Adjusting device for slide driven lift out actuators
AssigneeGulf & Western Manufacturing Company
InventorsDonald Leroy Glecker, John F. Roth, Peter N. Bosch
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Abstract
The bed of a press is provided with a workpiece ejecting mechanism including actuating rods attached to the press slide for displacement therewith to actuate the lift out mechanism. The press slide is provided with a motor driven shut height adjusting mechanism, and the actuating rods of the ejecting mechanism are interengaged with the slide by means of corresponding adjusting mechanisms which are driven by and in synchronism with the shut height adjusting mechanism.
Claims15
In a press having a frame, slide means mounted on said frame for reciprocation toward and away from a bed on said frame to form a workpiece between tooling means on said bed and slide means, drive means for reciprocating said slide means, shut height adjusting means connecting said drive means to said slide means for adjusting the shut height of said slide means relative to said bed, workpiece ejecting means in one of said bed and slide means to eject a workpiece formed between said tooling means, and actuator means interconnecting the other of said bed and slide means with said ejecting means and having a given positional relationship with respect to said ejecting means to actuate said ejecting means in response to reciprocating of said slide means, the improvement comprising:
- actuator adjusting means for said actuator means, and means to drive said actuator adjusting means and said shut height adjusting means to change said shut height and to maintain said given positional relationship between said actuator means and said ejecting means.
In a press having a frame, slide means mounted on said frame for reciprocation toward and away from a bed on said frame to form a workpiece between tooling means on said bed and slide means, drive means for reciprocating said slide means, shut height adjusting means connecting said slide means to said drive means for adjusting the shut height of said slide means relative to said bed, means to drive said shut height adjusting means, workpiece ejecting means supported by said bed to eject a workpiece formed between said tooling means, and actuator means carried by said slide means for reciprocation therewith and including means having a given positional relationship with respect to said ejecting means to actuate said ejecting means in response to reciprocation of said slide means, the improvement comprising:
- driven actuator adjusting means connecting said actuator means to said slide means for movement therewith, and means coupling said actuator adjusting means with said means to drive said shut height adjusting means for said shut height and actuator adjusting means to be driven simultaneously to adjust said shut height and to maintain said given positional relationship in response to adjustment of said shut height.
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