Tool pack for forming metallic containers
AssigneeVermont Marble Company
InventorMichael F. Bartenstein
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Abstract
The tool pack is designed for mounting on a metal drawing machine or press, and includes a frame having a mounting slot for holding a cartridge that carrys a drawing die, the mounting slot having a right angle corner formed therein against which the cartridge is seated and removably secured by hydraulic clamping apparatus, whereby precise positioning of the cartridge is assured. The cartridge includes screw actuated fluid adjusters for precisely positioning the die in two directions, to secure accurate alignment. Mounted rearwardly of the cartridge is a stripper assembly including radially movable, pivoted jaws that are hydraulically extended and retracted to provide stripping action.
Claims12
A tool pack for mounting forming dies in a metal drawing machine, said machine including at least one ram, and said tool pack comprising:
- a mounting frame mountable on said drawing machine in general alignment with said ram, said mounting frame including at least one mounting slot open at the top and along at least a portion of its outer side, and having a bottom wall and an inner side wall arranged at right angles to each other in order to form a seat;
- a cartridge having means therein for mounting a forming die, said cartridge being rectangular in shape and including a bottom wall, a top wall and side walls arranged at right angles to each other, said cartridge being receivable within said mounting slot with one corner thereof engaged on said seat;
- and hydraulic clamping means arranged to engage the corner of said rectangular cartridge opposite the corner engaged with said seat, operable to firmly secure said cartridge within said mounting slot.
In a tool pack, a cartridge for carrying a forming die, said cartridge comprising:
- a tray having a rectangular recess therein;
- a rectangular location block received and secured within said rectangular recess, and having a rectangular central opening therein;
- a rectangular mounting block received within said rectangular central opening of said location block, and of smaller dimensions than said opening, said forming die being carried by said mounting block;
- resilient button means mounted on two adjacent sides of said rectangular central opening, effective to bias said mounting block toward the other two sides of said opening;
- and screw actuated means on said other two sides of said rectangular central opening, operable to move said mounting block against the force of said resilient button means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.