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WORK UNLOADING MEANS FOR A POWER PRESS COMPRISING: FRAME MEANS; AN ARM ROCKABLY SUSPENDED FROM SAID FRAME MEANS GENERALLY VERTICALLY ADJACENT SAID PRESS AND SWINGABLE IN AN ARC OUT AWAY FROM THE PRESS, SAID ARM HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY WHEN THE ARM IS ADJACENT THE PRESS; WORK GRIPPING MEANS ON THE LOWER END OF THE ARM FOR GRIPPING A WORKPIECE IN SAID PRESS; FIRST LEVER MEANS, PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID ARM AT A FIRST CONNECTION, SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS SITUATED OUTWARDLY OF THE SAID FIRST CONNECTION IN ALL OPERATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID FIRST LEVER MEANS; SECOND LEVER MEANS, PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER END OF THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION OF THE ARM AT A POINT OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM THE SAID FIRST CONNECTION WHEN THE ARM IS ADJACENT THE PRESS, AT A SECOND CONNECTION PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME MEANS FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS SITUATED INWARDLY OF THE CONNECTION TO THE ARM WHEN THE ARM IS ADJACENT THE PRESS; FLUID PRESSURE CYLINDER MOTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SWING SAID FIRST LEVER MEANS UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THROUGH AN ARC LESS THAN NINETY DEGRESS TO REMOVE A WORKPIECE GRIPPED BY SAID WORK GRIPPING MEANS FROM THE VICINITY OF THE PRESS AND TRAVEL IT UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THROUGH AN ARC TO A RELEASE POINT; AND MEANS OPERATING SAID WORK GRIPPING MEANS TO GRASP A WORKPIECE WHEN THE ARM IS ADJACENT THE PRESS AND TO RELEASE IT WHEN THE ARM HAS BEEN SWUNG OUTWARDLY TO THE RELEASE POINT.