This device for transferring workpieces or blanks, notably in a forging press, from one working station to another, in a sequence of working stations comprising for example forging dies, is collapsible and comprises a plurality of clamps adapted to grip the blanks, release them completely from the dies and move same laterally through a distance corresponding to the gap between adjacent dies, and lay the blank into the next die, and eventually resume their initial position. Said clamps are designed to move forwards as their jaws are closed through a toggle mechanism.