Portable tube bender
A tube bender includes a bending tool and a bending base connected to the bending tool. The bending tool has an arched member. The bending base has a first plate, a second plate, a first block, and a second block. The first plate is separated from the second plate to form a bending space therebetween. The first and the second blocks are received in the bending space and pivoted on both the first plate and the second plate. A tube is adapted to be rested on the first and the second blocks while the arched member is able to be moved toward the tube to bend the tube. The first block and the second block are rotated automatically according to a curvature of the tube being bent.
1. A bending base of a tube bender, which is connected to a bending tool of the tube bender, comprising:
a first plate;
a second plate kept a predetermined distance from the first plate to form a bending space therebetween;
a first block, which has a first groove, received in the bending space and pivoted on the first plate and the second plate for free rotation; and
a second block, which has a second groove, received in the bending space and pivoted on the first plate and the second plate for free rotation;
wherein the first block and the second block are between the first plate and the second plate, and have opposite ends thereof pivoted on the first plate and the second plate respectively;
wherein the first plate and the second plate are two elongated plates; the second plate is provided with a first slot, and the bending tool is provided with a second slot; the bending base is connected to the bending tool with the first slot engaging the second slot.
2. The bending base of the tube bender of claim 1 , further comprising a positioning member inserted into the first plate and the bending tool at a position where the first slot engages the second slot to connect the bending base to the bending tool.