and wood wool.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1859
and wood wool.
I HEINRICH JORDT ANTHON, of the firm of Anthon & Sons, of Flensburg, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in machinery for the pro-
duction of wood shavings and wood wool.
My invention consists of a suitable frame, fitted with feed gear, rollers, and a slide
carrying the cutting blades; the slide being caused to travel to and fro in the frame
by means of a wheel and crank connected therewith or by any other means, actuated
by any convenient motive power.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1. is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a section of my invention.
fis the frame. g is a fly wheel fitted with a crank pin m showing one method of
communicating reciprocating motion to the slide A by means of the pin v.
The slide A is fitted with two sets of cutting planes at x and y, the cutting edges
being set in opposite directions; one, two, three, or more blades may be grouped
together as described.
B. B are two central toothed rollers extending across the machine; the roller B
being driven by the worm wheel and worm c and the wheel B' by the worm wheel and
worm c¹.
D. D and E E¹ are four toothed rollers, all which are driven by worm-wheels and
worms as shown in the Drawings.
The rollers B B₁ are fitted to fixed plates ii and the rollers D. D' E. E¹ are
fitted to sliding plates H. H' which are capable of sliding upon the parallel
guides
N N.
The blocks of wood to be operated upon are placed between the rollers, and the
rollers are kept in close contact therewith by means of the screws J. J. and hand
wheels K. K. Springs S S are interposed between the nuts and the heads to allow for
irregularities and sudden strains.

page_text: For convenience in placing four separate pieces of wood in the machine, the
intermediate plates P. P. are fitted to act as guides to the wood; but it is obvious
that, instead of the two short rollers D. D¹, one long roller may be used; and in
like manner E. E¹ may be substituted by one long roller, in cases where only two
blocks of wood are operated upon; the plates P. P being then dispensed with.
ww ww are four toothed wheels fitted to the screws which gear into the worm
wheels C C and H H. The wheels w may be driven by any ordinary feed gear, the
feed being regulated to suit the required material.
By the use of my invention four separate pieces of wood may be fixed and
operated upon at one and the same time, and such pieces may be of different lengths.
The machine operates by means of one set of blades, when travelling in one
direction, and by the other set of blades, when travelling in the other direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In combination with machinery for the manufacture of wood shavings and wood
wool, the application and use of the reciprocating slide A fitted with two sets of
cutting blades y each of which may consist of one or more blade or blades cutting
in the same direction, and so arranged that one set operates during the forward
motion, and the other during the return motion, each group operating upon one or
more separate piece or pieces of wood, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings.
2. In combination with machinery as aforesaid, the application and use of three sets
of feed rollers B B', D. D', E and E₁ severally oporating substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The general combination and arrangement of the several and respective parts
together forming my improvements in machinery for the manufacture of wood
shavings and wood wool, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.