Patent ID: 7578223

Claim:
A die adaptor system for use in a press machine comprising: a lower adaptor including a lower forming plate and a lower binder plate, said lower forming plate including a raised upwardly facing contact surface, wherein said lower binder plate circumscribes said raised upwardly facing contact surface; an upper adaptor including an upper forming plate including a raised downwardly facing contact surface; a tool package formed by said upper adaptor and said lower adaptor, wherein said tool package can be interchanged with a different tool package; a lower shoe detail including a lower die shoe forming a base of said lower shoe detail, wherein said lower die shoe has an upper surface configured to receive said lower adaptor as a part of said lower shoe detail, and said upper surface has a punch adaptor that rests on the upper surface of said lower die shoe and extends upward from said upper surface; a lower binder holder that extends across a lower die shoe, wherein said lower binder holder includes an aperture that circumscribes said upper portion of said punch adaptor to form a recess for receiving said lower adaptor, wherein said lower binder plate functions to size the lower adaptor to fit within said aperture of said lower binder holder; and an upper shoe detail having an upper die shoe forming a base of said upper shoe detail, wherein said upper shoe detail has a lower surface configured to receive said upper adaptor as part of said upper shoe detail.