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APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A WEB OF MATERIAL SLIT INTO A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL STRIPS ALL MOVING THROUGH THE APPARATUS IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AT THE SAME SPEED AND CUTTING SAID STRIPS TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TO FORM SHEETS WITH THE SHEETS CUT FROM A FIRST OF SAID STRIPS BEING OF A DIFFERENT DIMENSION MEASURED ALONG SAID PATH THAN THE CORRESPONDING DIMENSION OF SHEETS CUT FROM A SECOND OF SAID STRIPS; SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING A FIRST CUTOFF, AND A SECOND CUTOFF; FIRST MEANS CONVEYING SAID FIRST STRIP INTO SAID FIRST CUTOFF AND SECOND MEANS CONVEYING SAID SECOND STRIP OVER SAID FIRST CUTOFF INTO SAID SECOND CUTOFF; A MAIN DRIVE SHAFT THROUGH WHICH DRIVING POWER IS SUPPLIED TO SAID APPARATUS; A FIRST TRANSMISSION MEANS AND A FIRST DISENGAGEABLE CLUTCH MEANS CONNECTED TO TRANSMIT POWER FROM SAID SHAFT TO SAID FIRST CUTOFF AND SAID FIRST MEANS; A SECOND TRANSMISSION MEANS AND A SECOND DISENGAGEABLE CLUTCH MEANS CONNECTED TO TRANSMIT POWER FROM SAID SHAFT TO SAID SECOND CUTOFF AND SAID SECOND MEANS; SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND TRANSMISSION MEANS AND SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND CLUTCH MEANS ALL POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID APPARATUS; SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND TRANSMISSION MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND INPUT SHAFT, RESPECTIVELY, AS WELL AS A FIRST AND A SECOND OUTPUT SHAFT, RESPECTIVELY; SAID FIRST INPUT SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID MAIN DRIVE SHAFT; SAID SECOND INPUT SHAFT CONNECTED THROUGH SAID FIRST TRANSMISSION MEANS TO SAID MAIN DRIVE SHAFT; EACH OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFTS EXTENDING GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID INPUT SHAFTS; SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND OUTPUT SHAFTS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND CUTOFFS, RESPECTIVELY, BY SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND CLUTCH MEANS, RESPECTIVELY; SAID FIRST TRANSMISSION MEANS ALSO INCLUDING AN AUXILIARY OUTPUT SHAFT AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH AND CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT SHAFT; SAID FIRST TRANSMISSION MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING BEVEL GEAR MEANS TRANSMITTING DRIVING POWER FROM SAID FIRST INPUT SHAFT TO SAID FIRST OUTPUT SHAFT AND SPUR GEAR MEANS TRANSMITTING DRIVING POWER FROM SAID FIRST INPUT SHAFT TO SAID AUXILIARY OUTPUT SHAFT.