Maximum and minimum length control for a rolling mill shear

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING ELONGATED PRODUCT INTO SECTIONS AS IT MOVES IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS LENGTH, COMPRISING A SHEAR LYING IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE PRODUCT, A FIRST MEANS FOR SENSING PASSAGE OF SAID PRODUCT IN SAID PATH UPSTREAM FROM SAID SHEAR AND DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF THE REMAINDER SECTION OF THE PRODUCT ABOVE THE LARGEST WHOLE NUMBER OF SECTIONS OF PREDETERMINED NORMAL LENGHT, A SECOND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SHEAR TO CUT THE PRODUCT INTO THE SAID WHOLE NUMBER OF SECTIONS OF PREDETERMINED NORMAL LENGTH, AND A THIRD MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SENSING BY SAID FIRST MEANS OF THE LENGTH OF THE SAID REMAINDER SECTION ABOVE A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM LENGTH TO ALLOW THE SHEAR TO CUT THE PRODUCT INTO THE SAID WHOLE NUMBER OF SECTIONS OF NORMAL LENGTH AND OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SENSING OF THE LENGTH OF SAID REMAINDER SECTION BELOW THE SAID MINIMUM LENGTH TO CAUSE THE SHEAR TO CUT ONE OF THE SECTIONS PRECEDING THE SAID REMAINDER SECTION TO A PREDETERMINED INTERMEDIATE LENGTH SELECTED TO MAKE THE ACTUAL REMAINDER SECTION LARGER THAN THE SAID MINIMUM LENGTH.