Patent ID: 6886386

Claim:
An apparatus for press brake punch transfer comprising: (a) a carriage having lateral sides, and having longitudinal ends; (b) first conveying means operatively connected to the carriage, said means being adapted for facilitating lateral motion of the carriage; (c) a press brake punch support bed having lateral sides, and having longitudinal ends; (d) first bed mounting means interconnecting the press brake punch support bed and the carriage, said means comprising second conveying means adapted for facilitating vertical motion of the press brake punch support bed; (e) third conveying means adapted for facilitating longitudinal press brake punch movement, the press brake punch support bed comprising the third conveying means; (f) a plurality of stops defining, in combination with the press brake punch support bed, a press brake punch support channel, said channel having a lateral width, at least a first stop among the plurality of stops having a position with respect to said bed; and, (g) channel width adjusting means operatively connected to at least a first stop among the plurality of stops, said means being adapted for alternately increasing and decreasing the press brake punch support channel's lateral width, and for laterally displacing said at least first stop from said position.