Apparatus for severing a liquid stream

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH MEANS FOR PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS LIQUID STREAM DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY IN A PREDETERMINED PATH, SHEARS FOR SEVERING A LIQUID STREAM AND FORMING GOB-LIKE MEMBERS AT THE SEVERED END COMPRISING A PAIR OF BLADES, SAID BLADES HAVING SEVERING EDGES, THE SEVERING EDGE OF ONE OF SAID BLADES OVERLAPPING THE SEVERING EDGE OF THE OTHER BALDE IN THE PATH DIRECTLY UNDER SAID MEANS WHEN SAID BLADES ARE IN A CLOSED POSITION THEREBY TO SEVER THE STREAM, MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID BLADES IN PARALLEL PLANES, A CUP MEMBER ON TOP OF SAID OTHER BLADE, RESILIENT MOUNTING MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY POSITIONING SAID CUP MEMBER ON SAID OTHER BLADE NEAR THE CUTTING EDGE THEREOF, SAID RESILIENT MEANS ENABLING SAID CUP MEMBER TO BE PUSHED AWAY FROM ITS ASSOCIATED SEVERING EDGE WHEN THE SEVERING EDGE OF SAID ONE BLADE OVERLAPS SAID OTHER BLADE, SAID CUP MEMBER HAVING A RECESS OPENING TOWARD ITS ASSOCIATED SEVERING EDGE AND SHAPED TO DIRECT THE STREAM AWAY FROM SAID OTHER BLAD WHEN IN THE PATH OF THE STREAM WITH THE BLADES CLOSED, THEREBY TO FORM A GOB-LIKE MEMBER AT THE SEVERED END OF THE STREAM, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BLADES BETWEEN THE OPEN POSITION IN WHICH SAID BLADES ARE SPACED FROM SAID STREAM AND THE CLOSED POSITION IN WHICH THE SEVERING EDGES OF SAID BLADES ARE OVERLAPPED.