Automatic punch press

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC PUNCH PRESS APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PUNCH MACHINES, A WORK HOLDER STRUCTURE EXTENDING THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A WORK PIECE, AN INTERMITTENTLY MOVABLE CONTROL TAPE MECHANICALLY INDEPENDENT OF SAID WORK PIECE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES POSITIONS SPACED ALONG SAID TAPE, A SENSING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TAPE FOR ENERGIZING RELAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A NUMBER NAND LOCATION OF THE APERTURES AT A GIVEN POSITION OF SAID CONTROL TAPE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TAPE SO AS TO ALIGN A FIRST APERTURED POSITION THEREOF WITH SAID SENSING MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATION OF CERTAIN RELAYS BY CERTAIN APERTURES AT THE FIRST APERTURED POSITION OF SAID TAPE FOR ADVANCING THE WORK PIECE ALONG THE WORK HOLDER STRUCTURE INDEXNG MEANS ACTUATED BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE WORK PIECE FOR LIMITING THE FORWAARD MOVEMENT OF THE WORK PIECE WITH RESPECT TO THE PUNCH MACHINES, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATION OF CERTAIN OTHER RELAYS BY CERTAIN OTHER APERTURES AT THE FIRST APERTURED POSITION OF SAID TAPE FOR POSITIONING THE PUNCH MACHINES WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK PIECE FOR PUNCHING THEREOF, INDEXING MEANS FOR CONNTROLLING THE POSITIONING OF THE PUNCH MACHINES WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK PIECES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED POSITION FOR THE HOLES TO BE PUNCHED, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE OPERATIONS CALLED FOR AT SAID FIRST POSITION OF SAID TAPE FOR ADVANCINGG SAID TAPE TO ITS NEXT POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SENSING MEANS.