Fiber feeding and cutting device

Claim 1

A TRANSVERSELY SEVERING FIBER CUTTING DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF ADJACENT ROLLERS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AROUND SPACED PARALLEL AXES, ONE OF SAID ROLLERS HAVING HOLE FORMING MEANS THEREON FORMING HOLES IN THE SURFACE THEREOF PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION THEREOF, CUTTING BLADES MOUNTED ON SAID HOLE FORMING MEANS WITHIN THE HOLES AND HAVING THE CUTTING EDGES PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS OF ROTATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ONE ROLLER, AND A PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES ON THE OTHER ROLLER CONTACTING THE CUTTING BLADES ON SAID ONE ROLLER IN OVERLAPPING CUTTING RELATIONSHIP, EACH CUTTING BLADE ON SAID OTHER ROLLER BEING MOUNTED THEREON IN A POSITION INCLINED TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID OTHER ROLLER WHEN SAID BLADE AND ROLLER ARE VIEWED IN SIDE ELEVATION, AND IN A POSITION SKEW TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID OTHER ROLLER, AND THE CUTTING EDGES OF SAID LAST MENTIONED PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES BEING CURVED CONVEXLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION, WHEREBY WHEN THE ROLLERS ROTATE, THE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN A BLADE ON ONE ROLLER AND A BLADE ON THE OTHER ROLLER MOVES ALONG THE LENGHT OF THE BLADES FROM END TO THE OTHER, AND A FIBER BUNDLE FEEDING DEVICE COMPRISING A GUIDING ROLLER ABOVE SAID ONE ROLLER AND DISPLACED AWAY FROM SAID ONE ROLLER IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH SAID OTHER ROLLER IS SPACED FROM SAID ONE ROLLER, A PUSHING-IN ROLLER ABOVE SAID GUIDING ROLLER, A PIVOTED ARM ON WHICH SAID PUSHING-IN ROLLER IS MOUNTED, A GUIDE EXTENDING FROM SAID ARM AROUND SAID ONE ROLLER TO THE POINT IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE POINT AT WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADES BEGIN TO OVERLAP, AND ENDLESS BELT MEANS EXTENDING AROUND SAID PUSHING-IN ROLLER AND SAID GUIDE AND RUNNING ALONG A PORTION OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID ONE ROLLER IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE POINT AT WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADES BEGIN TO OVERLAP, WHEREBY THE FIBER BUNDLE IS GUIDED FROM BETWEEN SAID GUIDING ROLLER AND SAID PUSHING-IN ROLLER AND BETWEEN SAID BELT AND SAID ONE ROLLER AND BETWEEN SAID CUTTING BLADES.