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US 4,726,273 AGranted
Combination press for die-sets
OwnerJohn P. Miceliinventor
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Abstract
A bench press for small die sets has a rack and pinion that can serve several purposes; as a manual-power drive, as an adjustable stop, when the bench press has a power drive, and as an index that adjustably fixes orientation of the top plate relative to the base. Choice of orientation permits work to be advanced to a die set carried by the bench press from any of four directions and similarly permits access to the handle of the pinion from left or right, front or back. The pinion and handle travel up and down with the upper plate of the bench press and the rack is stationary.
Claims10
A system of die set press having:
- a lower plate, and upper plate, means for moving the upper plate towards and away from the lower plate, including a plurality of guiding means connecting the lower plate with the upper plate, means for mounting respective portions of a die-set to the upper and lower plates characterized by:
- the means for moving including:
- a rack, means for connectng the rack with the lower plate and with the upper plate including means for affixing the rack at any of a plurality of orientations relative to the upper and lower plates, a hole in the upper plate with the rack slidably fitted therethrough and a pinion on the upper plate attached for moving up and down with the upper plate, and means for engaging the pinion with the rack at any of said plurality of orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.