Electrically actuated punch press

A compact, portable punch press comprising, in combination, a superposed positioned die set, a stroke-powering unit in supporting position beneath said die set, and connecting means for interconnecting said die set and stroke-powering unit together in a predetermined positional relation to each other;

• said die set comprising a first connecting plate having at least two locating and movement-guiding pins mounted in upstanding relation therefrom, an anvil having openings and disposed in an operative fixed relation adjacent said first connecting plate with said connecting plate pins projected through said anvil openings, a tool holder fixedly mounted adjacent the upper end of said pins in a clearance position from said anvil and in an operative fixed relation thereto as determined by said pins, and a movement-transmitting member connected in depending relation from said tool holder for urging said tool holder through descending and ascending movements along said pins during functional use of said die set;
• said stroke-powering unit comprising a base plate, and electrically operational solenoid coil and means mounting said coil in a fixed position on said base plate, and a second connecting plate mounted in covering relation over and in fixed positional relation to said solenoid coil;
• said connecting means comprising means located at the interface of said first and second connecting plates adapted to interconnect said plates together in a predetermined positional relation, whereby said depending movement-transmitting member is adapted to project within said solenoid coil for electrical reaction therewith due to the respective positional relationship of said depending member and said coil to said first and second connecting plates and said positional relation of said first and second connecting plates to each other.