Strip conveyance

Claim 1

A METHOD OF CONVEYING FLEXIBLE STRIP MATERIALS FORMED FROM AN ENDLESS MILLING SOURCE, THE STEPS OF: A. SHEARING THE MATERIAL AT A HIGH RATE OF LINEAL VELOCITY OF THE MATERIALS; THEREAFTER B. ACCELERATING THE LINEAL VELOCITY THEREOF BY SLIDABLE FRICTION SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT, TO FORM GAPS BETWEEN RESPECTIVE SHEARED ENDS THEREOF; SEQUENTIALLY, C. THREADING SAME WHILE MAINTAINING SAME AGAINST DISTORTION; THEREAFTER D. TRANSVERSELY CHANNELING AND DISPLACING SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS THEREOF; THEREAFTER E. DECELERATING THE LINEAL VELOCITY THEREOF BY SLIDABLE FRICTION SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT TO EFFECT ENDWISE ALIGNMENT OF RESPECTIVE LENGTHS; F. SEQUENTIALLY STOPPING THE LINEAL MOVEMENT THEREOF; G. CONVEYING PARALLEL SHEARED LENGTHS IN A DIRECTION WHICH IS ANGULAR TO THE INITIAL LINEAL DIRECTION, AND H. STACKING.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF CONVEYING FLEXIBLE STRIP MATERIALS FORMED FROM AN ENDLESS MILLING SOURCE, THE STEPS OF: A. SHEARING THE MATERIAL AT A HIGH RATE OF LINEAL VELOCITY OF THE MATERIALS; THEREAFTER B. ACCELERATING THE LINEAL VELOCITY THEREOF BY SLIDABLE FRICTION SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT, TO FORM GAPS BETWEEN RESPECTIVE SHEARED ENDS THEREOF; SEQUENTIALLY, C. THREADING SAME WHILE MAINTAINING SAME AGAINST DISTORTION; THEREAFTER D. TRANSVERSELY CHANNELING AND DISPLACING SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS THEREOF; THEREAFTER E. DECELERATING THE LINEAL VELOCITY THEREOF BY SLIDABLE FRICTION SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT TO EFFECT ENDWISE ALIGNMENT OF RESPECTIVE LENGTHS; F. SEQUENTIALLY STOPPING THE LINEAL MOVEMENT THEREOF; G. CONVEYING PARALLEL SHEARED LENGTHS IN A DIRECTION WHICH IS ANGULAR TO THE INITIAL LINEAL DIRECTION, AND H. STACKING.

Claim 3

A SYSTEM TO CONVEY FLEXIBLE STRIP PREDETERMINED LENGTHS RAILS, WHICH COMPRISES: A. A SHEARING MACHINE TO CUT PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF SAID MATERIAL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND FEED THEM UNI-DIRECTIONALLY; B. AN ACCELERATION CONVEYOR TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS WHEREBY A GAP IS FORMED THEREBETWEEN; C. MEANS TO FEED SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS FROM SAID SHEARING APPARATUS TO SAID ACCELERATOR CONVEYOR; D. THREADING APPARATUS IN OPERABLE RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ACCELERATING CONVEYOR TO THREAD SAID SUCCESSIVE STRIPS INTO A CHANNEL BED, SAID CHANNEL BED COMPRISING AN ENDLESS SERIES OF HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; E. MEANS TO ROTATE SAID CHANNEL BED IN A DIRECTION TRANVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID LENGTHS WHEREBY SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS ARE FED INTO SUCCESSIVE HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; F. ROLLER BED DECELERATION MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS WITH VARIABLE SPEEDS, SAID ROLLERS BEING POSITIONED TO ACCEPT SAID LENGTHS FROM SAID CHANNEL BED; SAID ROLLER BED FURTHER COMPRISING TROUGH MEANS ROTATING PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID ROLLER MEANS, WHEREBY SAID LENGTHS FROM SAID CHANNEL BED ENTER SUCCESSIVE TROUGH MEANS, THE COMBINATION OF THE TROUGH MEANS AND ROLLERS TRANSVERSELY TRANSLATING SAID LENGTHS AT RIGHT ANGLES, G. STOP MEANS AT THE END OF SAID ROLLER BED TO BRING SAID LENGTHS TO A HALT, WHEREBY SAID LENGTHS ARE ALIGNED ENDWISE.

Claim 4

A SYSTEM TO CONVEY FLEXIBLE STRIP PREDETERMINED LENGTHS RAILS, WHICH COMPRISES: A. A SHEARING MACHINE TO CUT PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF SAID MATERIAL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND FEED THEM UNI-DIRECTIONALLY; B. AN ACCELERATION CONVEYOR TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS WHEREBY A GAP IS FORMED THEREBETWEEN; C. MEANS TO FEED SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS FROM SAID SHEARING APPARATUS TO SAID ACCELERATOR CONVEYOR; D. THREADING APPARATUS IN OPERABLE RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ACCELERATING CONVEYOR TO THREAD SAID SUCCESSIVE STRIPS INTO A CHANNEL BED, SAID CHANNEL BED COMPRISING AN ENDLESS SERIES OF HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; E. MEANS TO ROTATE SAID CHANNEL BED IN A DIRECTION TRANVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID LENGTHS WHEREBY SUCCESSIVE LENGTHS ARE FED INTO SUCCESSIVE HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; F. ROLLER BED DECELERATION MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS WITH VARIABLE SPEEDS, SAID ROLLERS BEING POSITIONED TO ACCEPT SAID LENGTHS FROM SAID CHANNEL BED; SAID ROLLER BED FURTHER COMPRISING TROUGH MEANS ROTATING PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID ROLLER MEANS, WHEREBY SAID LENGTHS FROM SAID CHANNEL BED ENTER SUCCESSIVE TROUGH MEANS, THE COMBINATION OF THE TROUGH MEANS AND ROLLERS TRANSVERSELY TRANSLATING SAID LENGTHS AT RIGHT ANGLES, G. STOP MEANS AT THE END OF SAID ROLLER BED TO BRING SAID LENGTHS TO A HALT, WHEREBY SAID LENGTHS ARE ALIGNED ENDWISE.