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Abstract

Corduroy cutting machine, including a shaft, a plurality of circular knives disposed adjacent each other on the shaft for cutting open floating wefts of a fabric web being movable along a given travel direction, a plurality of needles being normally movable in a given working area, the needles having points and having longitudinal slots formed therein for receiving portions of the knives at a cutting edge, the needles being insertable into the floating wefts to be cut open in a direction opposite the given travel direction, upper and lower contact strips being respectively disposed above and below the needle points, at least one of the contact strips being actuatable for stopping the cutting machine upon contact by one of the needles, the needles and the lower contact strip defining a working plane onto which the fabric is guidable from below over the lower contact strip to the cutting edge, the lower contact strip being lowerable from the working plane, and a collecting rail being associated with the upper contact strip for prohibiting an advance of the needles from the cut fabric web substantially beyond the given working area of the needle movement.

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First Claim