Fabrication system

Claim 1

IN A FABRICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF TOOLING OPERATIONS BY MEANS OF A SINGLE TOOL UPON A WORKPIECE AT PREDETERMINED WORK LOCATIONS ALONG GAUGE LINES THEREON, APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A LONGITUDINAL TAPE MEMBER OF OPAQUE, INTEXTENSIBLE AND FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING MINUTE LIGHT PERFORATIONS THERETHROUGH GENERALLY IN THE PATTERN TO BE DUPLICATED BY SAID TOOLING OPERATIONS AT SAID WORK LOCATIONS, THE SPACING BETWEEN RESPECTIVE PERFORATIONS IN SAID LONGITUDINAL TAPE MEMBER IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION BEING THE SAME AS THAT BETWEEN RESPECTIVE WORK LOCATIONS IN SUCH DIRECTION, A LONGITUDINAL SCANNING HEAD MEMBER TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT AND STOPPING OF SAID WORKPIECE RELATIVE TO SAID TOOL IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PERFORATIONS ON SAID LONGITUDINAL TAPE MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS SO AS TO REMAIN LONGITUDINALLY FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID WORKPIECE AND THE OTHER OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS SO AS TO REMAIN LONGITUDINALLY FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID TOOL, A TRANSVERSE TAPE MEMBER OF OPAQUE, INEXTENSIBLE AND FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING A MINUTE LIGHT PERFORATION THERETHROUGH FOR EACH WORK LOCATION GAUGE LINE, THE SPACING BETWEEN RESPECTIVE PERFORATIONS IN SAID TRANSVERSE TAPE MEMBER IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BEING THE SAME AS THAT BETWEEN THE WORK LOCATION GAUGE LINES IN SUCH TRANSVERSE DIRECTION, SAID TAPE MEMBERS NORMALLY HAVING A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF SAID PERFORATIONS RESPECTIVELY, A TRANSVERSE SCANNING HEAD MEMBER TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT AND STOPPING OF SAID TOOL RELATIVE TO SAID WORK PIECE IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION AT THE RESPECTIVE ACTUAL WORK LOCATIONS WHEN RESPECTIVE PERFORATIONS ON SAID TRANSVERSE TAPE MEMBER ARE IN OPERATIVE COMPLEMENTARY RELATION TO CORRESPONDING PERFORATIONS ON SAID LONGITUDINAL TAPE MEMBER, SAID SCANNING HEAD MEMBER HAVING OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED CIRCUITS, SAID CIRCUITS IN SAID LONGITUDINAL SCANNING HEAD MEMBER BEING RESPECTIVELY RESPONSIVE TO PERFORATIONS ON SAID LONGITUDINAL TAPE MEMBER TO READY CORRESPONDING CIRCUITS IN SAID TRANSVERSE SCANNING HEAD MEMBER FOR ACTIVATION BY COMPLEMENTARY PERFORATIONS IN SAID TRANSVERSE TAPE MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS SO AS TO REMAIN TRANSVERSELY FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID TOOL AND THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS SO AS TO REMAIN TRANSVERSELY FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID WORKPIECE, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WORKPIECE RELATIVE TO SAID TOOL SUCCESSIVELY AFTER EACH TOOLING OPERTION AT EACH WORK LOCATION UNTIL ALL SAID TOOLING OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETED.