US Patent: 2,028,869 
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| Bending Brake
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	        Patentee:
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 | John Jensen (exact or similar names) - Rockford, Winnebago County, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Jan. 05, 1933 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 28, 1936 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Roper-Whitney Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Claim:
A bending brake comprising, in combination, a framework, a platen fixedly supported by said framework and providing a continuous bending edge for the bending of plane sheets, fingers adapted to be carried by said platen to provide a discontinuous bending cdge for the bending of boxes, a bed guided for vertical movement by said framework, an apron hingedly connected co to said bed and swingable to effect the bending, and a lever mechanism connected between said framework and said bed adjustable to support the same either in a position to cooperate with said fingers when attached or in a position to cooperate with said platen when the fingers are detached and operable with said bed in either position to move the same to clamp or release a sheet of metal between the bed and the bending edge with which it cooperates. |  
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