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Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SHUTTING OFF A POWER DRIVEN PRESS OR THE LIKE, WHICH PRESS IS FED BY THE ADVANCE OF STOCK THERETO, SAID DEVICE AND COMPRISING SWITCH MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTIBLE WITH THE POWER MEANS OF THE PRESS TO SHUT OFF THE PRESS WHEN ACTUATED, SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING MOVABLE MEANS ENGAGING THE STOCK SO AS TO BE MOVED A NORMAL DISTANCE IN ONE DIRECTION AS A RESULT OF THE NORMAL ADVANCE OF THE STOCK, A FOLLOWER ELEMENT DRIVEN IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND HAVING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID MOVABLE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED THEREBY TO ACTUATE SAID SWITCH MEANS WHEN SAID MOVABLE MEANS HAS BEEN MOVED IN SAID ONE DIRECTION LESS THAN THE SAID NORMAL DISTANCE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SHUTTING OFF A POWER DRIVEN PRESS OR THE LIKE, WHICH PRESS IS FED BY THE ADVANCE OF STOCK THERETO, SAID DEVICE AND COMPRISING SWITCH MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTIBLE WITH THE POWER MEANS OF THE PRESS TO SHUT OFF THE PRESS WHEN ACTUATED, SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING MOVABLE MEANS ENGAGING THE STOCK SO AS TO BE MOVED A NORMAL DISTANCE IN ONE DIRECTION AS A RESULT OF THE NORMAL ADVANCE OF THE STOCK, A FOLLOWER ELEMENT DRIVEN IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND HAVING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID MOVABLE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED THEREBY TO ACTUATE SAID SWITCH MEANS WHEN SAID MOVABLE MEANS HAS BEEN MOVED IN SAID ONE DIRECTION LESS THAN THE SAID NORMAL DISTANCE.

Claim 3

A DEVICE FOR SHUTTING OFF A POWER DRIVEN MACHINE, WHICH MACHINE IS FED STOCK BY THE ADVANCE OF A STRIP THEREOF AND WHICH HAS POWER MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CONTROLLED BY SWITCH MEANS, THE SAID DEVICE COMPRISING SWITCH MEANS CONNECTIBLE WITH THE POWER MEANS OF THE MACHINE AND MEANS SENSING A DIMENSION OF THE STOCK AND OPERABLE TO ACTUATE THE SWITCH MEANS IF THE STOCK INCREASES IN THE SAID DIMENSION, SAID DIMENSION SENSING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE MEMBER POSITIONED NORMALLY IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP BUT NONETHELESS ADJACENT TO THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP, THE SAID MOVABLE MEMBER BEING ENGAGEABLE BY THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP AND MOVABLE THEREBY ONLY UPON INCREASE IN THE SAID DIMENSION OF THE SAID STOCK STRIP AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE SWITCH MEANS TO STOP OPERATION OF THE MACHINE WHEN SO MOVED BY THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ADVANCING STOCK STRIP ADJACENT SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF THE SAID STOCK SUPPORTING MEANS AND THEREBY ADJUSTING THE SPACING NORMALLY EXISTING BETWEEN SAID STOCK STRIP AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER.

Claim 4

A DEVICE FOR SHUTTING OFF A POWER DRIVEN MACHINE, WHICH MACHINE IS FED STOCK BY THE ADVANCE OF A STRIP THEREOF AND WHICH HAS POWER MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CONTROLLED BY SWITCH MEANS, THE SAID DEVICE COMPRISING SWITCH MEANS CONNECTIBLE WITH THE POWER MEANS OF THE MACHINE AND MEANS SENSING A DIMENSION OF THE STOCK AND OPERABLE TO ACTUATE THE SWITCH MEANS IF THE STOCK INCREASES IN THE SAID DIMENSION, SAID DIMENSION SENSING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE MEMBER POSITIONED NORMALLY IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP BUT NONETHELESS ADJACENT TO THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP, THE SAID MOVABLE MEMBER BEING ENGAGEABLE BY THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP AND MOVABLE THEREBY ONLY UPON INCREASE IN THE SAID DIMENSION OF THE SAID STOCK STRIP AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE SWITCH MEANS TO STOP OPERATION OF THE MACHINE WHEN SO MOVED BY THE ADVANCING STOCK STRIP, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ADVANCING STOCK STRIP ADJACENT SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF THE SAID STOCK SUPPORTING MEANS AND THEREBY ADJUSTING THE SPACING NORMALLY EXISTING BETWEEN SAID STOCK STRIP AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER.