US Patent Issued to iTool Equipment Holding on Feb. 17 for "Width-expandable shoe with spacing preset for conduit bending apparatus and an associated method" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,940, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to iTool Equipment Holding LLC (Clinton, Tenn.).

"Width-expandable shoe with spacing preset for conduit bending apparatus and an associated method" was invented by David S. Jordan (Clinton, Tenn.), Michael C. Jordan (Heiskell, Tenn.) and Scott M. Jordan (Powell, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit bending apparatus having a shoe mounted for rotation about an axis and having an arcuate-shaped periphery defining an outwardly-opening groove having sidewalls for closely accepting the outer surface of a conduit desired to be bent utilizes a shoe comprised of a pair of platen half-sections wh...