Continuous press

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS PRESS OF THE CHARACTER REFERRED TO, INCLUDING AN ELONGATE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FRAME HAVING FRONT REAR ENDS, AN ELONGATE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FEED ROLLER ROTATABLE SUPPORTED AT THE REAR END OF THE FRAME AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, AN ELONGATE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RETURN ROLLER ROTATABLY SUPPORTED AT THE FORWARD END OF THE FRAME AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, AN ENDLESS CLAMP CHAIN ENGAGED ABOUT AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE ROLLERS TO DEFINE A LOWER PORTION OF THE CHAIN AND AN UPPER WORK SUPPORTING PORTIONOF THE CHAIN MEANS ROTATING ONE OF SAID ROLLERS CONTINUOUSLY IN ONE DIRECTION WHEREBY THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHAIN IS MOVED LONGITUDINALLY FORWARD OF THE FRAME, HORIZONTAL TRACKS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FRAME BETWEEN THE ROLLERS TO SUPPORT THE CHAIN, SAID CLAMP CHAIN INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LIKE ELONGATE C CLAMPS ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELTAIONSHIP AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSE THE AXIS OF THE FRAME, EACH C CLAMP HAVING AN ELONGATE, HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED WORK SUPPORTING BEAM, OUTWARDLY PROJECTING HEADS AT THE ENDS OF THE BEAM TO OCCUR AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF WORK SUPPORTED BY THE BEAM, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND RAM UNIT CARRIED BY ONE HEAD AND OPERABLE TO URGE WORK INTO CLAMPED ENGAGEMENT AGAINST THE OTHER HEAD, HINGE MEANS FIXED TO AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTING ADJACENT CLAMP MEMBERS IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP, SUPPORT ROLLERS ON THE CHAIN AND ENGAGING THE TRACKS, FLUID PRESSURE SUPPLY MEANS CARRIED BY THE CLAMP CHAIN AND VALVING MEANS CARRIED BY THE CLAMP CHAIN AND RELATED TO THE FLUID SUPPLY MEANS AND THE RAM UNITS AND OPERABLE TO SHIFT THE RAMS LATERALLY INWARDLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH WORK SUPPORTED BY THE CHAIN WHEN THEY DISENGAGE THE FEED ROLLER AND OCCUR AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHAIN, TO NEXT SHIFT THE RAMS OUT OF AND BACK INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH WORK AS WORK IS ADVANCED INTO ENGAGEMENT IN THE PRESS AND TO THEN SHIFT THE RAMS LATERALLY OUTWARDLY WHEN THEY OCCUR ADJACENT THE FORWARD RETURN ROLLER, SAID VALVING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PROJECTIONS ON THE FRAME ADJACENT THE CHAIN AND OPERATING LEVERS PROJECTING FROM THE CHAIN TO ENGAGE THE PROJECTIONS AS THE CHAIN MOVES LONGITUDINALLY.