Micro-adjustable strip stock feeder

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR PROCESSING STRIP STOCK, SAID MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, A CRANK, A RAM COUPLED TO SAID CRANK TO RECIPROCATE AS SAID CRANK ROTATES, AND A FEEDER FOR FEEDING SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTS OF SUCH SHEET METAL STRIP STOCK INTO POSITIONS TO BE ACTED UPON BY SAID RAM, THE COMBINATION THEREIN OF AN AUXILIARY CRANK THE THROW OF WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE LENGTHS OF THE SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTS OF SUCH STRIP STOCK, A CONNECTING LINK ONE END OF WHICH IS ROTATED BY SAID AUXILIARY CRANK, A LEVER THE POWER PIVOT OF WHICH IS PIVOTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CONNECTING LINK, A FULCRUM PIVOT FOR SAID LEVER FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, A RECIPROCABLE ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID FEEDER AND PIVOTED TO A NOSE PIVOT OF SAID LEVER, SAID NOSE PIVOT BEING SPACED ALONG SAID LEVER FROM SAID POWER PIVOT, THE STROKES OF SAID ELEMENT BEING IN OVERLAPPING SEQUENCE WITH THE STROKES OF SAID RAM AND BEING PROPORTIONAL TO THE LENGTHS OF THE SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTS OF SUCH STRIP STOCK SO FED INTO POSITIONS TO BE ACTED UPON, AND MEANS FOR ALTERING THE LENGTH OF SAID LEVER BETWEEN SAID FULCRUM PIVOT AND SAID POWER AND NOSE PIVOTS AND THUS EFFECTING MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS OF THE LENGTHS OF THE ARMS OF SAID LEVER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FULCRUM PIVOT AND SAID POWER PIVOT AND BETWEEN SAID FULCRUM PIVOT AND SAID NOSE PIVOT AND THEIR RATIO TO EACH OTHER WHILE SAID MACHINE IS RUNNING AND