Slot closure for back gauge of paper-cutting machines

Claim 1

A CUTTING MACHINE TABLE HAVING A MOVABLE BACK GAUGE, AND A GUIDE SLOT IN SAID TABLE IN WHICH SAID BACK GAUGE IS MOVED, AND A CLOSURE DEVICE FOR THE SLOT COMPRISING CABLE MEANS HAVING ENDS CONNECTED TO SAID BACK GAUGE, PULLEY MEANS DISPOSED BELOW SAID TABLES AND SAID CABLE MEANS PASSING AROUND SAID PULLEY MEANS, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL, DISCRETE, PLATE MEANS, SAID CABLE MEANS PASSING THROUGH SAID PLATE MEANS AND SAID PLATE MEANS BEING CARRIED BY SAID CABLE MEANS, AND MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID PLATE MEANS IN A CONTIGUOUS ARRAY ON SAID CABLE MEANS FOR A PREDETERMINED LENGTH THEREOF TO MAINTAIN SAID SLOT CLOSED AS SAID BACK GAUGE MOVES, SAID CABLE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL CABLES AND SAID PLATE MEANS COMPRISING BLOCK MEMBERS HAVING RECESSES THROUGH WHICH SAID CABLES PASS, WHEREBY SAID BLOCK MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTED ON SAID CABLES, AND SAID PLATE MEANS FURTHER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PLATES HAVING CLIP ELEMENTS SECURING SAID PLATES TO RESPECTIVE BLOCKS, SAID CLIP ELEMENTS BEING DISPOSED IN RELATION TO RESPECTIVE RECESSES TO SECURE SAID CABLES THEREIN.