Abstract: This invention consists of an assembly and apparatus for handling clothes on hangers, and more exactly of an apparatus able of moving clothes or the like from one place to another inside a factory or a warehouse, following instructions that could be provided by an external computer. The apparatus includes basically an autoguided vehicle, a manipulator of two degrees of freedom and a clamp, movable in four degrees of freedom, being all the aforementioned elements specifically designed for controlled handling clothes on hangers. When applied in a factory, a set of apparatus like this one of the invention, communicated with the proper computer, could automate the operations and the internal management of the warehouse or workshop (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A direct drive working tool drive system is provided for a drawing machine. Electromagnetic means move the working tool downward toward the working surface of the drawing machine. Resilient means move the working tool upward from the working surface. First and second stroke limit means limit the upward and downward movement of the working tool. The electromagnetic means, resilient means, and first and second stroke limit means are disposed coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the working tool. Suitably, the electromagnetic means comprise a magnetic core having the working tool fixed within it, with the magnetic core being disposed within a solenoid coil. The magnetic core and solenoid coil are disposed coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the working tool.