Transfer mechanism for header machines

Claim 1

A HEADER HAVING A FRAME, A DIE BED THEREON, TRANSFER MECHANISM INCLUDING A HOLDER MEMBER AND WORKPIECE-GRIPPING MEANS ON SAID HOLDER MEMBER MOUNTED ADJACENT THE DIE BED FOR TRANSFERRING A WORKPIECE OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH FORMED FROM ROD OR WIRE STOCK FROM A FIRST DIE TO A SECOND DIE, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MECHANISM IN A PLANE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE FACE OF THE DIE BED TO EFFECT SUCH TRANSFER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM AWAY FROM AND TOWARD THE FACE OF THE DIE BED IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FACE WHEREBY THE WORKPIECE WILL FIRST BE MOVED OUTWARDLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE UNTIL THE INNER END THEREOF IS CLEAR OF THE FACE OF SAID FIRST DIE AND SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE MOVED IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND SECURELY INSERTED BY SAID GRIPPING MEANS INTO A CAVITY IN SAID SECOND DIE, AND DRIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID MEANS FOR ACTUATING AND FOR MOVING SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM TO THE MAIN DRIVE MEANS OF SAID HEADER WHEREBY SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM WILL BE DRIVEN BY SAID MAIN DRIVE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM WITH OTHER MECHANISM OF SAID HEADER.