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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Walter Kirchner, Juechen, DE;
Walter Kirchner, Juechen, DE;
SMS Meer GmbH, Moenchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A frame of a metal-forming press having upper and lower traverses interconnected by vertical columns having upper and lower ends is provided with respective sets each of a plurality of identical tension bolts at each end of each of the columns. The traverses are formed at each end of each column with an array of throughgoing holes through each of which a respective one of the bolts extends, and the columns have opposite ends each formed with an identical array of blind threaded bores each in turn aligned with a respective one of the throughgoing holes. Each bolt has an inner end seated in a respective on of the bores of the respective column end and an outer end bearing inwardly on a face of the respective traverse.