Apparatus for transferring formed articles between presses

Claim 2

Apparatus for transferring press formed articles between spaced presses comprising laterally spaced generally horizontally extending transfer rails arranged to support the formed articles between adjacent presses, an unloading carrier disposed between said transfer rails, means associated with said unloading carrier for imparting to said unloading carrier a cyclic rectangular motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion between said transfer rails where the lifting and lowering takes place in a direction transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating action takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a loading carrier disposed between said transfer rails and spaced in the direction of said transfer rails from said unloading carrier, means associated with said loading carrier for imparting to said loading carrier a cyclic motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion where the lifting and lowering motion takes place transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating motion takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a fork secured to said unloading carrier and extending in the direction of said rails for removing an article from an adjacent press, another fork secured to said loading carrier and extending in the direction of said transfer rails for inserting an article into the next adjacent press, said another fork extending from said loading carrier in the opposite direction relative to the direction of said fork secured to and extending from said unloading carrier, and an operating mechanism operatively connected to both said means associated with said unloading carrier and said means associated with said loading carrier for synchronizing the lifting and lowering motions of said carriers so that an article is removed by said unloading carrier from the adjacent press as it performs its cyclic rectangular motion and after the article is transferred along said transfer rails it is inserted into the next adjacent press by said another fork by means of the cyclic rectangular motion of said loading carrier.

Claim 3

Apparatus for transferring press formed articles between spaced presses comprising laterally spaced generally horizontally extending transfer rails arranged to support the formed articles between adjacent presses, an unloading carrier disposed between said transfer rails, means associated with said unloading carrier for imparting to said unloading carrier a cyclic rectangular motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion between said transfer rails where the lifting and lowering takes place in a direction transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating action takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a loading carrier disposed between said transfer rails and spaced in the direction of said transfer rails from said unloading carrier, means associated with said loading carrier for imparting to said loading carrier a cyclic motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion where the lifting and lowering motion takes place transverse to the plane of said Transfer rails and the advancing and retreating motion takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a fork secured to said unloading carrier and extending in the direction of said rails for removing an article from an adjacent press, another fork secured to said loading carrier and extending in the direction of said transfer rails for inserting an article into the next adjacent press, said another fork extending from said loading carrier in the opposite direction relative to the direction of said fork secured to and extending from said unloading carrier, an operating mechanism operatively connected to both said means associated with said unloading carrier and said means associated with said loading carrier for synchronizing the lifting and lowering motions of said carriers, and engaging members provided on said loading carrier for transferring articles along said rails removed by said unloading carrier from the press adjacent thereto, so that an article is removed by said unloading carrier from the adjacent press as it performs its cyclic rectangular motion and after the article is transferred along said transfer rails it is inserted into the next adjacent press by said another fork by means of the cyclic rectangular motion of said loading carrier.

Claim 4

Apparatus for transferring press formed articles between spaced presses comprising laterally spaced generally horizontally extending transfer rails arranged to support the formed articles between adjacent presses, an unloading carrier disposed between said transfer rails, means associated with said unloading carrier for imparting to said unloading carrier a cyclic rectangular motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion between said transfer rails where the lifting and lowering takes place in a direction transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating action takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a loading carrier disposed between said transfer rails and spaced in the direction of said transfer rails from said unloading carrier, means associated with said loading carrier for imparting to said loading carrier a cyclic motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion where the lifting and lowering motion takes place transverse to the plane of said Transfer rails and the advancing and retreating motion takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a fork secured to said unloading carrier and extending in the direction of said rails for removing an article from an adjacent press, another fork secured to said loading carrier and extending in the direction of said transfer rails for inserting an article into the next adjacent press, said another fork extending from said loading carrier in the opposite direction relative to the direction of said fork secured to and extending from said unloading carrier, an operating mechanism operatively connected to both said means associated with said unloading carrier and said means associated with said loading carrier for synchronizing the lifting and lowering motions of said carriers, and engaging members provided on said loading carrier for transferring articles along said rails removed by said unloading carrier from the press adjacent thereto, so that an article is removed by said unloading carrier from the adjacent press as it performs its cyclic rectangular motion and after the article is transferred along said transfer rails it is inserted into the next adjacent press by said another fork by means of the cyclic rectangular motion of said loading carrier.

Claim 5

Apparatus for transferring press formed articles between spaced presses comprising laterally spaced generally horizontally extending transfer rails arranged to support the formed articles between adjacent presses, an unloading carrier disposed between said transfer rails, means associated with said unloading carrier for imparting to said unloading carrier a cyclic rectangular motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion between said transfer rails where the lifting and lowering takes place in a direction transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating action takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a loading carrier disposed between said transfer rails and spaced in the direction of said transfer rails from said unloading carrier, means associated with said loading carrier for imparting to said loading carrier a cyclic motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion where the lifting and lowering motion takes place transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating motion takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a fork secured to said unloading carrier and extending in the direction of said rails for removing an article from an adjacent press, another fork secured to said loading carrier and extending in the direction of said transfer rails for inserting an article into the next adjacent press, said another fork extending from said loading carrier in the opposite direction relative to the direction of said fork secured to and extending from said unloading carrier, an operating mechanism operatively connected to both said means associated with said unloading carrier and said means associated with said loading carrier for synchronizing the lifting and lowering motions of said carriers, engaging members provided on said loading carrier for transferring articles along said rails removed by said unloading carrier from the press adjacent thereto, and another operating mechanism for intermittently feeding the formed article by means of the engaging members in accordance with the cyclical rectangular motion of said loading carrier, so that an article is removed by said unloading carrier from the adjacent press as it performs its cyclic rectangular motion and after the article is transferred along said transfer rails it is inserted into the next adjacent press by said another fork by means of the cyclic rectangular motion of said loading carrier.

Claim 6

Apparatus for transferring press formed articles between spaced presses comprising laterally spaced generally horizontally extending transfer rails arranged to support the formed articles between adjacent presses, an unloading carrier disposed between said transfer rails, means associated with said unloading carrier for imparting to said unloading carrier a cyclic rectangular motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion between said transfer rails where the lifting and lowering takes place in a direction transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating action takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a loading carrier disposed between said transfer rails and spaced in the direction of said transfer rails from said unloading carrier, means associated with said loading carrier for imparting to said loading carrier a cyclic motion consisting of a lifting, an advancing, a lowering and a retreating motion where the lifting and lowering motion takes place transverse to the plane of said transfer rails and the advancing and retreating motion takes place in the direction of said transfer rails, a fork secured to said unloading carrier and extending in the direction of said rails for removing an article from an adjacent press, another fork secured to said loading carrier and extending in the direction of said transfer rails for inserting an article into the next adjacent press, said another fork extending from said loading carrier in the opposite direction relative to the direction of said fork secured to and extending from said unloading carrier, an operating mechanism operatively connected to both said means associated with said unloading carrier and said means associated with said loading carrier for synchronizing the lifting and lowering motions of said carriers, engaging members provided on said loading carrier for transferring articles along said rails removed by said unloading carrier from the press adjacent thereto, and another operating mechanism for intermittently feeding the formed article by means of the engaging members in accordance with the cyclical rectangular motion of said loading carrier, so that an article is removed by said unloading carrier from the adjacent press as it performs its cyclic rectangular motion and after the article is transferred along said transfer rails it is inserted into the next adjacent press by said another fork by means of the cyclic rectangular motion of said loading carrier.