Tool attaching device for presses

A device for attaching a tool to a press, comprising:

• (1) means for withdrawingly holding a tool therein, the tool inserted therein in a first direction;
• (2) means, including a pressing member having an eccentric portion for preventing the tool when held in said holding means from slipping out of said holding means while in contact with the peripheral surface of the tool, pivotally mounted on said holding means and openly positioned for pivotal movement in a circumferential direction during insertion of the tool, for engaging the tool at said eccentric portion in biting contact therewith when the tool is held in said holding means, so as to exert a force thereon in a second direction opposite said first direction, said pressing member being provided with an unlocking lever including an elongated member;
• (3) spring means for elastically biasing said pressing member in said second direction;
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• (4) a fluid driven power pusher engagable with said elongated member for pivoting said unlocking lever in said circumferential direction against the bias of said spring means to pivot said pressing member to pivot said eccentric portion in said first direction so as to disengage said eccentric portion from the tool so that the tool can be withdrawn from said holder in said second direction;
• said elongated member being disengagable from said power pusher, whereby said pressing member can be pivoted in said circumferential direction by manually pivoting said elongated member to disengage said eccentric portion from the tool.