ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,333, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to EVOBEND GMBH (Ainring, Germany).
"Bending machine and method for processing a workpiece by means of a bending machine" was invented by Nikolaus Duscher (Salzburg, Austria) and Reinhard Emil Franze (Siezenheim, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending machine, in particular a swivel bending machine, is provided that defines a safety-relevant work area in which an operator of the bending machine is present during its operation, loading, unloading or the like, having a safety module comprising a safety barrier which provides a variable-size shield for the safety-relevant work area such that ...