Machine for stripping honey-combs

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR UNCAPPING THE CELLS OF HONEYCOMB SECTIONS HAVING AN OUTER WOOD FRAME ENCASING THE MARGINAL PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING: (A) A STATIONARY FRAME; (B) A MOVABLE SUB-FRAME; (C) MEANS DEFINING A CUTTING STATION INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED RECIPROCATING CUTTER BLADES MOUNTED ON SAID MOVABLE FRAME AND POWER DRIVE MEANS FOR IMPARTING HIGH FREQUENCY RECIPROCATING MOTION TO SAID CUTTER BLADES; (D) CONVEYOR MEANS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS U-SHAPED TRAY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND PROGRESSIVELY ADVANCE SAID HONEYCOMB SECTIONS BY GRAVITY ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH; (E) ACTUATION MEANS FOR IMPARTING PARTIAL ROTATION OF SAID MOVABLE SUB-FRAME AND THEREBY MOVE SAID RECIPROCATING BLADES INTO AND OUT OF CUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CELLS OF SAID HONEYCOMB SECTIONS, SAID ACTUATION MEANS BEING CONTROLLED BY THE MOVEMENT OF SAID HONEYCOMB SECTIONS THROUGH SAID CUTTING STATION; AND (F) DISCHARGE MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CUTTING STATION FOR DIRECTING THE WASTE CLIPPING AWAY FROM SAID RECIPROCATING BLADES, SAID DISCHARGE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF DIVERGING FLANGE MEMBERS SITUATED ADJACENT SAID CUTTING STATION AND BEING MOUNTED ON SAID MOVABLE SUB-FRAME.