(under subclass 404) Device in which at least one of the tools comprises one or more edged cutters located in the path of moving material and whose cutting plane (as disclosed) is substantially parallel to said path for constant cutting contact with the material thicknesswise thereof.
(1) Note. See the definition and notes to subclass 425 for further amplification of what is considered to be a slitter.
(2) Note. A plurality of slitters transversely spaced at the same longitudinal location, which slitters simultaneously cut moving material, (i.e., two or more slitters spaced across the material and perpendicular to the direction of material movement), will be considered as a single cutting zone or tool station, whereas slitters obliquely spaced (i.e., one slitter to the side and forward of another slitter) will be considered as plural cutting zones or tool stations.
