.~ Work feed increment shorter than longitudinal tool field
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/237
(under subclass 202) Device wherein the tool or an array of tools which are actuated during one dwell period has such extent in the direction of work-feed that cuts made during successive dwell periods overlap or intermingle.
(1) Note. Devices in this subclass are frequently used to shred or cut small pieces from a web by serrated cutters.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213+, for possible overlapping cuts made by successively actuated tools.
249, for a machine modified to facilitate manual
reorientation of workpiece, as when cutting or punching along a curved line.
255+, for possible overlapping cuts made at plural tool stations. 916, for a nibbling machine.
