.~ With means to cyclically manipulate cutter or cutter support {3}
265
.~.~ To reorient, introduce, or remove cutter
DEFINITION
Classification: 409/265
To reorient, introduce, or remove cutter:
(under subclass 264) Apparatus wherein the butting tool handling structure is effective to (1) realign the cutting tool between successive shaping strokes so as to follow a path of cut different from that of its prior cutting stroke or (2) either (a) position for a subsequent shaping operation a cutting tool not used in the last preceding shaping operation or (b) prepare for the next subsequent shaping operation by removing a cutting tool which has just performed its cutting function.