Hydraulic die cutting press with means for simultaneous adjustment of cutting heightand stroke

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED DIE CUTTING PRESS, HAVING A STATIONARY WORK SUPPORT AND A PLATEN, MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATEN RELATIVE TO SAID WORK SUPPORT, A STATIONRY SPINDLE AT THE REAR OF SAID WORK SUPPORT, AND MEANS FOR VARYING THE CUTTING HEIGHT AND THE CUTTING STROKE OF THE PLATEN, COMPRISING, A TRUNCATED DOUBLE-POINTED CONE HAVING OPPOSITELY DIRECTED APEXES AT THE UPPER END OF SAID SPINDLE, A MANUALLY OPERABLE ADJUSTING MEMBER OUTSIDE ON SAID PLATEN FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VARYING THE CUTTING HEIGHT AND THE CUTTING STROKE OF THE PLATEN, AN ELECTRIC SWITCH INTERMEDIATE SAID ADJUSTING MEMBER AND ONE PART OF SAID DOUBLE-POINTED CONE, TWO ELECTRIC CONTACTS ON SAID SWITCH ONE BEING SLIGHTLY SET BACK RELATIVE TO THE OTHER, A DISPLACEABLE CONTACT MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH ONE PART OF SAID DOUBLE-POINTED CONE AND CONTACTING WITH SAID TWO CONTACTS AT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMES SO AS TO CLOSE A CIRCUIT ONLY AT THE REARMOST OF SAID CONTACTS BEING TOUCHED BY DISPLACEABLE CONTACT MEMBER, AND ANOTHER, SIMILAR SWITCH INTERMEDIATE SAID ADJUSTING MEMBER AND THE OTHER PART OF SAID DOUBLE-POINTED CONE.