Patent ID: 6192733
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B30B,H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A press (10) for operating a tooling unit in the performance of a manufacturing operation, the press being adapted for attachment to a host machine having a frame (12), the press comprising:a platen (14) attached to said frame for receiving said tooling unit;a ram (110) coupled to said platen and arranged to undergo reciprocating movement in a first direction along a ram axis (138) toward said platen (14) a specific distance in two incremental amounts, and in a second opposite direction along said ram axis (138), thereby effecting said operation of said tooling unit;a first actuator (22) coupled to said ram (110) for effecting a first of said two incremental amounts of movement of said ram in said first direction;a second actuator (80) coupled to said ram (110) for effecting a second of said two incremental amounts of movement of said ram in said first direction; anda carriage (20) slidingly coupled to said platen (14) and arranged to undergo reciprocating motion with respect to said platen in said first and second directions, wherein said ram (110) is coupled to said platen by being slidingly coupled to and carried by said carriage (20) so that said ram (110) can undergo reciprocating motion with respect to said carriage (20) in said first and second directions.