Press device having means to enable ram and bolster to be removed as a unit

Claim 1

In a press device having an upstanding main frame: a support member detachably disposed on a lower portion of the main frame; a plate member disposed at a middle portion of the main frame and having a plurality of openings extending therethrough; securing members detachably securing the plate member to the middle portion of the main frame; a plurality of upstanding struts connected at their bottom ends to the support member and at their top ends to the plate member; a ram mounted to undergo reciprocal sliding movement along the struts and coacting with the support member for performing a work-pressing operation during use of the press device; a plurality of connecting members slidably extending through respective ones of the plate member openings and having their lower ends connected to the ram; a turnable crank shaft turnably mounted on an upper portion of the main frame; and means detachably connected to the upper ends of the connecting members for converting the turning movement of the crank shaft into linear movement of the connecting members to thereby raise and lower the ram; whereby the plate member, connecting members, ram, support member and struts can all be detached from the main frame and removed therefrom as a single unit.