Press transfer mechanism

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES FROM PRESS DIES AND THE LIKE, HAVING IN COMBINATION A CLAMPING DEVICE FOR GRASPING AN ARTICLE COMPRISING A FIXED LOWER JAW AND AN UPPER JAW PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER JAW, AXIALLY SLIDABLE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER JAW TO EFFECTUATE GRASPING AND RELEASING OF SAID ARTICLE, A TELESCOPICALLY EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE LEVER INCLUDING AN EXTENDING PORTION OPERATIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID CLAMPING DEVICE AND A NON-EXTENDING PORTION, A PISTON AND CYLINDER TYPE FLUID MOTOR CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER TO EXTEND AND RETRACT THE SAME, A BED FOR THE NON-EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID LOWER, MOUNTING MEMBERS ON WHICH SAID BED IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED, A PISTON AND CYLINDER TYPE FLUID MOTOR LOCATED ON SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS AND CAPABLE OF VERTICALLY OSCILLATING SAID BED AROUND SAID PIVOTAL MOUNTS THUS IMPARTING A VERTICAL MOVEMENT TO SAID LEVER AND CLAMPING DEVICE, AND A STATIONARY ROTARY-TYPE FLUID MOTOR FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS AND CAPABLE OF ROTATING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IN AN ARCUATE PATH.