Plural-slide transfer pressing apparatus

Claim 2

A plural-slide transfer pressing apparatus comprising at least two single action presses, each said press comprises a frame including a crown, uprights, and a bed, a slide arranged to move up and down in each said frame, said frames are arranged in side-by-side relationship and said bed portions thereof are firmly connected together, a transmitting shaft provided on said crown of each said press, means including flexible couplings arranged for interconnecting said transmitting shafts, a main gear provided in said crown of each said press, a drive system in each said press in engagement with said transmitting gear and said main gear therein for driving said main gear from said transmitting gear, a clutch and a brake arranged to control said transmitting gear, transfer bars extending across both of said presses, a cam, means for rotating said cam from said main gear of one of said presses, and a crank mechanism interconnecting said cam and said transfer bars for driving said transfer bars.

Claim 3

A plural-slide transfer pressing apparatus comprising at least two single action presses, each said press comprises a frame including a crown, uprights, and a bed, a slide arranged to move up and down in each said frame, said frames are arranged in side-by-side relationship and said bed portions thereof are firmly connected together, a transmitting shaft provided on said crown of each said press, means including flexible couplings arranged for interconnecting said transmitting shafts, a main gear provided in said crown of each said press, a drive system in each said press in engagement with said transmitting gear and said main gear therein for driving said main gear from said transmitting gear, a clutch and a brake arranged to control said transmitting gear, transfer bars extending across both of said presses, a cam, means for rotating said cam from said main gear of one of said presses, a crank mechanism interconnecting said cam and said transfer baRs for driving said transfer bars, each said bed of said frames having a side frame portion, each said side frame portion including an upwardly extending inner plate portion and an upwardly extending outer plate portion disposed in spaced relation and a plurality of connecting bolts extending through said inner and outer plate portions of said side frames for fixing said presses together.

Claim 4

A plural-slide transfer pressing apparatus comprising at least two single action presses, each said press comprises a frame including a crown, uprights, and a bed, a slide arranged to move up and down in each said frame, said frames are arranged in side-by-side relationship and said bed portions thereof are firmly connected together, a transmitting shaft provided on said crown of each said press, means including flexible couplings arranged for interconnecting said transmitting shafts, a main gear provided in said crown of each said press, a drive system in each said press in engagement with said transmitting gear and said main gear therein for driving said main gear from said transmitting gear, a clutch and a brake arranged to control said transmitting gear, transfer bars extending across both of said presses, a cam, means for rotating said cam from said main gear of one of said presses, a crank mechanism interconnecting said cam and said transfer baRs for driving said transfer bars, each said bed of said frames having a side frame portion, each said side frame portion including an upwardly extending inner plate portion and an upwardly extending outer plate portion disposed in spaced relation and a plurality of connecting bolts extending through said inner and outer plate portions of said side frames for fixing said presses together.