Slitter and scorer assembly

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR SLITTING AND/OR SCORING A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING WEB, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF SIDE FRAMES POSITIONED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID WEB; SUPPORT MEANS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID SIDE FRAMES ABOVE AND BELOW SAID WEB; A PLURALITY OF CARRIAGES POSITIONED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS ABOVE AND BELOW SAID WEB, SAID CARRIAGES BEING MOVABLE TRANSVERSELY ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS; A PAIR OF ADJUSTING SHAFTS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID SIDE FRAMES AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGES POSITIONED ABOVE AND WEB AND THE OTHER OF SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGES POSITIONED BELOW SAID WEB, SAID PAIR OF ADJUSTING SHAFTS CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGES SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS ALL OF SAID CARRIAGES CONNECTED THERETO MOVE TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO SAID WEB SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DISTANCE; AND GEARING CONNECTING SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS SO THAT BOTH OF SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS ROTATE AT THE SAME ANGULAR VELOCITY; SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS EACH HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION, SAID CARRIAGES EACH HAVING A LATERAL PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH WITH AN INTERNALLY THREADED TUBULAR MEMBER ROTATABLY POSITIONED THEREIN, SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IN SAID CARRIAGES RESPECTIVELY AND IN THREADED ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID CARRIAGES EACH HAVING LOCKING MEANS TO NON-ROTATABLY SECURE SAID TUBULAR MEMBER THERETO SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF SAID ADJUSTING SHAFTS, ALL OF SAID CARRIAGES MOVE TRANSVERSELY ON SAID ADJUSTING SHAFT EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION, AND SAID CARRIAGES EACH HAVING MEANS TO ROTATE SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IN SAID PASSAGEWAY INDEPENDTLY OF THE OTHER TUBULAR MEMBERS SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID ADJUSTING SHAFT SAID CARRIAGE MOVES TRANSVERSELY ON SAID ADJUSTING SHAFT EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO THE OTHERS OF SAID CARRIAGES.