A FEED PLANING MACHINES
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Nov., 188
I THOMAS NIELD ROBINSON of the firm of Thomas Robinson and Son Limited of
the Railway Works Rochdale in the County of Lancaster Machine Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for A FEED
PLANING MACHINES, to be as follows:-
MOTION FOR
CERTAIN WOOD
My present Invention relates to the class of wood planing machines for which
I applied for Letters Patent No. 5100 on the 6th April 1887 and consists mainly.in
the construction and adaptation of a feed motion for use in connection with the table
upon which the timber is fed to an arrangement of overhanging cutters as set forth
in my said Application.
In constructing a feed motion for the purposes of my Invention I fix a bracket at
or near one end of the feed table and in this bracket I mount a small shaft which is
driven from any convenient part of the machine or direct from the main shaft. On
this shaft is pivoted a bracket the arms of which carry a feed roller and on the roller
spindle is secured a worm wheel geared with a worm on one end of a stud. On the
other end of the stud which is supported by the swivel bracket is a bevel wheel
geared with a second bevel wheel mounted loosely on the shaft. There is a sliding
clutch or equivalent mounted upon the shaft and the bevel wheel loose on the shaft is
provided with clutch teeth so that when the clutch is in gear the bevel wheel receives
inotion from the shaft and drives the bevel wheel fixed on the stud and so by means
of the worm and worm wheel slowly drives the feed roller to feed the timber forward
to the overhanging cutters.
To diminish friction I propose to employ a small roller or rollers let into the feed
table and to keep the feed roller to its work I weight the swivel bracket preferably by
means of an adjustable spring or springs.
A feature of my Invention is that the bracket with the feed apparatus can be
readily attached to or removed from the feed table so that the machine can be worked
either with or without the feed apparatus as desired.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Feed Motion for Certain Wood Planing Machines.
I THOMAS NIELD ROBINSON of the firm of Thomas Robinson and Son Limited, of
the Railway Works, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My present Invention relates to the class of wood planing machines for which I
applied for Letters Patent No. 5100 on the 6th April 1887 and consists mainly in the
construction and adaptation of a feed motion for use in connection with the table
upon which the timber is fed to an arrangement of overhanging cutters as set forth
in the Specification to my said Letters Patent.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1. is a side elevation and Fig. 2. a plan of a wood planing machine having
applied to it a feed motion made according to my present Invention.
In these views a designates the table upon which the timber is fed; an arrange-
ment of overhanging cutters; and ea weighted fence or guard.
In constructing a feed motion for use in combination with these said parts I fix a
bracket d at or near one end of the feed table a and in this bracket I mount a small
shafte which is driven by a pulley e¹ and a belt, not shown, from any convenient
part of the machine or from an independent shaft. Near the middle of the shaft e is
pivoted a bracket f the arms of which carry a feed roller g and on the roller spindlo
is secured a worm wheel geared with a worn on one end of a stud which is
supported by a projecting portion of the swivel bracket f. On the other end of this
stud is secured a bevel wheel which is geared with a bevel wheel mounted and
running loose on the shaft e. The bevel wheel is provided with clutch teeth A¹
corresponding to the teeth on a sliding clutch which is fitted on a feather key on
the shaft e and is operated by a pivoted clutch lever m so that when the teeth on the
clutch are in gear with the the bevel wheel receives motion from the shaft e
and drives the bevel wheel j and worm and so by means of the worm wheel h slowly
drives the feed roller g to feed the timber a forward to the overhanging cutters b.
To diminish friction I propose to employ a small roller o let into the feed table a or
more than one such roller if required; and to keep the feed roller y to its work I
weight the swivel bracket f preferably by means of a rod p and an adjustable spring
or more than one such rod and spring if necessary.
A feature of my Invention is that the bracket d with the feed apparatus can be
readily attached to or removed from the feed table a so that the machine can be
worked either with or without the feed apparatus as desired.

page_text: 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 1
claim is―
1. The combination with a wood planing machine having overhanging cutters, of
a roller feed apparatus supported in a bracket secured to the feed table the whole
constructed arranged and operating substantially as herein described with reference
to the Drawings annexed.
2. The construction combination and general arrangement of parts constituting a
roller feed apparatus for use in connection with certain specified wood planing
machines substantially as herein described and as shown.
Dated this 8th day of October 1888.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent.