Magazine trimming device

Claim 1

IN A MAGAZINE TRIMMER, IN COMBINATION: A BASE; MAGAZINE HANDLING MEANS INCLUDING A LUGGED INFEED CHAIN, A LUGGED CARRIER CHAIN, AND A RECIPROCATING TABLE MOVING TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE INFEED CHAIN, SAID CHAINS AND TABLE COOPERATING TO MOVE MAGAZINES ACROSS THE BASE SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY BUT AT VARYING SPEEDS, AND IN PRECISE ALIGNMENT AND EVENLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP; A BLADE CARRIER FRAME SPANNING THE TABLE; A FIRST MOVABLE BLADE SUPPORT ON THE FRAME ADJACENT THE INFEED CHAIN AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE HANDLING MEANS; A FRONT MARGIN TRIMMING BLADE ON SAID FIRST SUPPORT; A SECOND MOVABLE BLADE SUPPORT ON THE FRAME ABOVE THE CARRIER CHAIN; A PAIR OF END MARGIN TRIMMING BLADES ON SAID SECOND SUPPORT PARALLEL TO THE HANDLING MEANS; CRANK MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER FRAME IN A TRANSLATORY CLOSED PATH WHICH IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF THE TABLE; SCOTCH YOKE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CRANK MEANS TO RECIPROCATE THE TABLE SO THAT THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BLADES RELATIVE TO SAID TABLE IS A RECIPROCATION IN A VERTICAL PLANE; CAM MEANS TO RECIPROCATE THE BLADE SUPPORTS FOR ENDWISE MOVEMENT OF THE BLADES AS THEY TRIM THE MAGAZINES; AND RETRACTABLE MEANS FOR ANCHORING EACH MAGAZINE WHILE IT IS TRIMMED.