Rod bending apparatus

Claim 1

BENDING APPARATUS COMPRISING A WORK TABLE HAVING UPRIGHT MANDRELS MOUNTED THEREON, BENDING MEANS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID MANDRELS, SAID MANDRELS AND BENDING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE ELEMENTS TO BE BENT WHEREBY SAID ELEMENTS ARE BENT THROUGH ANGLES DETERMINED BY ANGLES OF ROTATION OF SAID BENDING MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID MANDRELS, A CAM DISC COUPLED TO SAID BENDING MEANS FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A PLURALITY OF SWITCH ENGAGING MEMBERS CARRIED BY SAID DISC AT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING LUG WITH THE LUGS OF THE RESPECT MEMBERS BEING AT DIFFERENT VERTICAL LEVELS, AT LEAST ONE BANK OF VERTICALLY SPACED SWITCHES MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION ADJACENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DISC WITH THE LEVELS OF SAID SWITCHES EACH CORRESPONDING TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE LEVELS OF SAID LUGS AND BEING ACTUATINGLY ENGAGABLE THEREBY, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SWITCHES FOR SELECTIVELY ARMING SAME, A MOTOR COUPLED TO SAID BENDING MEANS FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAME, CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MOTOR TO SELECTIVELY ENERGIZE SAME TO EFFECT SAID ROTATION IN A GIVEN DIRECTION, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID SWITCHES IN SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS TO EFFECT REVERSAL OF SAID GIVEN DIRECTION OF ROTATION RESPONSIVE TO ACTUATION OF THE ARMED ONE OF SAID SWITCHES.