POINT AND HAVING AN EXTENSION THEREOF EXTENDING OVER THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TABLE, A ROLLING DIE FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE IN OPERATIVE ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FORMING DIE, POWER MEANS ON SAID MACHINE SUITABLE FOR SUPPLYING A SINGLE LINEAR STROKE, SAID POWER MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID LINK FOR PIVOTING SAID LINK AND FOR TILTING SAID TABLE, AND LINKAGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID FORMING DIE TO SAID ROLLING DIE IN FIXED SPACED RELATION THERETO, WHEREBY WITH THE PLACING OF CONDUIT ON SAID TABLE WITH THE PORTION TO BE BENT DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FORMING DIE AND SAID ROLLING DIE AND UPON OPERATION OF SAID POWER MEANS TO PROVIDE THE APPLICATION OF A POWER STROKE TO SAID LINK, SAID LINK IS PIVOTED TO CONTACT AND HOLD SAID CONDUIT ON SAID TABLE AND SAID FORMING DIE IS MOVED IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID POWER STROKE, WHILE SAID TABLE IS TILTED TO BEND SAID CONDUIT BETWEEN SAID DIES.