Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
In an apparatus for slitting a web of material such as paper continuously passed therethrough and including a first circular blade rotatably mounted about an axially fixed first shaft, a cooperating second circular blade rotatably mounted about an axially displaceable second shaft, and a carriage for said second shaft, the improvement which comprises a first pair of spaced parallel leaf springs each connected fixedly at one end to said carriage, a coupling block carried by the other ends of said first pair of leaf springs, a second pair of spaced parallel leaf springs each connected at one end to said coupling block, the planes of said second pair of springs being substantially perpendicular to those of the first pair of springs and perpendicular to the axis of said second shaft, said second pair of springs at their other ends carrying said second shaft, means for displacing said coupling block relative to said carriage with flexing of said first pair of springs thereby to displace the axis of the second circular blade toward the axis of said first circular blade, and means for displacing the other ends of said second pair of springs with flexing thereof thereby to displace the axis of said second circular blade longitudinally and bring the second circular blade against the first circular blade in workiNg relationship relative to said first circular blade.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
In an apparatus for slitting a web of material such as paper continuously passed therethrough and including a first circular blade rotatably mounted about an axially fixed first shaft, a cooperating second circular blade rotatably mounted about an axially displaceable second shaft, and a carriage for said second shaft, the improvement which comprises a first pair of spaced parallel leaf springs each connected fixedly at one end to said carriage, a coupling block carried by the other ends of said first pair of leaf springs, a second pair of spaced parallel leaf springs each connected at one end to said coupling block, the planes of said second pair of springs being substantially perpendicular to those of the first pair of springs and perpendicular to the axis of said second shaft, said second pair of springs at their other ends carrying said second shaft, means for displacing said coupling block relative to said carriage with flexing of said first pair of springs thereby to displace the axis of the second circular blade toward the axis of said first circular blade, and means for displacing the other ends of said second pair of springs with flexing thereof thereby to displace the axis of said second circular blade longitudinally and bring the second circular blade against the first circular blade in workiNg relationship relative to said first circular blade.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for displacing said coupling block relative to said carriage comprises a cooperating first piston and first cylinder each connected to one of said coupling block and said carriage, and means for displacing said first piston relative to said first cylinder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for displacing the other ends of said second pair of springs comprises a cooperating second piston and second cylinder each operatively connected to one of said coupling block and said other ends of said second pair of springs, and means for displacing said second piston relative to said second cylinder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said means for displacing the other ends of said second pair of springs comprises a cooperating second piston and second cylinder each operatively connected to one of said coupling block and said other ends of said second pair of springs, and means for displacing said second piston relative to said second cylinder.