Abstract: A reciprocating knife expanded metal machine has a knife for producing parallel strand expanded metal mesh. The knife has cutting teeth with the effective cutting edges of adjacent teeth spaced by a distance almost as great as the length of an effective cutting edge of a tooth. The leading portion of the cutting edge of each tooth is longitudinally and convexly curved.
Abstract: A metal mesh lath, which is capable of receiving a spray or projection rendering of a material such as plaster or mortar, is provided on its rear surface with a coating of a resilient adhesive, particularly an elastomer or resilient plastic, which is stuck to the metal mesh and forms an elastic membrane over the apertures of the mesh.