Tool mount for automated manufacturing lines

A transfer press tool mount comprising:

• a bayonet having a front end in which an opening is defined for selectively receiving a boom, said boom adapted to support one or more tools that are used to manipulate items being pressed by said transfer press, said boom adapted to support said tools in front of said bayonet;
• a receiver having a forward end and a back end, said receiver defining a channel for selectively receiving said bayonet, said receiver including at least one wall which prevents said bayonet from being inserted into said forward end of said channel such that said front of said bayonet must be inserted into said back end of said channel in order to secure said bayonet to said receiver, whereby said bayonet is moved toward said back end of said receiver when said bayonet is to be removed from said receiver;
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• a lock attached to one of said bayonet and receiver, said lock movable between an unlocking position in which said bayonet can be removed from said receiver and a locking position in which said bayonet cannot be removed from said receiver.

A transfer press tool mount comprising:

• a bayonet having an opening for selectively receiving a boom;
• a receiver having at least two spaced sidewalls and a bottom plate, said bottom plate having a top surface that generally defines a plane, said spaced sidewalls and bottom plate defining in combination a channel for selectively receiving said bayonet;
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• a lock attached to said receiver, said lock selectively preventing said bayonet from being removed from said receiver, said lock including a latch attached to a shaft such that said latch selectively extends into the channel from the bottom plate when the shaft is rotated, said shaft being located underneath said plane and having a longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to said plane.