Device for projecting flat articles on a working plane of a machine for automatic cutting such flat articles

A machine for cutting flat articles from at least one piece of leather, the machine having a substantially horizontal working plane, on which the piece of leather is spread, a moveable tools carrying carriage situated over the working plane, processing means for selecting an arrangement of said flat articles to be cut out of said piece of leather and for guiding said tools carrying carriage, the improvement comprising;

• a stationary support extended over the working plane of the machine;
• at least one pair of adjustable mirrors connected to said stationary support and disposed over the working plane;
• a projector mounted on support means mounted to the machine;
• the support means being rotatable from a first working position in which an image generated by said projector is reflected by said first adjustable mirror and projected in a first area of the working plane, and a second working position in which an image generated by said projector is reflected by said second adjustable mirror and projected in a second area of the working plane;
• and,
• means for rotating the support means.