Extrusion press control apparatus

Claim 1

A FLYING SAW APPARATUS COMPRISING, A BASE MEMBER, GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER, A SAW MOUNTING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDE MEANS AND BEING MOVABLE IN RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH ON SAID GUIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ADJACENT TO AND MOVABLE PARALLEL WITH A CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION BEING DISCHARGED FROM AN EXTRUSION PRESS, MOTIVE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER AND CONNECTED TO SAID SAW MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR MOVING SAID ASSEMBLY ON SAID GUIDE MEANS IN SAID RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT, CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID MOTIVE MEANS TO PROVIDE SAID RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT, A CONTROL NETWORK CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID CONTROL INCLUDING A FIRST AND SECOND LIMIT SWITCH MEANS POSITIONED AT OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY SAID SAW MOUNTING ASSEMBLY, ONE OF SAID LIMIT SWITCH MEANS ADAPTED TO CONNECT A RETRACT SPEED SIGNAL TO SAID CONTROL MEANS AND THE OTHER OF SAID LIMIT SWITCH MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO DISCONNECT SAID RETRACT SPEED SIGNAL MEANS FROM SAID CONTROL MEANS, A PRIMARY SPEED CONTROL MEANS PROVIDING A VARIABLE SPEED SIGNAL IN AN ADVANCE DIRECTION FOR SAID SAW MOUNTING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID SAW ASSEMBLY AND CONNECTED IN CONTROLLING RELATION TO SAID CONTROL MEANS, MEANS INLCUDING A PIVOTED SPRING BIASED LINKAGE CONNECTED TO A MOVABLE PART OF SAID PRIMARY SPEED CONTROL MEANS FOR VARYING THE SPEED OUTPUT SIGNAL THEREFROM, SAID LINKAGE BEING ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE EXTRUSION FROM SAID PRESS TO ADJUST THE SPEED OF SAID SAW ASSEMBLY TO THE SPEED OF SAID EXTRUSION.