Cloth cutting apparatus having anvil rollers operating across a die at right angles to each other

Claim 1

A CLOTH CUTTING MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL, ELONGATED DIE TABLE, GUIDABLY CARRIED AND LONGITUDINALLY MOVEABLE WITHIN SAID FRAME, A PLURALITY OF CLOTH CUTTING BLADES ADJUSTABLY AND DETACHABLY ATTACHED, SUBJACENT SAID DIE TABLE, TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, A COMBINATION OF A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY, PERPENDICULARLY INTERRELATED, CUTTING ROLLERS, SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER LOCATED BELOW THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, HAVING ITS AXIS LOCATED STATIONARILY AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINALLY MOBILE DIRECTION OF SAID DIE TABLE, SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED IN BEARINGS HINGEABLY ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME, SAID BEARINGS BEING PRESSURABLY DISPOSED UPWARDS TOWARDS SAID PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES BY SPRING MEANS, SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER LOCATED BELOW THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, HAVING ITS AXIS LOCATED PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL MOBILE DIRECTION OF SAID CUTTING TABLE, SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED IN BEARINGS LOCATED IN A TRANSVERSE CARRIAGE, SAID TRANSVERSE CARRIAGE BEING RECIPROCATINGLY MOVEABLY CARRIED IN GUIDES PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS OF SAID PRIMARY ROLLER, SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER BEING PRESURABLY DISPOSED UPWARDS TOWARDS SAID CUTTING BLADES BY SPRING MEANS, SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER BEING ACTUATED TO CONSECUTIVELY RECIPROCATE BACK AND FORTH TRANSVERSELY OF THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, ACTUATING MEANS ADAPTED TO MOTIVATE SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER TO RECIPROCATE AT A SPEED RELATIVE TO LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID DIE TABLE PROVIDING ONE COMPLETE RECIPROCATING CYCLE, WITHIN A LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID DIE TABLE THAT IS SHORTER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER, SHELF RACK MEANS LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID CLOTH CUTTING MACHINE, TWO PAIRS OF ALIGNING ROLLERS LOCATED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CLOTH CUTTER AND BETWEEN SAID RACK MEANS AND SAID PRIMARY ROLLER, EACH OF SAID PAIRS OF ALIGNING ROLLERS BEING CARRIED IN BEARINGS LOCATED IN OPPOSING EXTREMITIES OF CENTRALLY PIVOTABLE LINK ARMS, SAID TWO PAIRS OF ALIGNMENT ROLLERS BEING CARRIED IN CONSTANT PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID LINK ARMS BEING MAINTAINED IN CONSTANT PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER BY LEVERS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID LINK ARMS, SAID LEVERS BEING LINKED BY MANUALLY OPERABLE LINKAGE MEANS, FEED ROLLER MEANS ADAPTED TO CONTROLLABLY FEED CLOTH FROM SAID SHELF RACK MEANS TOWARDS SAID CUTTING BLADES OF SAID DIE TABLE, CLOTH SUPPORT-AND-GUIDE-MEANS SITUATED BETWEEN SAID FEED ROLLER MEANS AND SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER, CLOTH GUIDE-AND-SUPPORT-MEANS SITUATED BETWEEN SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER AND SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER, ROTARY RACK MEANS EXTERNALLY OF SAID CLOTH CUTTING MATCHINE LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE SAID SHELF RACK MEANS, A PLURALITY OF HOLDING MEANS LOCATED ON SAID ROTARY RACK MEANS, ADAPTED TO DETACHABLY RECEIVE AND ROTATABLY CARRY A PLURALITY OF BOLTS OF CLOTH, SHELF MEANS LOCATED ABOVE SAID SHELF RACK MEANS, ADAPTED TO DISPENSABLY RECEIVE STACKS OF THROWN CLOTH, A ROTATABLE DRUM, LOCATED SUBJACENT SAID DIE TABLE AND ADJACENT SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER, SAID DRUM BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED ON A STATIONARY AXLE CENTRALLY THEREOF, SAID STATIONARY AXLE BEING LOCATED HORIZONTALLY AND PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS OF SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER, A STATIONARY CYLINDER LOCATED ON SAID STATIONARY AXLE, SAID STATIONARY CYLINDER BEING LOCATED WITHIN AND CONCENTRIC WITH SAID ROTATABLE DRUM, SAID CYLINDER BEING CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS, A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PARTITION LOCATED WITHIN SAID CYLINDER, SAID PARTITION DIVIDING SAID CYLINDER INTO TWO SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS, CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS TO VACUUM MEANS, CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OTHER OF SAID COMPARTMENTS TO PNEUMATIC PRESSURE MEANS, A PLURALITY OF PERFORATIONS IN THE PERIPHERAL CYLINDER WALL OF SAID ONE COMPARTMENT, A NARROW, ELONGATED APERTURE SITUATED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID STATIONARY AXLE, LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARDS THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF SAID OTHER COMPARTMENT, A PLURALITY OF NARROW, ELONGATED PERFORATIONS LOCATED IN, AND EVENLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE COMPLETE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM, DYNAMIC SEAL MEANS BETWEEN EACH END OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM AND EACH END OF SAID STATIONARY CYLINDER, CONTROLLING MOTIVATED ENDLESS BELT MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER AND SAID ROTATABLE DRUM, SUBJACENT SAID CUTTING BLADES ON SAID DIE TABLE GUIDING SAID CLOTH ONTO SAID DRUM, TWO COUNTER PRESSURE ROLLERS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID PRIMARY CUTTING ROLLER AND SAID SECONDARY CUTTING ROLLER RESPECTIVELY, DIRECTLY ADJACENT AN UPPER FLAT SURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, SAID COUNTER PRESSURE ROLLERS BEING ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID FRAME STRUCTURE AND PRESSURABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID DIE TABLE, AN ELONGATED DEPOSITING TABLE, LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY SUBJACENT SAID ROTATABLE DRUM, AN ELONGATED DEPOSITING TABLE CARRIAGE GUIDEABLY CARRIED AND LONGITUDINALLY MOVEABLE WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID DEPOSITING TABLE CARRIAGE BEING CONNECTED TO SAID DEPOSITING TABLE BE ADJUSTABLE LEG MEANS, ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN PARALLEL RELATION BETWEEN SAID DEPOSITING TABLE AND SAID DEPOSITING TABLE CARRIAGE, INDEPENDENTLY OF VERTICAL POSITION OF SAID DEPOSITING TABLE, SYNCHRONIZATION MEANS BETWEEN SAID DIE TABLE AND SAID DEPOSITING TABLE CARRIAGE ADAPTED TO CONTROLLABLY SYNCHRONIZE RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOTION BETWEEN SAID DIE TABLE AND SAID DEPOSITING TABLE, SWITCH MEANS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARDS EACH END OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED BY EACH END RESPECTIVELY OF SAID DIE TABLE, SAID SWITCH MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO STOP AND REVERSE LONGITUDINAL MOTION OF SAID DIE TABLE AND SAID DEPOSITING TABLE IN DIRECT RELATION TO EACH OTHER, ROLLER TABLE MEANS ADAPTED TO PROVIDE REMOVAL FACILITIES FOR LOAD OF CUT CLOTH FROM SAID DEPOSITING TABLE, SYNCHRONIZED AUTOMATIC LOWERING MEANS ADAPTED TO LOWER SAID DEPOSITING TABLE SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH DEPOSITING OF LAYERS OF CLOTH THEREON, AND MOTOR MEANS ADAPTED TO CONTROLLABLY MOTIVATE MOBILE PORTIONS OF SAID CLOTH CUTTING MACHINE.