Method of profiling and apparatus therefor

Claim 1

IN A PROFILING APPARATUS FOR PANATOGRAPHING THREEDIMENSIONAL SHAPES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISES OF A STATIONARY PLATFORM HAVING LONGITUDINAL AND TRAVERSE AXES; A CARRIAGE SUPPORT UPON SAID PLATFORM, SAID CARRIAGE BEING MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PLATFORM; A ROCKER FRAME STRUCTURE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED UPON AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID ROCKER FRAME STRUCNALLED UPON AND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID ROCKER FRAME STRUCTURE; TRACER FORM AND WORK-BLANK SECURING MEANS PROVIDED UPON SAID SPINDLE; A ROTATABLE STYLUS WHEEL SECURED TO THE STATIONARY PLATFORM AND DISPOSED BENEATH SAID TRACER FORM SECURING MEANS; A TRACER FORM SECURABLE TO SAID TRACER FORM SECURING MEANS, AND WHEN SECURED BEING ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID STYLUS WHEEL; A ROTATABLE CUTTER MOUNTED UPON SAID STATIONARY PLATFORM, THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID CUTTER BEING PARALLEL WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE; SAID WORK-BLANK SECURING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD A WORKBLANK, THE LATTER WHEN SECURED TO SAID SECURING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO CONTACT SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER, SAID WORKBLANK SECURING MEANS AND SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER BEING ARRANGED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE EACH OTHER, SAID MOVEMENT BEING PARALLEL TO THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID STATIONARY PLATFORM; AT LEAST ONE CAM SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED UPON SAID STATIONARY PLATFORM AND DISPOSED FOR MOVEMENT PARALLEL WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID STATIONARY PLATFORM; A CAM COAXIALLY SECURED TO SAID AT LEAST ONE CAM SHAFT; A CAM-FOLLOWER-SHAFT SECURED TO SAID FOLLOWER SHAFT SECURED TO SAID CARRIAGE WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM-FOLLOWER-SHAFT WILL OCCASION MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATIONARY PLATFORM, AN END OF SAID CAM-FOLLOWER-SHAFT BEING MOVABLY CONTIGUOUS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAM WHEREBY, WHEN CONTIGOUS THEREWITH, ROTATION OF SAID CAM WILL OCCASION SUCH MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE; AND DRIVING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SPINDLE, SAID DRIVING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO CAUSE ROTATABLE CUTTER, SAID DRIVING MENS BEING ADAPTED TO CAUSE THE ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE, SAID AT LEAST ONE CAM SHAFT AND SAID ROTATABLE CUTTER.