An Improved Machine for.Outting and otherwise Shaping Mouldings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th.Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1895-Accepted, 27th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for.Outting and otherwise Shaping Mouldings.
I CHARLES GEORGE FISHER of 29 Culford Road, Kingsland in the County
of London, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be.as
follows:-
My invention has for object to facilitate the cutting of mouldings or reeds with
the aid of steam or other power upon wood, stone, metal, plaster, pulp or other
similar surfaces, and it consists in mounting upon a hinged or pivotted frame a
rotary cutter, in such a manner as to admit of its being brought into contact with
the surface of the material to be operated upon as desired.
In carrying out my invention I propose to make the hinged frame in the form
of a ladder hinged at its centre. The upper portion of this ladder frame carries
a driving shaft upon which are keyed two pulleys, the whole being so arranged as
to be capable of being suspended from above. At or about the centre of this
ladder frame is a second shaft also furnished with two pulleys, arranged immediately
beneath those in the upper shaft. To the bottom of the frame É attach a metallic
bed plate having suitable bearings within which revolves a cutter-spindle. This
spindle is provided with a pulley and a recess, within which the cutter corresponding
to the form of moulding desired is secured. Motion being imparted to the upper
or driving shaft by any suitable driving mechanism is transmitted thence by means
of bands. or cords to the second shaft and so on to the spindle below.
In operation the material to be operated upon is secured within a suitable vice
situated immediately beneath the ladder frame. The driving shaft having been
set in motion by any suitable driving mechanism the two sides of the frame are
then held in the hands of the operator and the revolving cutter caused to trave!
along the material to the desired extent. If so wished the metallic bed carrying
the cutter spindle may be furnished with a fence for the purpose of guiding the
travel of the cutter..
My improved apparatus may be made of metal or other suitable material, and
Imay substitute emery wheels for the cutters when it is desired to operate upon
metal surfaces. It may also be used for the purpose of smoothing the surface of
wood by substituting wheels or discs.of glass-paper for the above.
'Dated this 28th day of August 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Cutting and otherwise Shaping Mouldings.
I, CHARLES GEORGE FISHER, of 29 Colford Road, Kingsland, in the County
of London, Cabinet 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 invention. has for object to facilitate the cutting of mouldings or reeds
with the aid of steam or other power, upon wood, stone, metal, plaster, or other
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similar surfaces, and it consists in mounting upon a hinged or pivotted frame a
rotary cutter in such a manner as to permit of its being brought into contact with
the surface of the material to be operated upon as desired.
In carrying out my invention, I propose to make the hinged frame in the form
of a ladder hinged at its centre. The upper portion of this ladder frame carries
a driving shaft, upon which are keyed two pullies, the whole being so arranged as
to be capable of being suspended from above. At or about the centre of this
ladder frame is a second shaft also furnished with two pullies arranged immediately
beneath those in the upper shaft. To the bottom of the frame I attach a metallic
bed-plate having suitable bearings, within which revolves a cutter spindle. This
spindle is provided with a pulley and a recess, within which the cutter corresponding
to the form of moulding desired is secured; motion being imparted to the upper
or driving shaft by any suitable driving mechanism is transmitted thence by
means of bands or cords to the second shaft and so on to the spindle below.
In operation, the material to be operated upon is secured within a suitable vice
situated immediately beneath the ladder frame. The driving shaft having been
set in-motion by any suitable driving mechanism, the two sides of the frame are
then held in the hands of the operator, and the revolving cutter caused to travel
along the material to the desired extent. If so wished, the metallic bed carrying
the cutter spindle may be furnished with a fence for the purpose of guiding the
travel of the cutter.
My improved apparatus may be made of metal or other suitable material, and I
may substitute emery wheels for the cutters when it is desired to operate upon
metal surfaces. It may also be used for the purpose of smoothing the surface of
wood by substituting wheels or discs of glass paper for the above.
My invention will be clearly understood upon reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 being a side view of the lower part to more
particularly show the shape of the fence and the method of fixing same, while
Figure 3 is a front view of the machine as it is applied to the work which is
preferably held in a vice.
In carrying my invention into practice, I hinge two frames A and B together
preferably in the manner shown at C, C, which allows the spindle D to be revolved
in its bearing E without interfering with the freedom of movement of the frames A
and B and at the same time be easily taken apart.
The upper frame A is connected to a ceiling plate F with bearings G, G,
preferably similar construction to that by which the frames are connected together
at C, C. The shaft H is fitted with a pulley I which can be connected by means
of a belt to any source of power which is transferred by means of the pulley J and
belt K to the pulley M fixed to the countershaft or spindle D to which is also fixed
a wide pulley P, or it may be a narrow flanged pulley capable of sliding along
said spindle upon a feather for the purpose hereinafter explained. The belt Q
rotates the pulley R fixed on the cutter spindle S having a dovetailed flat in which
the reed T is slid and secured by the screws U, U.
The cutter spindle is mounted in the bearings V, V, of a carriage W, said
carriage W being secured to the bottom bar ✗ of the lower frame B by the
screwed studs Y, Y, that pass through the slots Z, Z, and in which they can be
moved and clamped in position by the fly nuts a, a, to adjust the position of the
cutter. T relatively to that of the fence b.
It may be here remarked, that as this apparatus is primarily intended to be used
over a vice in which the work to be reeded or moulded is clamped as shown in
Figure 3, it is more convenient to fix the inner face of the fence 6 immediately in.
line with the face of the fixed jaw c of the vice d, and alter the position of the
cutter T to suit the varying width of wood or other material to be operated upon,
and it is for this reason the fixed pulley P is wide, or if a narrow one be used that
it should be capable of sliding along its shaft to accommodate itself to the position.
to which the frame W may be set.

page_text: The fence b is of curved formation, as shown more particularly in Figure 2, it
being necessary for it to project below the cutter spindle S in order that it may be
slid along the edge of the material to be moulded or reeded as a guide to ensure the
accurate travel of the cutter.
By articulating the two frames together and to the ceiling plate, an operator by
grasping the sides of the bottom frame in the manner indicated in Figure 3, (or he
may hold the handles shown by the dotted lines if required) is enabled to mould or
reed any straight or curvilinear shaped piece of material in an easy, accurate, and
expeditious manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. An apparatus for moulding or reeding wood or other material constructed and
operated as described and shown in the annexed drawings.
2. The combination of two hinged ladder frames with a ceiling plate having
pullies, and spindles mounted in the manner shown for transmitting motion to the
cutter spindle for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination with a hinged ladder frame and ceiling plate, of a sliding
and adjustable carriage W carrying the cutter spindle, and fixable in any
required position for the purpose, and substantially in the manner described and
shown.
4. The combination of an adjustable curved fence projecting below the cutter
spindle with a sliding and adjustable carriage, as described and shown.
The 28th day of May 1895.
CHARLES GEORGE FISHER.