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US 4,240,342 AGranted
Frame structure for a press assembly
AssigneeRexnord Inc.
InventorPhilip T. Delmer
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Abstract
A press assembly having an improved frame including a crown, bed, cylinder, and ram assembly tied together by tie rods and compression members in which a platen assembly secured to the ram assembly guides directly on the inward facing surface portions of the tie rods. Associated compression members juxtaposed around the outward facing surface portions of the tie rods provided stability to the whole press assembly and form part of an enclosure about the press assembly.
Claims8
Assembly for high pressure compacting comprising:
- (a) a frame structure having a pair of resistance members spaced apart from each other, a plurality of tying members each under a predetermined stress in tension and a plurality of members associated with said tying members each under a predetermined compressive load, said tying and associated compression members securing said resistance members in the spaced apart relationship;
- (b) a force means comprising a movable platen located on a central vertical axis of the assembly between said tying members and guided on the inner facing surface of the tying members;
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- (c) means connected to one of said resistance members for moving said platen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.