Self-cleaning cutting die with stripper element

Claim 1

IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SELF-CLEANING CUTTING DIE, A PLATEN, A TUBULAR BODY HAVING A WALL AND A CUTTING EDGE AT ONE END THEREOF SECURED TO THE PLATEN, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ELONGATED SLOTS IN SAID WALL AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID BODY AND TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATION FROM SAID CUTTING EDGE, AN EJECTOR POSITIONED IN SLIDABLE RELATION WITHIN SAID TUBULAR BODY AND HAVING A PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SLOTS, A STRIPPER POSITIONED IN SLIDABLE RELATION OVER THE OUTSIDE OF SAID TUBULAR BODY AND HVING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED APERTURES IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PASSAGE AND SLOTS, A PIN EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURES, PASSAGE AND SLOTS, AND SPRING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE EJECTOR AND THE PLATEN TO INDUCE RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE TUBULAR BODY AND THE EJECTOR AFTER THE CUTTING EDGE HAS BEEN MOVED TO CLEAR THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE MATERIAL BEING CUT, SAID STRIPPER HAVING A PARTIAL RING ON ITS STRIPPER OUTER SURFACE.