A MACHINE OR ENGINE FOR CUTTING OF TRUNNELS AND SPILES, AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1812

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BEALE, of Shad's Row, in the Parish of St. Pancras, and County of
Middlesex, Mathematical Instrument and Umbrella Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of
January, in the fifty-second year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said John Beale, my exors, adññors, and assigns, His especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Beale, my exors,
admors, and assigns, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention
of "A MACHINE OR ENGINE FOR CUTTING OF TRUNNELS AND SPILES, AND VARIOUS
OTHER ARTICLES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso,
that if I, the said John Beale, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the
same to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two
calendar months, next and immediately preceding the date of the said Letters
Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages
whatsoever thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Beale, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and
ascertained by the Drawings and references thereunto hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Beale, have hereunto set my
hand and seal; the Twenty-third day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and twelve:
Inrolled the Twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and twelve.

page_text: much as possible to avoid repetition in the description
Fig: 1- Is a side elevation of the machine exhibiting the fixed frame (c.c. N:) composed of two
iron arches screwed or bolted to the wood frame O. there is a bag wheel a suspended in couplings on the
wood bearers at F' as veen Fig 3. No. 1. so that it will turn as many pinions as can move in
the
semicircular line of the arch. e. without coming in contact with each other there is only one b. represented in
the drawing but there are apertures for vix others making seven altogether as seen Fig: 2. N. 1 in the
end of the mandril or axis of the pinion b. is a brass nozzle c as siin Fig 1. and 3 No. 1. with a square
hole to receive the end of the piece of wood intended to be turned or cut into the desired cylindrical
shape by inserting the other end of it into the brass cutting box d. this cutting box is screwed to the
divided arch (h and i. Fig 4. n. 2) The cutting box is represented upon a larger scale or one
fourth
of the full vize at Fig 5. No. 3. 4 and 5. in several positions the upper half of the divided arch h. is
regulated in its distance from the lower one i. by of the double threaded worms or endless screws
K.K. which being turned by the winch or handle/p. moves the pinions I. I. a plan of which
a
means
may.
be seen
at Fig 3. N° 2. the shanks or arbres of the pinions are regulating screws gartered by two small screws into
the upper arch h. at. h.h. these are drawn separate. Fig. 6. with a plan of the upper one showing the
holes for the ends of the screws and a figure of the angular groove at each end which keeps it steady upon
projection of a corresponding figure on the inside of the sliding frame g. during the operation of the machine
as the wood & is reduced by the cutters the sliding frame g. is brought forwards by turning the wood handle
cross n, which is fixed on the axis of the roller m² (see plan Fig: 3. / a line being connected to each
end of the Roller and continued round the pullies x x and tied to the front bar of the frame a third
line is connected to the middle of the Roller and continued under the frame to the pulley Z and carried
up to the pulley w. fig 1. from which is suspended a weight w, which likewise assists in drawing the frame
forwards and a fourth line fastened to the back of the frame goes round the pulley y. is carried up to the pulley
u to which line hangs the weight w, which ack as a Counterpoise.
Or
- this is used for cutting tunnels or tree nails or other articles.
May
be
Hig: 7. no 1 and 2. are hoo views of a frame containing a mandril and pulley or pinion for carrying
two conical cutting boxes which -made from three to ten inches or more in length and any number
be worked at the same time and Nº3 is a perspective view of the cutter taking
This is used for cutting or forming spiles __ painting brush handles and a variety
of these treenails may
out of the box.
of other articles.