Automatic cutting device

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF STOCK BY A COMPUTER CONTROLLED APPARATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A STORED PROGRAM COMPRISING: A SUPPORT FRAME, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR BELT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME HAVING AN UPPER RUN MOVABLE IN A FIRST DIRECTION, A MOVABLE MEMBER HAVING A CUTTER MOUNTED THEREON FOR CUTTING STOCK CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYOR BELT, TRANSMISSION MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MOVABLE MEMBER FOR CONTROLLING THE RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT THEREOF, A FIRST INPUT MEANS HAVING A PRESELECTED OUTPUT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE MEMBER IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION, VARIABLE SPEED SECOND INPUT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS TO VARY OR NULLIFY THE EFFECT OF SAID FIRST INPUT MEANS ON SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, SAID SECOND INPUT MEANS HAVING A PULSE GENERATING MEANS CONNECTED THERETO GENERATING PULSES IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OR PORTIONS OF ROTATION THEREOF, A CONTROL UNIT STORING A SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNALS THEREIN, A COUNTING CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSES FOR MAINTAINING A COUNT CONTINUOUSLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ROTATIONS OF SAID SECOND INPUT MEANS, SAID CONTROL UNIT OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL WHEN SAID COUNT CORRESPONDS TO SAID SET OF ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNALS, AND CONTROL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND INPUT MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT SIGNAL FOR REGULATING THE OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND INPUT MEANS TO SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS.