Machine for processing linear material

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR PROCESSING LINEAR MATERIAL HAVING FEED MEANS AND REPETITIVE PROCESSING MEANS TO PROCESS THE LINEAR MATERIAL AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS, MAIN COMMON MACHINE DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID FEED MEANS AND SAID PROCESSING MEANS, FIRST AND SECOND DRIVE MEANS FOR THE FEED MEANS AND THE PROCESSING MEANS RESPECTIVELY, CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN BY SAID MAIN DRIVE MEANS AND SYNCHRONIZING MEANS CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN BY SAID MAIN DRIVE MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND ADAPTED FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE SPEEDS OF THE FEED AND PROCESSING MEANS TO ASSURE PROCESSING AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LINEAR MATERIAL, A FIRST SENSING ELEMENT FOR SENSING THE SPEED OF THE FEED MEANS AND PRODUCING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL THERETO, A SECOND SENSING ELEMENT FOR SENSING THE SPEED OF THE PROCESSING MEANS AND PRODUCING A SECOND SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL THERETO AND SIMILAR TO THE FIRST SIGNAL, SIMILAR SIGNAL AFFECTED ANALOG MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SENSING ELEMENT FOR PRODUCING EFFECTS WHICH CAN BE COMPARED, COMPARISON MEANS COUPLED TO THE SIGNAL AFFECTED MEANS FOR COMPARING SAID EFFECTS AND PRODUCING ERROR SIGNALS IN THE EVENT OF DEVIATION FROM A PREDETERMINED STANDARD OF COMPARISON WHICH OBTAINS WHEN THE PROCESSING IS OCCURRING AT THE PREDETERMINED INTERVALS, AND DRIVE MEANS COUPLED TO THE SYNCHRONIZING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO ERROR SIGNALS TO CAUSE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SYNCHRONIZING MEANS SUCH THAT THE RELATIVE SPEEDS OF THE FEED MEANS AND THE PROCESSING MEANS WILL BE CORRECTED TO ASSURE PROCESSING AT THE PREDETERMINED INTERVALS.