Controlled pattern cutting and marking

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR MARKING AND CUTTING FROM A SHEET OF WORK MATERIAL, A PIECE OF A GIVEN CONFIGURATION, FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEANS LOCATED ALONG A PATH OF MOVEMENT OF A TEMPLATE THROUGH THE MACHINE FOR SUPPORTING THE TEMPLATE WHILE IT MOVES THROUGH THE MACHINE, THIRD SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A SHEET OF WORK MATERIAL DURING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER THROUGH THE MACHINE, MEANS FOR INDEXINING THE WORK MATERIAL AND TEMPLATE TOGETHER THROUGH THE MACHINE, CUTTING MEANS AND MARKING MEANS BOTH LOCATED ADJACENT SAID THIRD SUPPORT MEANS FOR RESPECTIVELY CUTTING A PIECE FROM THE WORK MATERIAL AND MARKING THE PIECE, FIRST SENSING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT AND DIRECTED TOWARD SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS FOR COOPERATING THEREWITH TO SENSE, AS THE TEMPLATE MOVES BETWEEN SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS AND FIRST SENSING MEANS, A FIRST SET OF INDICIA CARRIED BY THE TEMPLATE, SAID FIRST SENSING MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CUTTING MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE LATTER TO CUT FROM THE SHEET A PIECE HAVING A CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO SAID FIRST SET OF INDICIA SENSED BY SAID FIRST SENSING MEANS, SECOND SENSING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT AND DIRECTED TOWARD SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS FOR COOPERATING WITH THE LATTER TO SENSE, AS THE TEMPLATE MOVES BETWEEN SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AND SECOND SENSING MEANS, A SECOND SET OF INDICIA CARRIED BY THE TEMPLATE, SAID SECOND SENSING MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MARKING MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE LATTER TO MARK THE SHEET OF WORK MATERIAL ACCORDING TO THE SECOND SET OF INDICIA, SAID FIRST SET OF INDICIA PASSING WITH SAID TEMPLATE BETWEEN SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AND SECOND SENSING MEANS AND SAID SECOND SET OF INDICIA PASSING WITH SAID TEMPLATE BETWEEN SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEANS AND FIRST SENSING MEANS, AND MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID SETS OF INDICIA FOR RENDERING SAID FIRST SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE ONLY TO SAID FIRST SET OF INDICIA AND SAID SECOND SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE ONLY TO SAID SECOND SET OF INDICIA.