Strip cutting unit for looms

Claim 1

A loom comprising, a loom frame, a plastic sheet material supply reel rotatably mounted on said frame, a finished cloth beam for said frame for receiving woven material, a weaving area located between said supply reel and said frame, cutter means on said frame for cutting said plastic sheet material onto individual warp strips, guide roll means on said frame for guiding the sheet material to said cutter means and for guiding the woven material to said finished cloth beam, said cutter means comprising a cylindrical cutting beam supported between said supply reel and said weaving area and having an open-top channellike guide extending alonG its length and a portion of the cylindrical surface forming a guide surface over which the plastic sheet is directed, a cutter bar in said channel having an axially extending receiving groove, a plurality of alternatively arranged cutting blades and disc pieces in said groove, said blades projecting outwardly from said bar and being located in the path of movement of said sheet to cut said sheet to form said warp strips, and clamping means for holding said cutting blades and disc pieces together on said bar.