Apparatus for feeding and cutting

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A CASING, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ENGAGING AND CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING AN ELONGATED WORKPIECE IN A FEED PATH ALINED WITH THE WORKPIECE, A CUTTER HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASING, SAID HEAD COMPRISING FIXED AND ROTATABLE CUTTERS HAVING PORTIONS IN CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT, THE ROTATABLE CUTTERS HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LONG LARGE DIAMETER PRODUCT MOVING PORTION, THE ROTATABLE CUTTER HAVING A CUTTING SURFACE AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRODUCT MOVING PORTION, WHICH CUTING SURFACE COOPERATES WITH THE FIXED CUTTER, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID WORKPIECE FEED MEANS, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ACTUATING THE HEAD ALONG SAID FEED PATH, FIRST, IN ONE DIRECTION IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE FEED OF THE WORKPIECE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OPERATION OF THE ROTATABLE CUTTER TO SHEAR THE WORKPIECE IN FORMING A PRODUCT WHICH IS FED BY THE PRODUCT MOVING PORTION OF THE ROTATABLE CUTTER THROUGH THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID FIRST FEED STROKE OF THE HEAD, SAID THIRD NAMED MEANS THEN ACTUATING THE HEAD IN A REVERSE DIRECTION TO SAID FIRST DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT PREPARATORY TO THE NEXT SHEARING AND PRODUCT MOVING OPERATION, SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LONG PORTION CLEARING THE WORKPIECE IN THE SECOND NAMED DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD, AND THE ROTATABLE CUTTER BEING MOUNTED ON AN AXIS AXIALLY FIXED WITH RESPECT TO THE PATH OF FEED OF THE WORKPIECE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A CASING, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ENGAGING AND CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING AN ELONGATED WORKPIECE IN A FEED PATH ALINED WITH THE WORKPIECE, A CUTTER HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASING, SAID HEAD COMPRISING FIXED AND ROTATABLE CUTTERS HAVING PORTIONS IN CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT, THE ROTATABLE CUTTERS HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LONG LARGE DIAMETER PRODUCT MOVING PORTION, THE ROTATABLE CUTTER HAVING A CUTTING SURFACE AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRODUCT MOVING PORTION, WHICH CUTING SURFACE COOPERATES WITH THE FIXED CUTTER, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID WORKPIECE FEED MEANS, MEANS ON THE CASING FOR ACTUATING THE HEAD ALONG SAID FEED PATH, FIRST, IN ONE DIRECTION IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE FEED OF THE WORKPIECE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OPERATION OF THE ROTATABLE CUTTER TO SHEAR THE WORKPIECE IN FORMING A PRODUCT WHICH IS FED BY THE PRODUCT MOVING PORTION OF THE ROTATABLE CUTTER THROUGH THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID FIRST FEED STROKE OF THE HEAD, SAID THIRD NAMED MEANS THEN ACTUATING THE HEAD IN A REVERSE DIRECTION TO SAID FIRST DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT PREPARATORY TO THE NEXT SHEARING AND PRODUCT MOVING OPERATION, SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY LONG PORTION CLEARING THE WORKPIECE IN THE SECOND NAMED DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD, AND THE ROTATABLE CUTTER BEING MOUNTED ON AN AXIS AXIALLY FIXED WITH RESPECT TO THE PATH OF FEED OF THE WORKPIECE.