movement with the carriage to cut sheets of material from the web as the carriage moves over the reel a plough removes cut sheets of the material from the reel as the carriage moves over the reel application_number US 95918501 A description the embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention schematically illustrated in fig1 has a frame 1 in the form of an inverted u with feet 2 3 4 and 5 between the vertical shanks in the frame 1 a beam or boom 6 extends which is displaceable up and down in the frame 1 the beam or boom 6 carries side supports 7 and 8 which are displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the boom or beam 6 for adapting to each end of a paper reel 9 which is placed in the frame 1 and may rest on a per se conventional pallet 10 after placing of the side supports 7 and 8 against the ends of the paper reel 9 it is appropriate to lock the side supports 7 and 8 in the desired position a shuttle like carriage 11 is displaceable reciprocally on the boom or beam 6 between the side supports 7 and 8 the carriage 11 supports a roller knife 12 and a plough 13 with two flaps 14 and 15 the plough 13 is double directed and the flaps 14 and 15 are adjustable for adaptation to the direction of movement of the plough 13 and the carriage 11 in fig1 the parts are shown with the roller knife 12 during cutting work on movement from left to right on the reel 9 the layers or sheets cut through during the preceding stroke have already fallen down onto the pallet 10 the boom or.