a cross cutting means mounted over said carriage, wherein the cross cutting means comprises two knife holders and two knives which are positioned parallel to one another, and which further comprises means for moving said two knives apart from one another and toward one another in {HEAD ~ response} to {TAIL ~ the distance} between the plates in order to sever the strip along the respective trailing and leading edges of two adjacent plates 
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a cross cutting means mounted over said carriage , wherein the cross cutting means comprises two knife holders and two knives which are positioned parallel to one another , and which further comprises means for moving said two knives apart from one another and toward one another in { HEAD ~ response } to { TAIL ~ the distance } between the plates in order to sever the strip along the respective trailing and leading edges of two adjacent plates
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