Progressive transverse severing device

Claim 1

AN ADAPTER PROVIDING FOR PROCESSING OF EXTENDEDLENGTH GRAPHIC ORIGINALS IN A THERMOGRAPHIC COPYING MACHINE AS HEREIN DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A FRAME FITTING AGAINST SAID MACHINE WITH OBSTRUCTION OF OPERATIONAL AREAS THEREOF AND, SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME, (1) A STATIONARY SHAFT FITTED WITH ROTATABLE CORE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING A ROLL OF HEAT-SENSITIVE COPY-PAPER AND WITH BRAKE MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID ROLL UNDER SLIGHT CONSTANT RESISTANCE TO ROTATION, (2) A PAIR OF FLAT PLATE GUIDE MEMBERS FOR DIRECTING COPY-PAPER FROM SAID ROLL TOWARD A CUTTER DEVICE, (3) A RAPID-ACTION CUTTER DEVICE INCLUDING A FIXED BLADE MEMBER HAVING A STRAIGHT CUTTING EDGE AND A FREELY ROTATABLE KNIFE MEMBER HAVING A STRAIGHT CUTTING EDGE AND SUPPORTED AT OPPOSITELY OFFSET AXLES IN POSITION TO PRODUCE A PROGRESSIVE SMOOTH CUTTING ACTION BETWEEN SAID EDGES ACROSS SAID COPY-PAPER, SAID KNIFE MEMBER BEING NORMALLY BIASED TO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID EDGES ARE NOT IN CONTACT TO PROVIDE A SLOT-LIKE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BLADE AND SAID KNIFE MEMBERS FOR UNOBSTRUCTED ADVANCE THEREBETWEEN OF SAID COPY-PAPER, SAID KNIFE MEMBER BEING DISPOSED FOR SELECTIVE CONTACT WITH SAID COPY-PAPER DURMEMBER TO THEREBY CAUSE THE CUTTING EDGES TO BE POSITIONED FOR CUTTING CONTACT, (4) A ROLLER FOR GUIDING THE COPY-PAPER AND ASSOCIATED GRAPHIC ORIGINAL INTO SAID COPY-MACHINE, AND (5) A SHELF IN LINE WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID ROLLER, EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE POSITION OF SAID COPY-MACHINE, AND PROVIDING AN ENTRY AREA FOR ALIGNING SAID ORIGINAL WITH SAID COPY-PAPER.