Article straightening device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING AN ELONGATED ARTICLE COMPRISING: A PAIR OF COMPOSITE JAWS, EACH COMPOSITE JAW HAVING A FIRST MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A FIRST FLAT ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACE, AND HAVING A SECOND MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FIRST FLAT SURFACE AND PROVIDED WITH A SECOND FLAT ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACE COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST SURFACE TO FORM A V-SHAPED NEST FOR RECEIVING AN ELONGATED BENT ARTICLE; RESILIENT MEANS ON SAID JAWS FOR URGING SAID SECOND MEMBERS TO NORMAL EXTENDED POSITIONS ON SAID FIRST MEMBERS; AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID COMPOSITE JAWS TO A CLOSED POSITION IN ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND FOR CONTINUED MOVEMENT THEREAFTER ALONG A PATH OBLIQUELY TO SAID ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACES AND IN A PREDETERMINED RELATION TO EACH OTHER SO THAT AS SAID COMPOSITE JAWS COME INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER, THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID SECOND MEMBERS ENGAGE THE FIRST FLAT SURFACES OF SAID FIRST MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE JAWS AND IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUED MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN ARE PUSHED INWARDLY THEREBY, AND THE SEVERAL MEMBERS COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A TUBULAR ENCLOSURE OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUILATERAL CROSS-SECTION ABOUT THE ARTICLE WITH SAID FIRST MEMBERS AND SAID SECOND MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY BEING IN OPPOSED RELATION TO AND MOVABLE TOWARD EACH OTHER TO PRESS THE BENT ARTICLE INTO STRAIGHTENED CONDITION.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING AN ELONGATED ARTICLE COMPRISING: A PAIR OF COMPOSITE JAWS, EACH COMPOSITE JAW HAVING A FIRST MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A FIRST FLAT ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACE, AND HAVING A SECOND MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FIRST FLAT SURFACE AND PROVIDED WITH A SECOND FLAT ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACE COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST SURFACE TO FORM A V-SHAPED NEST FOR RECEIVING AN ELONGATED BENT ARTICLE; RESILIENT MEANS ON SAID JAWS FOR URGING SAID SECOND MEMBERS TO NORMAL EXTENDED POSITIONS ON SAID FIRST MEMBERS; AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID COMPOSITE JAWS TO A CLOSED POSITION IN ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND FOR CONTINUED MOVEMENT THEREAFTER ALONG A PATH OBLIQUELY TO SAID ARTICLE-STRAIGHTENING SURFACES AND IN A PREDETERMINED RELATION TO EACH OTHER SO THAT AS SAID COMPOSITE JAWS COME INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER, THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID SECOND MEMBERS ENGAGE THE FIRST FLAT SURFACES OF SAID FIRST MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE JAWS AND IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUED MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN ARE PUSHED INWARDLY THEREBY, AND THE SEVERAL MEMBERS COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A TUBULAR ENCLOSURE OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUILATERAL CROSS-SECTION ABOUT THE ARTICLE WITH SAID FIRST MEMBERS AND SAID SECOND MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY BEING IN OPPOSED RELATION TO AND MOVABLE TOWARD EACH OTHER TO PRESS THE BENT ARTICLE INTO STRAIGHTENED CONDITION.