the channel application_number US 42307982 A description the wire forming machine of fig1 includes two identical or practically identical assemblies of parts 1a and 1b which are assembled of similar or identical components and whose operation is based on the same principle the assemblies 1a and 1b are disposed opposite one another in such a way that their wire bending or deforming tools face each other and are staggered relative to one another as considered in the vertical direction through distances corresponding to the length of prongs p fig3 a and 3b on the finished product dk i e through distances corresponding to that between the tip z of a prong p and the nearest webs a the sectional view of fig2 is taken through the assembly 1a in a composite plane which extends in part horizontally and includes an axis 2a denoted by a phantom line and in part vertically to include an axis 3a also indicated by a phantom line the outlines or cross sectional configurations of wire bending or deforming tools in the form of pins ia iia iiia iva and ib iib iiib ivb can be seen in fig3 a to 3h those pins which are shown in solid black assume their operative positions in which they extend into a forming channel k note fig2 disposed between the assemblies 1a and 1b those pins which are shown only by their outlines are held out of the operative positions i e they do not extend into the forming channel k the pins ia to iva are configurated to shape the webs a whereas the pins ib to ivb are configurated to shape the tips.