Machine for applying tear-strips upon a web of wrapping material

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR APPLYING LONG AND NARROW STRIPS ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SHEET OF WRAPPING MATERIAL, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ADVANCING AN EDGE PORTION OF A LARGE COIL OF MATERIAL, CUTTING MEANS DISPOED TRANSVERSALLY OF SAID EDGE PORTION AND INCLUDING A FIXED BLADE AND GUIDE FOR SAID COIL COOPERATING WITH A RECIPROCATING BLADE, A STATIONARY SUPPORT MOUNTED BELOW SAID RECIPROCATING BALDE FOR RECEIVING A STRIP CUT BY SAID CUTTING MEANS WITH A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT, A ROTATING DRUM HAVING A PORTION OF ITS CYLINDRICAL SURFACE POSITIONED BELOW THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION OF THE STRIP AND PROVIDED WITH A PORTION FOR ENGAGING THE SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION, MEANS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSALLY GUIDING THE CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SHEET OF WRAPPING MATERIAL ADJACENT SAID DRUM WHEREBY THE STRIP WHICH IS ENGAGED BY THE DRUM IS CAUSED TO BE PLACED SUBSTANTIALLY LENGTHWISE UPON THE WRAPPING MATERIAL, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DRUM INSURING THE ENGAGING OF AND RELEASING OF SAID STRIP FROM SIAD SUPPORT TO SAID WRAPPING MATERIAL, AND ADHERING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID WRAPPING MATERIAL TO CAUSE SAID STRIP TO BE ADHERED TO SAID WRAPPING MATERIAL.