Cutting stroke adjusting mechanism

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE HAVING MEANS FOR CUTTING INTO LENGTHS A CONTINUOUSLY FORMED AND CONTINUOUSLY CONVEYED ARTICLE, A CUTTER CARRIAGE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY RECIPROCATING SAID CARRIAGE PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE ARTICLE IN SUCH A WAY THAT DURING A PORTION OF ITS RECIPROCATION THE CARRIAGE MOVES IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE ARTICLE AND MAINTAINS A CONSTANT VELOCITY, SAID CARRIAGE RECIPROCATING MEANS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL SLIDABLE ASSEMBLY, A PIVOTED LEVER FOR DRIVING SAID CARRIAGE ACCORDING TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID ASSEMBLY WITH SAID LEVER INTERMEDIATE ITS PIVOT POINT AND CARRIAGE CONNECTION, MEANS CONNECTING TO SAID RECIPROCATING MEANS AND CARRIAGE, AND MEANS TO ADJUST SAID CONNECTING MEANS FOR CHANGING THE VELOCITY OF CARRIAGE MOVEMENT IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE CARRIAGE AND THE ARTICLE DURING THE CONSTANT VELOCITY PORTION OF THE CARRIAGE MOVEMENT, SAID ADJUSTABLE CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATABLE SHAFT HAVING A SCREW THREAD THEREON ENGAGING SAID CONNECTING MEANS, A GEAR MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR MOVING SAID CONNECTING MEANS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LEVER THEREBY TO ADJUST THE RATIO OF MAGNIFICATIO OF THE ASSEMBLY MOVEMENT IMPARTED TO THE CARRIAGE, SAID ADJUSTING MEANS OPERATING WITHOUT CHANGING THE RECIPRCATION RATE OF THE CARRIAGE AND WITHOUT STOPPING THE MACHINE, AND FIXEDLY POSITIONED MEANS TO DRIVE SAID GEAR AND SAID THREADED SHAFT, A MOVABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID GEAR AND DRIVING MEANS CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGED DURING RECIPROCATION OF SAID SLIDABLE ASSEMBLY, SAID MOVABLE CONNECTION INCLUDING A SPLINED SHAFT AND A GEAR TURNING WITH SAID SPLINED SHAFT, SAID SPLINED SHAFT AND GEAR BEING RELATIVELY MOVABLE AXIALLY.