Device to cut edges of sheets and remove scrap

Claim 1

IN A HIGH SPEED PRINTING DEVICE OR THE LIKE FOR HANDLING PAPER AND CARDBOARD INCLUDING AN IMPRESSION CYLINDER, A DELIVERY CYLINDER, AND GRIPPER MEANS FOR GUIDING AND THEREAFTER TRANSFERRING DISCRETE SHEETS FROM SAID IMPRESSION TO SAID DELIVERY CYLINDER, A CUTTER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CUTTER KNIFE MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRAME OF SAID PRESS AND YIELDABLY BIASED TOWARD SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER, ANNULAR ANVIL MEANS CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING RADIALLY BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER ADJACENT AN END THEREOF, SAID ANVIL MEANS BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID KNIFE MEANS, HOLD DOWN MEANS YIELDABLY BIASED TOWARD SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER AND MAINTAINED IN PROXIMATE SPACED RELATION THERETO, SAID HOLD DOWN MEANS INCLUDING CONTACT PORTIONS DISPOSED CLOSER TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER THAN THE POINT OF ENGAGEMENT OF SAID KNIFE MEANS AND ANVIL MEANS, SAID HOLD DOWN MEANS BEING IN IMMEDIATE LEADING POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE POINT OF ENGAGEMENT OF SAID CUTTER KNIFE AND ANVIL, AND WASTE REMOVAL MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND POSITIONED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID CUTTER KNIFE TO RECEIVE SCRAP PORTIONS OF SHEETS, SAID WASTE REMOVAL MEANS BEING LATERALLY ANGULARLY ORIENTED WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER AND INCLUDING SCRAP REMOVAL MEANS OPERATING AT A LINEAR SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE LINEAR SPEED OF SAID IMPRESSION CYLINDER, SAID SCRAP REMOVAL MEANS INCLUDING A CONVEYOR BELT, AND AN IDLER ROLLER YIELDABLY URGED AGAINST SAID BELT, THE SEVERED SCRAP PORTIONS BEING GUIDED BETWEEN SAID BELT AND ROLLER.