Multiple side punching machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MULTIPLE SIDE PUNCHING OF TUBULAR BLANKS COMPRISING: (A) A FRAME, (B) MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING TUBULAR BLANKS, (C) A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY SPACED PUNCHING UNITS DISPOSED AROUND SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, EACH PUNCHING UNIT COMPRISING (1) RADIALLY ACTING PUNCHING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID BLANK SUPPORTING MEANS, (2) A RAM DISPOSED RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUNCHING MEANS, AND (3) A RAM GUIDE SECURED TO SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING AND GUIDING SAID RAM FOR RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT, (D) AN ANNULAR CARRIER ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME, (E) MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID CARRIER THROUGH A PREDETERMINED ANGLE OF ROTATION BETWEEN SPACED APART LIMIT POSITIONS, (F) CAM MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID CARRIER AND SAID PLURALITY OF RAMS IN CONTINUOUS DRIVING RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THE EXTENT OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER BETWEEN SAID LIMIT POSITIONS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY FORCIBLY DRIVING SAID RAMS BOTH INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY IN RESPONSE TO OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER BETWEEN SAID LIMIT POSITIONS, (G) EJECTING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR EJECTING A BLANK THEREFROM, AND (H) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ARRIVAL OF SAID CARRIER IN ONE OF SAID LIMIT POSITIONS FOR ACTUATING SAID EJECTING MEANS UPON COMPLETION OF A RADIALLY OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID RAMS.