Extrusion press with multiple-station billet container unit

Claim 1

IN A METAL EXTRUSION PRESS, A MULTIPLE STATION BILLET CONTAINER UNIT COMPRISING A STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF BILLET CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN SEPARATE HOUSINGS AT LOCATIONS SPACED APART IN SAID STRUCTURE, GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED IN EACH HOUSING, SAID GUIDE MEANS EXTENDING IN DIRECTIONS PARALLEL TO THE EXTRUSION AXIS OF THE PRESS, A PLURALITY OF BILLET CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES ARRANGED ONE IN EACH SAID HOUSING, EACH CONTAINER ASSEMBLY BEING MOUNTED ON THE ASSOCIATED GUIDE MEANS AND BEING MOVABLE AXIALLY ALONG THE SAID GUIDE MEANS AND BEING MOUNTED ALSO FOR TRANSVERSE ADJUSTMENT WITHIN ITS HOUSING, SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE EXTRUSION AXIS OF THE PRESS SO THAT EACH CONTAINER ASSEMBLY CAN BE MOVED SUCCESSIVELY BETWEEN A FIRST STATION IN WHICH THE AXIS OF THE CONTAINER ASSEMBLY IS ALIGNED WITH THE EXTRUSION AXIS OF THE PRESS AND A SECOND STATION IN WHICH THE CONTAINER ASSEMBLY IS SPACED FROM THE EXTRUSION AXIS OF THE PRESS, A DIE AT SAID FIRST STATION, AND MEANS AT SAID FIRST STATION FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION WITH THE CONTAINER ASSEMBLY AT SAID STATION FOR MOVING SAID CONTAINER ASSEMBLY RELATIVE TO ITS HOUSING AGAINST AND AWAY FROM SAID DIE.