Photographic printing apparatus

Claim 1

IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER, IN COMBINATION, FEEDER MEANS FOR FEEDING A STRIP OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE PAPER IN STEPWISE FASHION TO AN EXPOSURE POSITION WHERE THE PAPER IS EXPOSED SO AS TO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT PRODUCED THEREON, SO THAT AT EACH STEP OF SAID FEEDER MEANS ANOTHER PRINT CAN BE REPRODUCED ON THE PAPER; MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID FEEDER MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE STROKE OF THE LATTER SO AS TO REGULATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PAPER IS ADVANCED AT EACH STEP OF THE FEEDER MEANS; CUTTING MEANS FOR CUTTING THE STRIP OF LIGHTSENSITIVE PAPER AFTER PRINTS HAVE VEEN REPRODUCED THEREON, SAID CUTTING MEANS BEING SUPPORTED FOR MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPOSURE POSITION OF SAID PAPER; AND ADJUSTING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CUTTING MEANS FOR REGULATING THE POSITION THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO SAID EXPOSURE POSITION, SAID ADJUSTING MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS TO BE ACTUATED WHEN SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IS ACTUATED FOR REGULATING THE STROKE OF SAID FEEDER MEANS, AND THE POSITION TO WHICH SAID CUTTING MEANS IS MOVED BY SAID ADJUSTING MEANS COINCIDING WITH THE INTERRUPTION BETWEEN A PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE PRINTS ON SAID PAPER ACCORDING TO THE STROKE TO WHICH SAID FEEDER MEANS IS ADJUSTED BY SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS.