Ice cutting machine

Claim 1

IN AN ICE CUTTING MACHINE OF THE TYPE EMPLOYING A FIRST SERIES OF LONGITUDINAL CUTTING SAWS AND A SECOND SERIES OF TRANSVERSE CUTTING SAWS FOR SECTIONING ICE THE COMBINATION OF: (A) AN INCLINED BED, INCLUDING AN ICE BLOCK FEEDING MECHANISM, SUPPORTED IN FRONT OF SAID FIRST SERIES OF CUTTING SAWS; (B) A PIVOTED FEEDING CRADLE SUPPORTED INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST SERIES AND SAID SECOND SERIES OF CUTTING SAWS, SAID CRADLE BEING PIVOTABLE FROM A POINT BENEATH SAID SECOND SERIES OF SAWS TO A POINT ABOVE SECOND SERIES OF SAWS SO AS TO FEED SECTIONS OF LONGITUDINALLY CUT ICE FOR TRANSVERSE CUTTING; AND (C) SEPARATE ENDLESS CHAIN DRIVE FEEDING MECHANISMS SUPPORTED IN SAID INCLINED BED AND IN SAID CRADLE, THE CHAIN DRIVE IN SAID CRADLE BEING TIMED TO ADVANCE ICE TOWARDS SAID SECOND SERIES OF TRANSVERSE CUTTING SAWS IN INCREMENTS AS WIDE AS THE SECTIONS OF LONGITUDINALLY CUT ICE.