Patent ID: 8601846

Claim:
A fixed support of a metal sheet drawing machine, the fixed support comprising: a top portion, a bottom portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion opposite the first side portion, the top and bottom portions being joined by the first and second side portions that each extend between the top and bottom portions, the bottom portion having a base, a window located between the top, bottom, first side and second side portions and extending between a first face and a second face of the fixed support, the window facilitating the passage of a metal sheet through the fixed support, a holder at least partially situated within the window that is moveable between a first vertical position and a second vertical position, the holder configured to hold the metal sheet stationary within the fixed support and to apply a downward force through the bottom portion of the support when in the first vertical position, in the second vertical position the holder is configured not to hold the metal sheet stationary within the fixed support; and a suspending structure coupled to the first side portion and the second side portion that holds the fixed support in a stationary position relative to the drawing machine and in a manner that maintains the base of the bottom portion a distance away from any other surface when the holder is activated to hold the metal sheet, the suspending structure comprising a first structure coupled to the first side portion and a second structure coupled to the second side portion, the first and second structures being fixed to the fixed support at locations substantially centred in relation to a horizontal axis of the fixed support, the horizontal axis corresponding with a virtual horizontal axis that divides the fixed support into two halves.