Patent ID: 7032428

Claim:
A feeding unit for a transfer press comprising: a feed box body one end of which is attached to side faces of uprights and extending longitudinally therefrom to terminate at a distance L; feed driving means having servo motors disposed within the feed box body and pinions rotatively driven by the servo motors; feed racks supported by the feed box body so as to be movable in a feeding direction and meshing with the pinions respectively, each feed rack having an upstream end disposed adjacent the uprights and an opposite downstream end; feed carriers integrally attached to the feed racks respectively; and feed bars coupled to the feed carriers respectively so as to be movable at least either in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the feeding direction or in a vertical direction, wherein said feed driving means is positioned in the vicinity of the uprights in the feeding direction with respect to the feed carriers positioned at a stroke end on the side opposite to a press body and wherein the downstream ends of the feed racks are positioned interiorly of the distance L when the feed carriers are positioned at the stroke end.