Parts handling device for press

A parts handling system for off-loading and stacking parts having a central aperture being output from a stamping press, comprising:

• a slide having a curved surface to be received through the aperture of the parts and extending in sloping fashion with its upper end being positioned at the press and its lower end at a location for unloading accumulated parts;
• a frame having first, second, and third clamp assemblies mounted thereon said clamp assemblies being placed in close proximity to said slide;
• first, second, and third mounting elements attached to and beneath said curved surface of said slide in spaced relationship from one another in alignment with the clamp assemblies and which are held by the clamp assemblies when the clamp assemblies are in a closed position such that when only two of the clamp assemblies are closed, the slide is supported in a sloped position;
• and
• a control system opening and closing the first, second and third clamp assemblies in a sequence that causes the parts to accumulate in front of either the first, second, or third clamp assemblies.