Controlled facsimile copy cutting mechanism

Claim 1

A CONTROLLED FACSIMILE SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSMITTER INCLUDING MEANS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC FACSIMILE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF SUBJECT COPY, A RECORDER RESPONSIVE TO THE FACSIMILE SIGNALS, A RECORDER CUT MECHANISM TO SEPARATE RECORDER FACSIMILE COPY, A CONTROL MECHANISM FOR THE CUT MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE CONTROLLED BY AN INTERRUPTION OF THE FACSIMILE SIGNAL, A FRAME, ROLLERS JOURNALLED IN THE FRAME, A FEED BELT CARRIED BY THE ROLLERS, A SCANNING PLATE EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF THE BELT BETWEEN THE ROLLERS, THE PLATE INCLUDING A CENTRAL PORTION AND LEADING AND TRAILING END PORTIONS, THE CENTRAL PORTION IN CONTACT WITH THE BELT, THE LEADING AND TRAILING END PORTIONS SPACED FROM THE BELT, MEANS FORMING A SCANNING SLOT IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PLATE AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE BELT, A SPRING MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE LEADING PORTION OF THE SCANNING PLATE, A GRIPPING EDGE FOR THE END OF THE SPRING MEMBER IS RELEASABLE CONTACT WITH THE BELT, THE GRIPPING EDGE SPACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE SCANNING SLOT, MEANS FORMING A FEEDING SURFACE POSITIONED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE BELT ADJACENT THE SCANNING PLATE AND PROVIDING MEANS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SUBJECT COPY BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE SCANNING PLATE, MEANS FORMING AN OPENING IN THE FEEDING SURFACE, A DOUBLE POLED TIMER CONTROL SWITCH, AN OPERATING ARM FOR THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE FEEDING SURFACE AND POSITIONED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AHEAD OF THE GRIPPING EDGE, THE OPERATING ARM ADAPTED TO BE MOVED DOWNWARDLY BY CONTACT WITH SUBJECT COPY, THE OPERATING MEMBERIN ITS UPWARD POSITION ADAPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE POLES OF THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH, AND IN DOWNWARD POSITION ADAPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER OF THE POLES OF THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH, A CONTROL FOR THE TRANSMITTER CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER OF THE POLES OF THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH AND OPERATIVE UPON THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATING ARM FOR THE STARTING OF THE TRANSMITTER AND THE TRANSMISSION OF A CARRIER SIGNAL, A TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTOR SWITCH IN THE OUTPUT OF THE TRANSMITTER, A MOTOR DRIVEN INPUT TIMER CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER OF THE HOLES OF THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH AND OPERATIVE UPON THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATING ARM, THE INPUT TIMER HAVING TWO SEQUENTIALLY OPERATING TIMING PERIODS, THE FIRST OF THE INPUT TIMER OPERATING PERIODS CORRESPONDING TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE SUBJECT COPY TO BE CARRIED BY THE BELT FROM THE GRIPPING EDGE TO THE SCANNING SLOT, MEANS IN THE INPUT TIMER TO EFFECT A TIMED ACTUATION OF THE TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTOR SWITCH AT THE END OF THE INPUT TIMER FIRST OPERATING PERIOD, STOP MEANS IN THE INPUT TIMER OPERATIVE FOR THE STOPPING THEREOF AFTER ACTUATION OF THE TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTOR SWITCH, RESET MEANS FOR THE INPUT TIMER, A MOTOR DRIVEN OUTPUT TIMER CONNECTED TO SAID ONE OF THE POLES OF THE TIMER CONTROL SWITCH AND OPERATIVE UPON THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATING ARM, THE OUTPUT TIMER HAVING TWO SEQUENTIALLY OPERATED TIMING PERIODS, THE FIRST OF THE OUTPUT TIMER OPERATING PERIODS CORRESPONDING TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE SUBJECT COPY TO BE CARRIED BY THE BELT FROM THE POINT OF RELEASE OF THE OPERATING ARM TO THE SCANNING SLOT, MEANS IN THE OUTPUT TIMER TO EFFECT TIMED ACTUATION OF THE TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTER SWITCH AT THE END OF THE OUTPUT TIMER FIRST TIMING PERIOD, MEANS IN THE OUTPUT TIMER TO EFFECT ACTUATION OF THE CONTROL FOR THE TRANSMITTER FOR THE STOPPING THEREOF AT THE END OF THE OUTPUT TIMER SECOND TIMING PERIOD, THE RESET MEANS IN THE INPUT TIMER ACTUATED UPON THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATING ARM AND THEREBY INITIATING THE SECOND OF THE INPUT TIMER PERIODS CORRESPONDING TO A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO READY THE INPUT TIMER FOR ANOTHER SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS WHEREBY THE CARRIER SIGNAL IS INTERRUPTED AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS DEPENDENT UPON THE RECEIPT OF SUBJECT COPY BY THE TRANSMITTER, THE INTERRUPTION OF THE CARRIER SIGNAL CONTROLLING THE CUT MECHANISM OF THE RECORDER.