Pivoted cutter for running yarn line

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED YARN HANDLING MECHANISM FOR MAINTAINING A RUNNING YARN LINE IN AN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP TO (1) THE INLET END OF A PORTABLE AIR-ASPIRATED YARN SUCKER GUN DEVICE AND (2) A YARN CUTTER DEVICE, AND THEN ACTUATABLE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY CUTTING THE RUNNING YARN LINE AND CAUSING THE CUT END OF THE INCOMING YARN LINE TO BE INSERTED INTO THE INLET END OF THE YARN SUCKER GUN DIVICE FOR TENSIONING AND TAKE-UP OF THE CUT END OF THE INCOMING YARN LINE, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN END AND AN OPEN CHANNEL EXTENDING THROUGH OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOUSING AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FORM THE SAID OPEN END, A MOVABLE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND COMPRISING A MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCATION IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE SAID OPEN CHANNEL AND PERPENDICULAR TO SAID OPEN AND POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID OPEN CHANNEL AND HAVING AN OPEN CHANNEL COINCIDING WITH THE OPEN CHANNEL OF SAID HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO AND POSITION A YARN LINE MOVING THERETHROUGH, SAID MEMBER PROVIDED WITH STRUCTURE DEFINING A RECESS FOR ENGAGING, SUPPORTING, AND FOR MAINTAINING THE INLET END OF A PORTABLE YARN SUCKER GUN DEVICE INSERTABLE THROUGH SAID OPEN END IN OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH AND ADJACENT TO A MOVING YARN LINE GUIDED IN THE CHANNEL OF SAID MEMBER, SAID ASSEMBLY AND MEMBER BEING MOVABLE IN SAID HOUSING FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A THIRD POSITION THROUGH A SECOND POSITION BY MOVEMENT OF THE END OF A YARN SUCKER GUN DIVICE INSERTED AND ENGAGED IN SAID RECESS AND URGED AGAINST SAID STRUCTURE OF SAID MEMBER TO DISPLACE THE SAME IN THE HOUSING, A STATIONARY YARN CUTTER MECHANISM MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP ADJACENT TO A MOVING YARN LINE GUIDED BY SAID CHANNEL IN SAID HOUSING, SAID CUTTER MECHANISM CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID MOVABLE ASSEMBLY UPON MOVEMENT THEREOF SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID ASSEMBLY FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION RENDERS SAID CUTTER MECHANISM OPERATIVE TO CUT THE YARN LINE, AND MOVEMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY TO SAID THIRD POSITION FROM SAID SECOND POSITION ACTUATES THE CUTTER MECHANISM TO CUT THE YARN LINE ADJACENT SAID AREA OF ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF SAID OPEN CHANNEL, AND RESET MEANS FOR RETURNING SAID ASSEMBLY AND MEMBER TO SAID FIRST POSITION WHICH MOVEMENT RENDERS SAID CUTTER MECHANISM INOPERATIVE UPON WITHDRAWAL OF SAID END OF SAID YARN SUCKER GUN DEVICE FROM SAID RECESS.