Patent ID: 6530467
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
A material transport device, comprising:a guide body; means for raising and lowering said guide body; a plurality of guide pieces affixed to a lower surface of said guide body; said guide pieces being substantially parallel, and being directed in a feed direction of said transport device; a first plurality of spaced-apart conveyor belts; said conveyor belts being controllable for movement in said feed direction; said conveyor belts including means for attracting and retaining said material; a second plurality of shuttle bars guided in said guide pieces; said second plurality being spaced to fit between said first plurality; each of said shuttle bars including at its extremity means for attaching to said material; said means for attaching being effective for disengaging said material from said conveyor belts as said guide body is lowered; and means for permitting said shuttle bars, with said material affixed thereto, to move in said feed direction to move said material to a press machine.