Looper with sliding cutter

Claim 1

IN A PILE FABRIC MAKING MACHINE, A PILE FORMING AND CUTTING DEVICE COMPRISING A LOOP HOOK HOLDING BAR, LONGITUDINALLY APERTURED LOOPING HOOKS MOUNTED THEREON, A CUTTER BLADE HOLDING BAR, BLADE HOLDERS MOUNTED BY ONLY ONE END ON SAID CUTTER BLADE HOLDING BAR, A CUTTER BLADE MOUNTED ON THE FREE END OF EACH BLADE HOLDER AND RECEIVED IN SLIDING RELATION IN THE APERTURED PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE LOOPING HOOK, A FIRST FRONT HOOKING SHAFT, A PILE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT LEVER CONNECTED TO THE FIRST FRONT HOOKING SHAFT, THE LOOPING HOOK HOLDING BAR CONNECTED TO FIRST FRONT HOOKING SHAFT, A FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, A FIRST CAM SECURED TO SAID FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, CAM FOLLOWER MEANS ENGAGING THE FIRST CAM AND CONNECTED TO THE PILE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT LEVER TO RAISE AND LOWER THE LOOPING HOOKS, A SECOND CAM SECURED TO SAID FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, SECOND CAM FOLLOWER MEANS ENGAGING THE SECOND CAM AND CONNECTED TO THE CUTTER HOLDER BAR TO MOVE THE CUTTER BLADES RELATIVE TO THE RESPECIVE LOOPING HOOKS TO SEVER THE PILE LOOPS FORMED THEREAROUND.