Patent ID: 7220222
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: B29C,B30B,B62B,B66F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cart for transporting dies having at least one metallic component and for transferring the dies to or from a die press, said cart comprising: a cart frame having one or more wheels for allowing the cart frame to move adjacent to or away from the die press; a support surface connected to the cart frame and structured to support the weight of at least one die; a control assembly; a transfer mechanism comprising at least one arm, the transfer mechanism connected to the cart frame and structured to move a die to or from the die press when the transfer mechanism is engaged with the die; and an electromagnet cantilevered from the arm and operatively connected to the transfer mechanism and the control assembly and capable of selectively magnetically engaging a metallic component of a die in response to the control assembly, such that the die can be transferred from or to the support surface relative to the die press.