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Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PUNCH PRESS, A DIE CUSHION, A DIE AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING IT IN SAID PUNCH PRESS, A PUNCH HOLDER MOUNTED IN SAID PRESS AND MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING IT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID DIE AND DIE CUSHION, A PUNCH SECURED TO SAID PUNCH HOLDER AND POSITIONED TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF SAID DIE, A SLEEVE POSITIONED ABOUT SAID PUNCH AND FIXED IN RELATION THERETO, A SECOND PUNCH POSITIONED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DIE AND AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH, AN EJECTOR SLEEVE POSITIONED ABOUT SAID SECOND PUNCH AND SUPPORTED FOR RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, EJECTOR PINS IN CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORT FOR SAID EJECTOR SLEEVE AND POSITIONED TO CONTACT SAID DIE CUSHION, SAID EJECTOR PINS RAISING AND LOWERING SAID EJECTOR SLEEVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID DIE CUSHION, AND VERTICAL TIMING PINS IN CONTACT WITH SAID DIE CUSHION AND SUPPORTED IN SAID PUNCH PRESS FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION, SAID TIMING PINS BEING POSITIONED FOR CONTACT BY THE PUNCH HOLDER TO TRANSMIT ITS MOVEMENT TO SAID DIE CUSHION, SAID TIMING PINS BEING SHORTER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID DIE CUSHION AND SAID PUNCH HOLDER WHEN EACH IS AT THE UPPER LIMIT OF ITS MOVEMENT WHEREBY THERE IS A PREDETERMINED DELAY BETWEEN DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE PUNCH HOLDER AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE EJECTOR SLEEVE.