Adjustable-inclined bed knife

Claim 1

IN A PELLETIZING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING FLY KNIVES, EACH WITH A TOOTHED CUTTING EDGE, ROTATING UNIDIRECTIONALLY ABOUT AN AXIS IN A CYLINDRICAL PATH, A BED SUPPORTING A WEB OF SHEET MATERIAL, TO BE PELLETIZED, IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE GENERALLY RADIAL TO SAID AXIS AND PROPELLING MEANS FEEDING SAID WEB ALONG SAID BED INTO THE PATH OF SAID FLY KNIVES THE COMBINATION OF: A STATIONARY BED KNIFE, FIXED AT THE EXTREMITY OF SAID BED, SAID BED KNIFE HAVING A TOOTHED FORWARD CUTTING EDGE AND FORWARD FACE INTERMESHING AT CLOSE CLEARANCE WITH THE TOOTHED CUTTING EDGES OF SAID FLY KNIVES, AND A WEB-SUPPORTING, UPPER FACE ON SAID BED KNIFE, SAID FACE INCLINING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY FROM THE RADIAL HORIZONTAL PLANE OF SAID BED TO A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED ABOVE SAID RADIAL PLANE SAID FORWARD CUTTING EDGE AND GUIDING THE LEADING EDGE OF SAID WEB INTO THE CIRCULAR PATH OF SAID FLY KNIVES AT A RADIAL PLANE ANGULARLY SUBSTANTIALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE RADIAL PLANE OF SAID BED.