Ex parte SAKAMOTO - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1997-1369                                                        
          Application No. 08/224,588                                                  




          said second         knife,                                                  
                        said third knife having a cutting edge which is              
                    directed to different radial directions as said                   
                         rotating body rotates between the first and                  
          second         rotational positions,                                        
                    wherein the desired web material is cut by said                   
          third     knife and one of said first and second knives                     
          selected       depending on the rotational position of said                 
          rotating            body.                                                   
               8.   An automatic web material connecting apparatus                    
          comprising:                                                                 
               a pair of blocks arranged so as to be able to move                     
               relatively and be pressed against each other in a                      
          direction      to cross a feed path for a first web material                
          and a feed     path for a second web material;                              
                    retaining means for retaining the first and second                
          web       materials on respective opposite faces of said pair               
          of blocks;                                                                  
                    cutting means, associated with said pair of blocks,               
          for       cutting a desired one of the first and second web                 
          materials;     and                                                          
                    driving means for relatively moving said pair of                  
                    blocks, whereby the desired web material is cut by                
          said      cutting means while said pair of blocks are moving                
               relative to each other;                                                
                    wherein said cutting means includes,                              
                         a rotating body rockable between the feed paths              
                    for the first and second web materials on an upper-               
                    course side of said pair of blocks,                               

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