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.~ Flexible element actuator


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100 /   HD   PRESSES

214  DF  RECIPROCATING PRESS CONSTRUCTION {26}
278.~ Flexible element actuator {1}
279  DF  .~.~> Varying radius windlass


DEFINITION

Classification: 100/278

(under subclass 214) Apparatus in which the moving means includes means reacting against a fixed abutment to move a pressure surface relative thereto, which reacting means includes a rope, chain, or filament which is longitudinally tensioned while moving the platen.

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212, for presses in which the pressure surface is a circumferentially tightened band such as a rope or strand.

267, for presses having a return biasing member such as a resilient element or a weight which acts counter to a flexible compression actuator.

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72, Metal Deforming,

440, for a forging press in which a drop hammer is retracted by a flexible strap.