Wire joint reinforcing making machine

Claim 1

A WIRE JOINT REINFORING MAKING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, SERRATED SIDE WIRE DRIVE ROLLERS JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME DISPOSED TO PUSH AND FEED A PAIR OF PARALLEL SIDE WIRES, A DRIVE MOTOR ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTATING SAID ROLLERS INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION HAVING A CLUTCH FOR INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING SAID DRIVE MOTOR FROM SAID ROLLERS AND A BRAKE ON SAID FRAME FOR ARRESTING ROTATION OF SAID SIDE WIRE DRIVE ROLLERS, CROSS WIRE DRIVE ROLLERS JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME FOR LONGITUDINALLY FEEDING A CROSS WIRE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PAIR OF SIDE WIRES IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO A PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES OF SAID SIDE WIRES AND SPACED TO ONE SIDE THEREOF, WELDING ELECTRODES ON SAID FRAME INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SIDE WIRES FOR WELDING SAID CROSS WIRE TO SAID SIDE WIRES BY WELDING PRESSURE EXERTED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLANE DEFINED BY THE AXES OF SAID SIDE WIRES, A CROSS WIRE CUT-OFF DEVICE ON SAID FRAME LOCATED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID SIDE WIRES AND SAID CROSS-WIRE FEED ROLLERS, SAID CUT-OFF DEVICE HAVING CUT-OFF KNIFE MEANS IN A PLANE RADIAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID CROSS WIRE AND FROM AT LEAST ONE SIDE THEREOF, POWER MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR RECIPROCATING SAID KNIFE MEANS IN CUTTING OFF OPERATION, AND SIDE WIRE CUT-OFF MEANS ON SAID FRAME LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID WELDING ELECTRODES FROM SAID SIDE WIRE DRIVE ROLLERS HAVING A TRIP CLUTCH ENERGIZABLE TO CAUSE SAID KNIVES TO CUT OFF SAID SIDE WIRES AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF CROSS-WIRES HAVE BEEN WELDED THERETO, SAID SIDE WIRE DRIVE ROLLERS DISPOSED TO PUCH AND FEED SAID SIDE WIRES TOWARD SAID WELDING ELECTRODES AND SAID WIRE CUT-OFF MEANS.