Roller die press cutter apparatus with automatic roll lift

Claim 1

IN A ROLLER DIE CUTTING APPARAUTS THE COMBINATION OF A MOUNTING FRAME, A BED OPERATIVELY CARRIED IN HORIZONTAL FIXED RELATION BY THE FRAME, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED OVER THE TOP OF THE BED AND MOVABLE IN PARALLEL RELATION THERETO, A ROLLER ROTATABLY MOUNTED TO THE CARRIAGE AND POSITIONED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOP OF THE BED, MEANS TO ADJUST THE PARALLEL ADJACENT RELATION OF THE ROLLER WITH RESPECT TO THE TOP OF THE BED, DIE MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO ONE END OF THE FRAME AND POSITIONABLE IN FACE TO FACE COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP TO THE BED, MEANS TO DRIVE SAID CARRIAGE FROM AN INITIAL POSITION RELATIVE TO THE BED THE LENGTH THEREOF, WITH THE DIE MEANS IN FACE TO FACE RELATION TO THE BED WITH THE ROLLER IN AN INITIAL POSITION SO THAT THE ROLLER SEQUENTIALLY FORCES THE DIE MEANS INTO POINT-CONTACT CUTTING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE BED, MEANS TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE RELATIVE TO THE BED, MEANS TO AUTOMATICALLY LIFT THE ROLLER A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE BED AFTER A CUTTING PASS THEREOVER SO THE CARRIAGE MAY BE RETURNED TO THE INITIAL POSITION WITHOUT HAVING THE ROLLER FORCE THE DIE MEANS INTO POINT-CONTACT CUTTING RELATION WITH THE BED, AND MEANS TO AUTOMATICALLY RETURN THE ROLLER TO ITS INITIAL POSITION TOWARDS THE BED WHEN THE CARRIAGE RETURNS TO ITS INITIAL POSITION.