Patent ID: 7219525

Claim:
A work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or between presses, said work transfer apparatus comprising: at least one pair of lift beams which are provided in parallel with a work transfer direction and movable up and down, and which include a first lift beam provided on a left side of the work transfer direction and a second lift beam provided on a right side of the work transfer direction; at least one pair of carriers which are provided at each of the at least one pair of lift beams, and which are movable along a longitudinal direction of the at least one pair of lift beams; a pair of guides provided on at least one of the at least one pair of carriers; a pair of sub-carriers which are provided along the pair of guides, and which are movable in a carrier moving direction; at least one linear motor which moves the pair of sub-carriers in the carrier moving direction; and a cross bar which is laterally spanned between each pair of sub-carriers, and which is provided with a work holding unit for holding the work; wherein the pair of guides protrude from end portions of the pair of lift beams in the carrier moving direction, when the pair of carriers are moved up to substantially the end portions of the pair of lift beams in the longitudinal direction of the pair of lift beams.