Patent ID: 8001823

Claim:
A press and a multi-drive tool in combination, the press having an upper table with multiple spaced-apart stations each including a mount opening passing vertically through the table, the press having a ram, the ram and the table being adapted for relative movement such that the ram can be selectively aligned with different stations of the table, the multi-drive tool having a tip section adapted to bear forcibly and thereby deform a workpiece, the multi-drive tool including a plurality of drive members mounted in respective mount openings of plural spaced-apart stations of the table, the drive members comprising respective elongated shafts that move axially within the respective mount openings in response to a single ram stroke of the press, the multi-drive tool having a bridge member rigidly connected to at least one of the drive members and configured such that in response to the ram stroke of the press the drive members are actuated simultaneously, the bridge member comprising an elongated body having a major dimension extending between opposing first and second ends, the drive members being at least generally parallel to each other, and the bridge member being at least generally perpendicular to the drive members.