Paper log cutting apparatus

Claim 1

IN A ORBITAL SAW FOR RADIALLY CUTTING PAPER ROLLS, AND THE LIKE, A FRAME, A FIRST SHAFT JOURNALED IN SAID FRAME ONLY FOR RATATION ABOUT THE SHAFT AXIS, FIRST MOTOR MEANS ON SAID FRAME COUPLED TO SAID FRIST SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE SAME, DISC MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, A SECOND SHAFT JOUNALED IN SAID DISC MEANS ECCENTRIC TO SAID FIRST SHAFT AND HAVING A DISC SAW FIXED THERETO, GEAR MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST SHAFT AND SECOND SHAFT FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATIONAL POWER FROM SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS TO SAID DISC SAW, SECOND MOTOR MEANS IN SAID FRAME COUPLED TO SAID DISC MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SAME, WHEREBY SAID SECOND SHAFT FOLLOWS AN ORBITAL PATH ABOUT SAID FIRST SHAFT, SAID SECOND MOTOR MEANS BEING POSITIONED ON SAID FRAME LATERALLY OUTSIDE SAID ORBITAL PATH, AND A PAIR OF ROLL-RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING TROUGHS ON SAID FRAME ELONGATED IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID FRIST SHAFT, SAID TROUGHS BEING COAXIAL AND SPACED APART TO PERMIT SAID DISC SAW TO PASS THEREBETWEEN, SAID TROUGHS BEING POSITIONED AT ABOUT THE NADIR OF THE ORBIAL PATH OF SAID DISC SAW WHEREBY THE CUTTING ACTION IS CHARACTERIZED BY ONLY DOWNWARD AND FORWARD COMPONENTS OF SAW MOTION.