Cutting method and apparatus

Claim 1

A METHOD OF WORKING SHEET-LIKE MATERIAL COMPRISING FEEDING THE MATERIAL AT A PREDETERMINED SPEED THROUGH A FIRST WORK STATION, MOVING MATERIAL ENGAGING ELEMENTS LOCATED AT THE FIRST WORK STATION AT SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED TO WORK ON THE MATERIAL AT FIRST SPACED LOCATIONS THEREOF AS THE MATERIAL IS ADVANCED THROUGH THE FIRST WORK STATION, FEEDING SECOND LOCATIONS OF SAID MATERIAL INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST LOCATIONS PAST SAID FIRST WORK STATION WHEN SAIS MATERIAL ENGAGING ELEMENTS AT SAID FIRST WORK STATION ARE INEFFECTIVE TO ENGAGE SAID MATERIAL AND THROUGH A SECOND NECK STATION, MOVING MATERIAL ENGAGING ELEMENTS LOCATED AT THE SECOND WORK STATION AT THE SPEED AT WHICH SAID SECOND LOCATIONS MOVE THROUGH SAID SECOND WORK STATION TO WORK ON SAID SECOND LOCATIONS THEREOF AS SAID MATERIAL IS ADVANCED THROUGH SAID SECOND WORK STATION, AND MOMENTARILY CHANGING THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MATERIAL FROM SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED WHILE EACH OF SAID SECOND ALTERNATE LOCATIONS THEREOF IS ADVANCING TOWARD SAID SECOND STATION AND AFTER THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FIRST LOCATION HAS BEEN WORKED UPON AT SAID FIRST STATION EFFECT REGISTRY OF SAID SECOND LOCATIONS WITH THE WORK ENGAGING ELEMENTS AT SAID SECOND STATION AND TO PREVENT ENGAGEMENT OF SAID PRECEDING FIRST LOCATION BY SAID WORK ENGAGING ELEMENTS AT SAID SECOND STATION.