Mat cutting machine with reciprocating belt feeder

Claim 1

A HIGH SPEED MAT CUTTING MACHINE COMPRISING: A BELT FEEDER FOR FEEDING AN ELONGATED MAT IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS ELONGATION, A CUTTER TO WHICH THE FEEDER ADVANCES THE MAT AND WHICH SEVERS THE MAT TRANSVERSELY INTO DISCRETE PAD PORTIONS, TRANSPORT MECHANISM FOR THE CUTTER TO MOVE THE CUTTER TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MAT ELONGATION AND INTO AND OUT OF SEVERING RELATION TO THE MAT, SAID BELT FEEDER COMPRISING BELTS CONSTANTLY DRIVEN TO FEED THE MAT TOWARD THE CUTTER AND A BELT CARRIER MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CUTTER, A RECIPROCATOR FOR IMPARTING RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT TO THE CARRIER, ALTERNATELY TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE CUTTER AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SPEED AS THE BELTS TEND TO ADVANCE THE MAT TOWARD THE CUTTER, THUS TO HOLD THE MAT STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO THE CUTTER, AND TO MOVE IT TOWARD THE CUTTER, THUS TO ADVANCE THE MAT PAST THE CUTTER AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF BELT SPEED, A TIMER FOR THE TIMED COORDINATION OF THE CUTTER TRANSPORT MECHANISM AND THE BELT FEEDER CARRIER RECIPROCATOR BY WHICH THE CUTTER SEVERS THE MAT INTO DISCRETE PAD PORTIONS WHEN THE MAT IS STATIONARY AND IS FREE OF THE MAT WHEN THE MAT ADVANCES PAST THE CUTTER.