Thread roller

Claim 1

A THREAD ROLLER COMPRISING A FRAME, A FIXED DIE ON SAID FRAME, A RECIPROCATING DIE SLIDABLY JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FORWARD AND A REARWARD POSITION, SAID DIES DEFINING A DIE SPACE THEREBETWEEN, A PAIR OF FEED TRACKS EXTENDING TO AN OPENING ADJACENT SAID DIE SPACE, A PUSHER RECIPROCABLE ON SAID FRAME FROM A FORWARD POSITION IN WHICH IT STARTS BLANKS BETWEEN SAID DIES SIMULTANEOUSLY BLOCKING SAID OPENING AND A REARWARD POSITION CLEAR OF SAID OPENING, AN INJECTOR RECIPROCABLE ON SAID FRAME TO A FORWARD POSITION IN WHICH IT MOVES A SINGLE BLANK THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SAID DIE SPACE SIMULTANEOUSLY BLOCKING SAID TRACKS AND A REARWARD POSITION CLEAR OF SAID TRACKS, A DRIVE SHAFT, FIRST DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECIPROCATE SAID RECIPROCATING DIE THROUGH A PREDETERMINED CYCLE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, SECOND DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECIPROCATE SAID PUSHER IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, AND THIRD DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECIPROCATE SAID INJECTOR IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, SAID DRIVE MEANS OPERATING TO PRODUCE THE SEQUENTIAL STEPS OF MOVING SAID PUSHER TO ITS REARWARD POSITION CLEAR OF SAID OPENING AS SAID RECIPROCATING DIE APPROACHES ITS REARWARD POSITION, MOVING SAID INJECTOR FORWARD WHILE SAID PUSHER IS IN ITS REARWARD POSITION, MOVING SAID PUSHER FORWARD WHEN SAID INJECTOR IS FORWARD AND SAID RECIPROCATING DIE REACHES ITS REARWARD POSITION AND MAINTAINING SAID PUSHER FORWARD UNTIL SAID RECIPROCATING DIE AGAIN APPROACHES ITS REARWARD POSITION, AND THEREAFTER MOVING SAID INJECTOR TO ITS REARWARD POSITION AND SAID RECIPROCATING DIE TOWARD ITS FORWARD POSITION, SAID INJECTOR REMAINING IN ITS REARWARD POSITION SO THAT SAID BLANKS ARE MOVABLE ALONG SAID TRACKS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY INTO POSITION AGAINST SAID PUSHER FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN ONE HALF OF THE TIME OF SAID CYCLE.