Hydraulic presses

Claim 1

A PRESS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION, A FIXED FRAME, TWO FORKED MEMBERS EACH HAVING A BIFURRCATED SECTION STRADDLING SAID FRAME WITH ELEMENTS OF SAID SECTION DISPOSED ADJAC ENT TO VERTICAL SIDES OF SAID FRAME, SAID MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, MEANS GUIDING ONE OF SAID MEMBERS FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT ONLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, TWO PAIRS OF TOGGLE LINKS, EACH OF SAID PAIRS COMPRISING TWO LINKS AND A HORIZONTAL PIVOT FOR CONNECTING THEM TOGETHER, ONE OF SAID PAIRS HAVING ITS UPPER LINK PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS AND ITS LOWER LINK PIVOTED TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, THE OTHER OF SAID PAIRS HAVING ITS UPPER LINK PIVOTED TO SAID FRAME ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS AND ITS LOWER LINK PIVOTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS SO THAT THE LINKS OF ONE PAIR ARE PARALLEL TO THE CORRESPONDING LINKS OF THE OTHER PAIR, RESPECTIVELY, SAID MEMBERS BEING LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID AXES AND SAID TOGGLE LINKS BEING LOCATED IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME VERTICAL PLANE, A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PIVOTS, A PLATE HAVING ITS ENDS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID MEMBERS SO AS TO BE MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME BY SIMULTANEOUS DISPLACEMENTS OF SAID MEMBERS, A HYDRAULIC RAM INCLUDING A PISTON AND CYLINDER MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, SAID PISTON BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE PIVOTS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION BY WHICH SAID PAIRS OF TOGGLE LINKS ARE EXPANDED TO MOVE SAID PLATE TOWARD SAID FRAME, AND MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTING IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EACH END OF SAID PLATE AND THE CORRESPONDING MEMBER FOR VARYING THE INCLINATION OF SAID PLATE.