Machine for making plates composed of inlaid flooring elements

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR COMPOSING SINGLE LAYERS OF INLAID FLOORING ELEMENTS IN MULTIPLE ROWS TO PLATES OF A DESIRED PATTERN: A HORIZONTAL PATHWAY FOR RECEIVING INLAID FLOORING ELEMENTS AND GUILDING THE SAME IN FORM OF PLATES COMPOSED OF SAID ELEMENTS, A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL MAGAZINE TOWERS OF EACH OF SAID MULTIPLE ROWS ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID PATHWAY AT ONE END AND ADAPTED RESPECTIVELY TO RECEIVE AND HOLD STACKS OF DIFFERNT GROUPS OF INLAID FLOORING BAR ELEMENTS IN SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS, FEED MEANS ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID MAGAZINE TOWERS AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND OPERABLE RESPECTIVELY TO MOVE ONE LAYER ONLY AT A TIME FROM EACH OF SAID MAGAZINE TOWERS AND TO MOVE THE SAME ONTO SAID PATHWAY IN ADJANCENT ARRANGEMENT TO LAYERS FROM OTHERS OF THE TOWERS AND ADVANCE THE SEVERAL LAYERS THUS FEED THEREON IN ONE DIRECTION ALONG SAID HORIZONTAL PATHWAY, A ROLL OF PAPER ABOVE THE PATHWAY, A PAIR OF ROLLERS ARRANGED ABOVE SAID PATHWAY FOR RECEIVING THEREBETWEEN A PAPER WEB WITHDRAWN FROM SAID ROLL, MEANS FOLLOWING SAID PAIR OF ROLLERS IN THE DIRECTION OF ADVANCEMENT OF SAID PLATES ON SAID PATHWAY FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO THE PAPER WEB PASSED THROUGH SAID PAIR OF ROLLERS, PRESSING MEANS FOLLOWING SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS IN SAID DIRECTION OF ADVANCEMENT FOR PRESSING THE ADHESIVE TREATED PAPER AGAINST A PLATE, AND CUTTING MEANS FOLLOWING SAID PRESSING MEANS AND MOVABLE TRANSVERSE TO SAID ADVANCING DIRECTION FOR CUTTING OFF A LENGTH OF PAPER APPLIED TO A PLATE FROM THE REMAINING WEB OF PAPER.