Endless chain tool carrier associated with product removal means

Claim 1

A HOLE CUTTING MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, A PLATEN ROLL, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MOUNTING SAID PLATEN ROLL IN SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION, SAID PLATEN ROLL HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR HAVING A RUN PASSING SAID PLATEN ROLL CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID PLATEN ROLL AND IN A PLANE DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID PLATEN ROLL AXIS OF ROTATION, A PLURALITY OF DIE SUPPORTS CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYOR IN SPACED RELATION, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL DIES CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID DIE SUPPORTS WITH SAID DIES OF EACH OF SAID DIE SUPPORTS BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID PLATEN ROLL AXIS OF ROTATION, SAID DIES BEING TUBULAR WHEREBY MATERIAL CUT BY SAID DIES IN COOPERATION WITH SAID PLATEN ROLL MAY PASS THROUGH SAID DIES, A PLURALITY OF SUCTION HEADS, AND MEANS RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID SUCTION HEADS IN SAID FRAME TO LIE ALONG A PLANE WHICH PASSES THROUGH SAID AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID PLATEN ROLLS AND THROUGH SAID DIES AT SUCH TIME AS SAID DIES ARE IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH SAID PLATEN ROLL, SAID SUCTION HEADS HAVING OPEN ENDS OPPOSING SAID PLATEN ROLL AND DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE, SAID DIE SUPPORTS HAVING PLANAR SURFACES DISPOSED REMOTE FROM SAID PLATEN ROLL AT THE TIME SAID DIES ARE IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH SAID PLATEN ROLL, SAID LAST MENTIONED PLANE BEING COPLANAR WITH SAOD PLANAR SURFACE OF SAID DIE SUPPORTS AS SAID DIE SUPPORTS PASS SAID SUCTION HEADS WHEREBY TEMPORARY SEALS BETWEEN SAID SUCTION HEADS AND SAID DIE SUPPORTS AND DIES ARE EFFECTED DURING CUTTING OPERATIONS AND THE MATERIAL REMOVED DURING THE CUTTING OPERATION DRAWN INTO SAID SUCTION HEADS.