Hydraulic forging press

Claim 1

IN A HYDRAULIC FORGING PRESS, A FLOOR-SUPPORTED TRAVERSE; A BOX-SHAPED ONE-PIECE FRAME DISPOSED IN A VERTICAL PLANE AND COMPRISING SPACED UPPER AND LOWER CROSSHEADS AND TWO SPACED COLUMNS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID CROSSHEADS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TRAVERSE, THE CROSS-SECTION OF EACH OF SAID COLUMNS RESEMBLING A RECTANGLE BOUNDED BY PAIRS OF LONGER AND SHORTER SIDES AND ONE PAIR OF SAID SIDES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID VERTICAL PLANE, THE WIDTH OF SAID TRAVERSE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID COLUMNS AND SAID TRAVERSE COMPRISING A PAIR OF INTEGRAL FIRST GUIDE MEMBERS EACH ADJACENT TO ONE OF SAID COLUMNS; A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED SECOND GUIDE MEMBER ADJACENT TO EACH OF SAID FIRST GUIDE MEMBERS AND DEFINING THEREWITH A VERTICAL CHANNEL FOR THE RESPECTIVE COLUMN; FASTENER MEANS SECURING SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBERS TO THE RESPECTIVE FIRST GUIDE MEMBERS; AND RECIPROCATING MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDER AND PISTON UNIT OPERATING BETWEEN SAID TRAVERSE AND ONE OF SAID CROSSHEADS FOR MOVING THE FRAME WITH REFERENCE TO SAID TRAVERSE WHEREBY SAID COLUMNS SLIDE IN THE RESPECTIVE CHANNELS.