Abstract: The invention concerns improvements in universal vertical lift system couplings and attachments therefor; in vertical lift systems, improvements in wide engagement and narrow engagement universal couples and attachments; and improvements in couples of vertical lift systems, both wide gauge and narrow gauge, which permit attachment engagements be fixed directly to the working attachment member, rather than requiring the conventional intermediate universal support or carry.

Abstract: A continuous automotive felt die cutting press, cuts pattern out of a web passing through it. After exit of the web from the cutting press, the cut patterns and web are passed over a perforated roller that rotates about internally segmented zones having a plurality of removable solid and perforated sleeves. The roller is capable of transmitting a vacuum or a pressure through any one of its internally segmented zones with directional and force control being partially provided by the removable sleeve placement on the segmented roller. Base guides, which are adjustable, are located in the area between the perforated sleeves to provide a solid base for the cut patterns to rest upon during their vacuum separation from the web.