Means and techniques for unitizing

Claim 1

IN UNITIZING MACHINE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING, A STATIONARY SUPPORT, A MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, A CUTTING DIE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MEMBER AND HAVING INNER AND OUTER PERIPHERAL CUTTING EDGES, A STATIONARY VACUUM CHUCK ON SAID SUPPORT, SAID CHUCK HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL CUTTING EDGE, A FILM GUIDE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CHUCK AND HAVING AN INNER PERIPHERAL SURFACE COOPERATING WITH SAID CUTTING EDGE ON SAID CHUCK FOR SHEARING FILM THEREBETWEEN, SAID FILM GUIDE HAVING ALIGNED APERTURED PORTIONS THROUGH WHICH A FILM EXTENDS, SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID FILM GUIDE AND SAID CHUCK TO NORMALLY ALLOW FILM TO BE THREADED THROUGH SAID ALIGNED PORTIONS, A STATIONARY DIE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND HAVING AN INNER PERIPHERAL EDGE COOPERATING WITH THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED DIE MEMBER TO SHEAR TAPE THEREBETWEEN, SAID STATIONARY DIE MEMBER HAVING A SURFACE ADJACENT SAID FILM GUIDE, SAID SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID FILM GUIDE TOWARDS SAID STATIONARY DIE MEMBER TO CLAMP A CARD BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY DIE MEMBER AND SAID FILM GUIDE, A MOVABLE PRESSURE PLATE CARRIED BY THE FIRST-MENTIONED MEMBER, SECOND SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID PRESURE PLATE AND SAID FIRST-MENTIONED MEMBER, SAID PRESSURE PLATE HAVING A SURFACE ADJACENT SAID STATIONARY DIE MEMBER, TAPE FEED MEANS FOR FEEDING TAPE BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND SAID ADJACENT SURFACE OF SAID STATIONARY DIE MEMBER, THE INNER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED DIE MEMBER COOPERATING WITH SAID CUTTING EDGE ON SAID CHUCK TO SHEAR AN APERTURED PORTION IN A CARD THEREBETWEEN, AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE FIRST-MENTIONED DIE MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORT.