Automatic spring compressing machine

An automatic spring compressing machine comprising, in combination, a frame, an elongated spring compression chamber defined upon said frame having an upper entrance opening and a lower egress opening, an elongated axially movable plunger mounted on said frame within said chamber adapted to compress a spring therein, plunger operating means mounted upon said frame, a spring load plate mounted on said frame above said compression chamber movable between spring load and transfer positions, spring load plate operating means mounted upon said frame, said spring load plate having an elongated spring receiving slot defined therein aligning with said chamber upper entrance opening at said spring load position to permit a spring to drop from said slot into said chamber and a lower side extending over said chamber at said transfer position to confine a spring within said chamber during compression, a release plate mounted upon said frame below said compression chamber movable between spring retaining and spring release positions, release plate operating means mounted upon said frame, said release plate having an upper side aligning with said chamber egress opening at said spring retaining position to confine a spring in said chamber during compression and said release plate misaligning with said egress opening at said spring release position permitting a spring to drop from said chamber.