Device for moving die tools and moulds in a press

A device for moving objects (4) to and from the table (2) of a press (1), said device (8) comprising a bag (10) located at the bottom (12) of an elongated slot (14) formed in an upper surface (16) of the table (2), a strip (18) located in the slot (14) on top of the bag (10), and an elongated bar (24) which is located in the slot (14) on top of the strip (18), the bar (24) being vertically movable, by means of inflating the bag (10), from a first position in which an upper surface (26) of the bar (24) is located below the upper surface (16) of the table (2) to a second position in which the upper surface (26) of the bar (24) is located above the upper surface (16) of the table (2) so as to lift an object (4) located on the table (2), the bar (24) being adapted to slide horizontally in its longitudinal direction on top of the strip (18), characterised in the bar (24) being provided with gear teeth (28), the device (8) further comprising a gear wheel (32) engaging the gear teeth (28) of the bar (24), a motor (38) being adapted to rotate the gear wheel (32) to move the bar (24) in the horizontal direction along the slot (14) when the bar (24) is in its second position and thus to horizontally move an object (4) resting on the upper surface (26) of the bar (24).