Belt forming machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR JOINING A PLURALITY OF FACINGS TO A CONTINUOUS BACKING, IN COMBINATION, TRANSPORTING MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING A FACING AND BACKING ALONG A GIVEN PATH WHILE JOINING THE FACING TO THE BACKING, SENSING MEANS SENSING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FACING AND SENSING WHEN A TRAILING END THEREOF HAS MOVED BEYOND A GIVEN LOCATION, DRIVE MEANS, CLUTCH MEANS AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMING A DISENGAGED POSITION AND HAVING AN ENGAGED POSITION TRANSMITTING A DRIVE FROM SAID DRIVE MEANS TO SAID TRANSPORTING MEANS, OPERATORACTUATED MEANS MOVABLE FROM A REST POSITION TO AN OPERATING POSITION BY THE OPERATOR, LINKAGE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID OPERATOR-ACTUATED MEANS AND SAID CLUTCH MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATORACTUATED MEANS TO SAID CLUTCH MEANS FOR PLACING THE LATTER IN ITS ENGAGED POSITION WHEN THE OPERATOR PLACES SAID OPERATOR-ACTUATED MEANS IN SAID OPERATING POSITION THEREOF, AND CONTROL MEANS AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATED BY SAID SENSING MEANS WHEN THE LATTER SENSES THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRAILING END OF THE FACING BEYOND SAID LOCATION FOR AUTOMATICALLY PLACING SAID LINKAGE MEANS OUT OF OPERATIVE COOPERATION WITH SAID OPERATOR-ACTUATED MEANS SO THAT THE CLUTCH MEANS WILL RETURN TO ITS DISENGAGED POSITION AND STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DRIVE TO THE TRANSPORTING MEANS WHEN THE TRAILING END OF THE FACING HAS MOVED BEYOND SAID GIVEN LOCATION EVEN THOUGH THE OPERATOR-ACTUATED MEANS IS STILL IN ITS OPERATING POSITION.