Link mounted saw assembly

Claim 1

IN A ROLLING MILL, APPARATUS FOR CUTTING LONGITUDINAL STOCK SUPPORTED BY A RUNOFF TABLE COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF: A BASE MEMBER POSITIONED IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID RUNOFF TABLE WITH FRONT AND REAR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SUPPORTING LINKS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A SAW FRAME SUPPORTED BY AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF SAID LINKS FOR TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID RUNOFF TABLE, A SAW BLADE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, A DRIVE MOTOR MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID BLADE, RETRACTABLE AND ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR CLEANING AND COOLING THE CUTTING EDGES OF SAID BLADE DURING THE CUTTING OPERATION BY DIRECTING A HIGH PRESSURE STREAM OF COOLANT THEREON, MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE DEPOSIT OF SAID COOLANT THEREON, STOCK DURING THE CUTTING OPERATION, MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY ADVANCING AND WITHDRAWING SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FRAME THROUGH A CUTTING CYCLE ACROSS THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID RUNNOFF TABLE, SAID FRONT AND REAR SUPPORTING LINKS COOPERATING TO MAINTAIN SAID SAW BLADE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PATH DURING SAID CUTTING CYCLE, AND MEANS FOR CROWDING AND HOLDING SAID STOCK IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP TO THE PATH OF SAID SAW BLADE AND FOR PREVENTING NARROWING OF THE KERF AND PINCHING OF SAID BLADE BY SAID STOCK DURING SAID CUTTING CYCLE.