Method and apparatus for forming and reforming operations

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING, FORMING AND REFORMING OPERATIONS COMPRISING A SUPPORTING SURFACE, AN OVERHEAD HOIST STRUCTURE COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RAILS, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED MOVABLE BEAMS, EACH BEAM INCLUDING SPACED WHEELED CARRIAGES OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON THE AFORESAID LATERALLY SPACED RAILS, SAID OVERHEAD HOIST STRUCTURE ADAPTED FOR OPERATIVELY MOUNTING AN OVERHEAD TRAVELING ELEVATING HOIST STRUCTURE FOR EACH BEAM AND INCLUDING WHEELED CONNECTIONS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED AND MOVABLE UPON EACH MOVABLE BEAM AND ALSO INCLUDING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE OBJECT ENGAGEABLE HOIST ELEMENT, EACH OF SAID OBJECT ENGAGEABLE HOIST ELEMENTS FOR EACH TRAVELING HOIST STRUCTURE MOVABLE IN LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS IN A PLANE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, THE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT OF SAID TRAVELING ELEVATING HOIST STRUCTURE SUBSTANTIALLY DEFINING THE HORIZONTAL EXTENT AND THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HOIST ELEMENT DEFINING THE VERTICAL EXTENT OF A CUBICLE WORK AREA, ANCHOR MEANS DISPOSED ON THE SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND TIE ELEMENTS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE HOIST ELEMENT AND THE OBJECT TO BE OPERATED UPON AND TO SELECTED ANCHOR MEANS, AND SAID ANCHOR MEANS COMPRISING CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS INCLUDING RADIALLY DIRECTED OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES ADAPTED TO OVERLIE AND THEREBY ANCHOR TIE MEMBERS ENGAGED THEREWITH.