Machine for cutting tubular fabric

Claim 1

MACHINE FOR CUTTING UPON THE BIAS AN ENDLESS BAND FROM A TUBULAR, MORE PARTICULARLY KNITTED FABRIC, COMPRISING A TOP FRAME ROTATING ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS AND SUPPORTING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ROLL OF TUBULAR FABRIC, FROM WHICH THE FABRIC IS UNROLLED AND IS SLIPPED AFTER RESUMING ITS TUBULAR FORM OVER AN UNDERLYING ROTARY MEMBER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ARTICULATED ARMS ARRANGED TO FORM AN UPWARDLY TAPERING CONICAL FRUSTUM AND SUPPORTING AT THEIR BOTTOM ENDS RADIALLY ORIENTATED ROLLERS IDLY ROTATING ABOUT HORIZONTAL AXES, MEANS FOR VARYING THE INCLINATION OF SAID CONICAL FRUSTUM, A PLURALITY OF ARMS ARTICULATED BY THEIR TOP ENDS TO THE BASE OF THE ROTARY FRAME, EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO THE ARMS FORMING THE ROTATING CONICAL FRUSTUM, AGAINST WHICH THEY ARE HELD CLOSE BY THE ACTION OF RESILIENT MEANS, SAID ARMS ARTICULATED TO THE TOP FRAME SUPPORTING AT THEIR BOTTOM ENDS ROLLERS ROTATABLE ABOUT HORIZONTAL AXES, TANGENTIAL TO THE CIRCULAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FABRIC SLIPPED OVER THE CONICAL FRUSTUM AND COOPERATING WITH THE ROLLERS ON THE INTERNAL ROTARY MEMBER, MEANS FOR ROTATING AT AN ADJUSTABLE SPEED THE OUTER ROLLERS IN ORDER TO FEED THE FABRIC DOWNWARDLY AND A CIRCULAR CUTTER COOPERATING WITH A BACKING ROLLER, BOTH SUPPORTED BY STATIONARY SUPPORTS, FOR CUTTING AN ENDLESS BAND FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE TUBULAR FABRIC.