Bar quenching machine

Claim 1

IN A QUENCHING MACHINE, A SUPPORT STRUCTURE INCLUDING CONTAINER MEANS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN QUENCHING LIQUID, MOVABLE FRAME MEANS HAVING WORK SUPPORT MEANS THEREON COMPRISING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPACED WORK SUPPORTS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT ROD-LIKE WORKPIECES IN A SERIES RELATION AND IN WORK POSITIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID ROWS, MOVEMENT CONFINING MEANS EFFECTIVE BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND FRAME MEANS AND PROVIDING FOR MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A TREATING POSITION IN WHICH SAID WORK SUPPORTS AND THE WORKPIECES THEREON ARE IMMERSED IN SAID LIQUID, ACTUATING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID FRAME MEANS FOR MOVING THE SAME TO SAID TREATING POSITION, TRANSFER MEANS ON SAID MOVABLE FRAME MEANS COMPRISING ARM MEANS ADJACENT SAID WORK SUPPORTS AND EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID ROWS, AND SUPPORTING AND ACTUATING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID ARM EMANS FOR CAUSING LIFTING MOVEMENT AND LATERAL TRANSLATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID MOVABLE FRAME MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID WORKPIECES FROM ONE TO ANOTHER OF SAID WORK SUPPORTS.