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Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A CONTINUOUS WEB OF SELECTIVELY ADVANCED MATERIAL INTO DEFINITE AREAS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FRAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEPENDING ADJUSTABLE LEGS; A PAIR OF UPSTANDING SPACED-APART FLANGES MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME; A GRADUATED CUTTER SUPPORT BAR INTERCONNECTING SAID FLANGES AND POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRAME; A RELEASABLY SECURED LONGITUDINAL CUTTER ASSEMBLY MOVABLY SECURED TO A PRESELECTED GRADUATION ALONG SAID SUPPORT BAR, SAID ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ARM CARRYING A CUTTER DISC FOR ENGAGING AND SEVERING LONGITUDINALLY MATERIAL URGED THEREAGAINST SUBSEQUENT TO POSITIONING SAID ASSEMBLY AT A SELECTED BAR GRADUATION; A GUIDE SUPPORT RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRAME AND SAID CUTTER SUPPORT BAR; A TRANSVERSE CUTTER ASSEMBLY CARRIED BY SAID RAIL HAVING A ROLLER BASE PLATE SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE GROOVED ROLLERS POSITIONED TO COOPERATIVELY ENGAGE SAID RAIL AND ALLOW SAID ASSEMBLY TO MOVE THEREON; A DEPENDING CUTTER CARRYING ARM MOUNTED TO SAID ASSEMBLY AND A CUTTER DISC REVOLVABLY HELD BY SAID ARM FOR ENGAGING AND A CUTTER DISC REVOLVABLBY HELD BY SAID FEED MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE DELIVERY OF MATERIAL TO SAID CUTTER ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AN IDLER SHAFT FOR RECEIVING A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF MATERIAL, TENSIONING MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOT SHAFT, SUPPORT BRACKETS MAINTAINING SAID SHAFT THEREBETWEEN, A POSITIONABLE CONTROL LEVER OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT, A PRESSURE ROLLER ROTATABLY SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT BRACKETS AND RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL LEVER, AND LOCKING MEANS TO SECURE AND RETAIN SAID LEVER IN A SELECTED POSITION, SAID ROLLER BIASING SAID MATERIAL AGAINST MOVEMENT UPON SELECTIVE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CONTROL LEVER AND GUIDE MEANS HAVING LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE GUIDE MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PIVOT SHAFT, SAID GUIDE MEMBERS HAVING FLARED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING EDGES ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE EDGES OF THE WEB OF ADVANCING MATERIAL AND MAINTAIN THE WEB IN REGISTRY AND ALIGNMENT; AND MEANS FOR MEASURING SAID MATERIAL PRIOR TO SEVERING BY SAID LONGITUDINAL CUTTER, SAID MEASUREMENT CONSTITUTING THE LENGTH OF THE SLIT MADE BY SAID LONGITUDINAL CUTTER WHEN SAID MATERIAL IS SELECTIVELY ADVANCED THEREAGAINST WHEREBY A CONTINUOUS WEB OF WOUND MATERIAL IS SELECTIVELY DISPENSED IN REGISTRY AND UNDER TENSION FROM THE IDLER SHAFT, SEVERED SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY FOR A MEASURED DISTANCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY SEVERED SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY TO FORM MATERIAL SEGMENTS OF PRESELECTED DIMENSIONS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A CONTINUOUS WEB OF SELECTIVELY ADVANCED MATERIAL INTO DEFINITE AREAS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FRAME HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEPENDING ADJUSTABLE LEGS; A PAIR OF UPSTANDING SPACED-APART FLANGES MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME; A GRADUATED CUTTER SUPPORT BAR INTERCONNECTING SAID FLANGES AND POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRAME; A RELEASABLY SECURED LONGITUDINAL CUTTER ASSEMBLY MOVABLY SECURED TO A PRESELECTED GRADUATION ALONG SAID SUPPORT BAR, SAID ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ARM CARRYING A CUTTER DISC FOR ENGAGING AND SEVERING LONGITUDINALLY MATERIAL URGED THEREAGAINST SUBSEQUENT TO POSITIONING SAID ASSEMBLY AT A SELECTED BAR GRADUATION; A GUIDE SUPPORT RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FRAME AND SAID CUTTER SUPPORT BAR; A TRANSVERSE CUTTER ASSEMBLY CARRIED BY SAID RAIL HAVING A ROLLER BASE PLATE SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE GROOVED ROLLERS POSITIONED TO COOPERATIVELY ENGAGE SAID RAIL AND ALLOW SAID ASSEMBLY TO MOVE THEREON; A DEPENDING CUTTER CARRYING ARM MOUNTED TO SAID ASSEMBLY AND A CUTTER DISC REVOLVABLY HELD BY SAID ARM FOR ENGAGING AND A CUTTER DISC REVOLVABLBY HELD BY SAID FEED MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE DELIVERY OF MATERIAL TO SAID CUTTER ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AN IDLER SHAFT FOR RECEIVING A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF MATERIAL, TENSIONING MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOT SHAFT, SUPPORT BRACKETS MAINTAINING SAID SHAFT THEREBETWEEN, A POSITIONABLE CONTROL LEVER OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT, A PRESSURE ROLLER ROTATABLY SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT BRACKETS AND RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL LEVER, AND LOCKING MEANS TO SECURE AND RETAIN SAID LEVER IN A SELECTED POSITION, SAID ROLLER BIASING SAID MATERIAL AGAINST MOVEMENT UPON SELECTIVE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CONTROL LEVER AND GUIDE MEANS HAVING LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE GUIDE MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PIVOT SHAFT, SAID GUIDE MEMBERS HAVING FLARED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING EDGES ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE EDGES OF THE WEB OF ADVANCING MATERIAL AND MAINTAIN THE WEB IN REGISTRY AND ALIGNMENT; AND MEANS FOR MEASURING SAID MATERIAL PRIOR TO SEVERING BY SAID LONGITUDINAL CUTTER, SAID MEASUREMENT CONSTITUTING THE LENGTH OF THE SLIT MADE BY SAID LONGITUDINAL CUTTER WHEN SAID MATERIAL IS SELECTIVELY ADVANCED THEREAGAINST WHEREBY A CONTINUOUS WEB OF WOUND MATERIAL IS SELECTIVELY DISPENSED IN REGISTRY AND UNDER TENSION FROM THE IDLER SHAFT, SEVERED SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY FOR A MEASURED DISTANCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY SEVERED SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY TO FORM MATERIAL SEGMENTS OF PRESELECTED DIMENSIONS.