Patent ID: 7343853

Claim:
A multiplaten press for pressing flat workpieces, the press comprising: a row of spaced apart press frames each formed with a cast-iron head piece formed with a pocket-like receiving slit, a cast-iron foot piece formed with a pocket-like receiving slit, and a pair of tensionable lateral uprights between the head piece and the foot piece, each of the uprights having a hammerhead element at an upper end overlying a horizontal support surface of the head piece and a hammerhead element at a lower end underlying a horizontal support surface of the foot piece, each of the uprights further being comprised of at least two generally parallel shanks formed of welded, bolted, and/or riveted-together steel plates and interconnected by at least one respective transverse strut; a lower press platen braced against the foot pieces; an upper press platen braced against the head pieces; a plurality of intermediate platens between the lower press platen and the upper press platen; and a pressing force generator for displacing one of the upper and lower platens relative to the other of the upper and lower platens to press the flat workpieces between the platens, said slits being defined between a pair of cantilever arms secured together externally of said slits by a connecting clamp.