Year: 1888

page_text: I, GEORGE PICKLES, of the firm of John Pickles and Son, of Royd Iron Works,
Hebden Bridge, in the County of York, Sawmill Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to machines for planing wood, in which the under or bottom
cutter spindle is made both to rise and fall for varying the depth or amount of cut to
be taken off the material, under operation, also to make such cutter spindle capable of
being drawn out from its working position to the outside of the machine, and thus
facilitate the changing and adjusting of the cutters.
In carrying out my invention I attach to any suitable part of the machine a bracket
in which works a slide caused to rise and fall by means of screw and hand wheel or
other mechanical equivalents for the purpose of adjusting the spindle to the required
depth of cut on the material under operation, and in combination with this slide I
attach a sliding headpiece which carries the cutter spindle. The part carrying the
cutter spindle is formed with V or suitable form of slides, and by means of a handle
or screw, such sliding head and cutter spindle can be easily drawn outwards, past and
beyond the outside of the machine frame, thus allowing the cutter spindle and cutters
to be adjusted with great facility, and also permitting sharpening and otherwise
manipulation of the parts.
By the employment of the combined apparatus herein described, the cutters and
spindles can be easily adjusted according to the required thickness of material to be
cut off, whilst at the same time every facility is given for changing, sharpening, or
adjusting the cutters.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Planing Wood.
I, GEORGE PICKLES, of the firm of John Pickles and Son of Royd Ironworks,
Hebden Bridge, in the County of York, Sawmill Engineers, 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 invention relates to machines for planing wood, and consists in making the
under or bottom cutter spindle to rise and fall for varying the depth or amount of cut
to be taken off the material under operation; also to make such cutter spindle capable
of being drawn out from its working position to the outside of the machine, and thus
facilitate the changing and adjusting of the cutters.
Such being the nature and object of my invention, I will now proceed to describe
the annexed sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 is front elevation
of the under or bottom cutter spindle having my improvements applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is end view of the cutter spindle, shewing its relative position in regard to
the framework A of the machine.
Fig. 3 is section of Fig. 1 taken through the line a—b.
Fig. 4 is plan view of the cutter and parts connected therewith.
c represents the cutter spindle, made secure in suitable journals & forming part of
the sliding head e, such spindle being driven by pulley in the ordinary manner. The
sliding head e is made with a handle g, such said slide being inserted into V grooves
formed in another slide or moveable bracket h capable of moving up and down in
another bracket i made secure to the general framework A of the machine. The
slide carries lugs or nuts through which passes the screw. k, such screw also
entering through a screwed part of the stationary bracket i; if therefore the hand
wheel in be turned, it is obvious that the sliding head e and cutter tool will be either
raised or lowered accordingly, whereby the cutters may be adjusted to the wood being
operated upon; and it is also obvious that the sliding head e together with the
spindle c, can be slided endwise in either direction in the bracket by simply
operating the handle g, by which means the sliding head and spindle may be drawn
out of the side of the machine, the framework of which is cut away for the purpose, as
illustrated in Fig. 2, consequently the cutter can be easily got at for changing or other
purpose.
.
By this means the cutters and spindles can be easily adjusted according to the
required thickness of material to be cut off, in addition to being drawn out of

page_text: the machine, which offers every facility for changing, sharpening, or adjusting the
cutters.
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 :-
In a wood planing machine, the construction and arrangement of parts where the
cutter spindle can be raised and lowered in addition to being drawn out of the machine
end wise, substantially in manner and for purposes described.
Dated this 12th day of November 1888.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.