Interlocking crimping machines

Claim 1

MEANS FOR CRIMPING THE PROJECTING END PORTION OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL OF A WRAPPED ROLL AGAINST THE END SURFACE OF THE ROLL, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND AXIALLY ROTATING SAID WRAPPED ROLL, A CRIMPING HEAD ROTATABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL WITH THE END SURFACE OF THE WRAPPED ROLL AND DRIVEN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; SAID HEAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIAL, ANGULARLY SPACED CRIMP FORMING BLADES EXTENDED THEREFROM IN SUCH SPACING AS TO SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGE SUCCESSIVE ARCUATE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECTING ROLL WRAPPER, EACH TO FORM THE ENGAGED PORTION INWARDLY AGAINST THE END OF THE ROLL IN A CRIMP, EACH FORMED CRIMP HAVING ITS FORWARD END PORTION OVERLAPPED WITH THE TRAILING END PORTION OF THE NEXT PREVIOUSLY FORMED CRIMP, AND A CRIMP INTERLOCKING BLADE EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR ITS SUPPORT AND ROTATION OPPOSITE TO THE WRAPPED ROLL IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH THE ROLL END SURFACE, AND IN TIMING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A CRIMPING HEAD BLADE ACROSS THE ROLL END IN ITS FORMATION OF A CRIMP, SAID INTERLOCKING BLADE BEING POSITIONED TO ENTER AND MOVE LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AS IT IS FORMED BETWEEN ADJACENT CRIMPS AND TO SWING FREE OF THE TROUGH FOR THE FLATTENING OF THE LAST FORMED CRIMP AGAINST THE TRAILING END OF THE NEXT PREVIOUSLY FORMED CRIMP BY THE CRIMP FORMING BLADE.