Eastman Machine Company

Lester C Bennett

John H Buscher

Robert J Pieroni

Andrzej Nalecz

A lubrication system for a cutting machine such as a cloth cutting machine. The lubricant reservoir is provided within a housing portion so as to protect it from damage when the machine is laid on its side. An easily removable wicking module is provided with an end adjacent a reservoir outlet so that only a short feeder wick need be provided for transmission of lubricant into the module.

Cutting machine having lubricant reservoir within the housing

Apparatus for cutting sheet material such as cloth as the material lies on a supporting surface having opposite sides comprising an elongated track adapted to extend across the supporting surface between the sides, the track having an operative surface over which the sheet material lies during cutting thereof, and a cutter operatively associated with the track for movement in opposite directions along the track for cutting the material. The apparatus further includes supporting structures on opposite ends of the track and associated with the opposite sides of the surface, the supporting structures including mechanisms for raising and lowering the track relative to the supporting surface, a drive operatively coupled to the cutter and to the raising and lowering mechanisms for moving the cutter along the track for cutting the material and for raising and lowering the track and a control operatively connected to the drive for causing the drive to move the cutter along the track for cutting the material and thereafter causing the drive to raise and lower the track. The control also includes provision for limiting the maximum length of travel of the cutter along the track as well as controlling the speed of travel thereof, allowing sharpening of the cutter and controlling the height to which the track is raised.

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Tonawanda, NY, United States of America

Lester C Bennett