Apparatus for cutting slender aluminum tubing

Claim 1

A PRECISION CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A PLURALITY OF SLENDER ALUMINUM TUBING THAT ARE POSITIONED IN A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A CUTTER BLADE COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RECTANGULAR SHAPED FLAT BASE, A POWER MEANS MOUNTED ON THE BASE ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A DISC OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID POWER MEANS, A SHAFT ECCENTRICALLY MOUNTED IN SAID DISC, A CONNECTING ROD CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT, A CROSS HEAD HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN CONNECTED TO SAID CONNECTING ROD, A CUTTER BLADE RETAINING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CROSS HEAD, A CUTTER BLADE ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LAST SAID MEANS, A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL GUIDE BARS EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SAID CROSS HEAD FOR MOUNTING SAID CROSS HEAD AND SAID BLADE RETAINING MEANS FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO A BASE BOARD MOUNTED ON SAID BASE IN A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID CUTTING BLADE, A SHELF MOUNTED ON THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID BASE BOARD AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, A PROJECTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN EXTENDING FROM SAID BASE BOARD AT RIGHT ANGES THERETO ABOVE AND IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID SHELF AND RETAINING IN SAID OPENINGS A PLURALITY OF SLENDER ALUMINUM TUBING, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID TUBING RESTING ON SAID SHELF IN THE PATH OF SAID CUTTER BLADE SO THAT THE RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CUTTER BLADE WILL CAUSE THE SLENDER ALUMINUM TUBING TO BE CUT INTO PREDETERMINED LENGTHS WITHOUT THE CRIMPING OF THE SLENDER ALUMINUM TUBING AT THE CUTTING AREAS THEREOF.