Multi-plate hot press

Claim 1

IN A PRESS SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PLATE-SHAPED WORK PIECES OF WOOD, SYNTHETIC MATERIAL, FIBER MATERIAL, AND OTHER COMPRESSIBLE SUBSTANCES; A PAIR OF PRESSES HAVING MULTIPLE PRESSING PLATES ARRANGED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, SAID PRESSES BEING IN ALIGNMENT AND THE REPECTIVE PLATES THEREOF BEING AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME RESPECTIVE LEVELS WHEN THE PRESSES ARE OPEN, FIRST CONVEYING MEANS ARRANGED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID PRESSES ON THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE THE OTHER PRESS AND OPERABLE TO FEED SUPPORTING PLATES WITH MATERIAL TO BE PRESSED BETWEEN THE SAID PRESSING PLATES OF SAID ONE PRESS WHEN THE PRESS IS OPEN, SAID PRESSING PLATES OF BOTH PRESSES BEING MOVABLE TOWARD EACH OTHER FOR PRESSING SAID MATERIAL ON THE SUPPORTING PLATES THEREIN, SECOND CONVEYOR MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PRESSES AND INCLUDING FIRST MOVING MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE ENDS OF THE SUPPORT PLATES IN SAID ONE PRESS ALL AT ONE TIME AND OPERABLE TO DRAW THE SUPPORT PLATES FROM BETWEEN THE PRESSING PLATES OF SAID ONE PRESS, SAID SECOND CONVEYOR MEANS ALSO INCLUDING MEANS FOR MOVABLY SUPPORTING EACH SUPPORT PLATE FOR MOVEMENT IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION FROM SAID ONE PRESS TOWARD THE OTHER PRESS AND FURTHER INCLUDING SECOND MOVING MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SUPPORT PLATES ALL AT ONE TIME AND OPERABLE TO PUSH THE SUPPORT PLATES INTO SAID OTHER PRESS BETWEEN THE PRESSING PLATES THEREOF, AND ADDITIONAL CONVEYOR MEANS ON THE SIDE OF SAID OTHER PRESS OPPOSITE SAID ONE PRESS FOR WITHDRAWING THE SUPPORT PLATES FROM BETWEEN THE PRESSING PLATES OF SAID OTHER PRESS.