Rotary knife machine for cutting multiple rolls

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY KNIFE CUTTING MACHINE, A FRAME, A STATIONARY MAIN SHAFT ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A FIRST ROLL OF MATERIAL AND MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A CHUCK ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST ROLL FOR ROTATING THE SAME ABOUT SAID MAIN SHAFT, AN AUXILIARY SHAFT ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SECOND ROLL OF MATERIAL AND MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID MAIN AND AUXILIARY SHAFTS BEING DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE, A SECOND CHUCK ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND ROLL FOR ROTATING THE SAME ABOUT SAID AUXILIARY SHAFT, A KNIFE CARRIER, A ROTARY KNIFE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND MOUNTING SAID ROTARY KNIFE ON SAID KNIFE CARRIER FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT ABOUT A KNIFE AXIS, A DRIVE ON SAID KNIFE CARRIER FOR ROTATING SAID ROTARY KNIFE ABOUT SAID KNIFE AXIS, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID KNIFE CARRIER ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID COMMON PLANE SUCH THAT THE LOCUS OF THE PATH OF SAID KNIFE AXIS BISECTS THE ANGLE SUBTENDED BY SUCCESSIVE LINES THROUGH SAID KNIFE AXIS AND THE RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID MAIN AND AUXILIARY SHAFTS IN SUCCESSIVE POSITIONS OF SAID ROTARY KNIFE.