An Improved Combination Marking, Cutting, and Morticing Joiner's Gauge.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left. 21st Feb., 1896-Accepted. 4th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Marking, Cutting, and Morticing
Joiner's Gauge.
I, JOHN HENRY ELLIS, 65 Saint Mary's Lane, Sheffield, Joiner's-Tool-Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to produce in one apparatus means for effecting
the various operations technically known as marking, cutting, and morticing, usually
requiring separate apparatus for the several operations.
The apparatus may be made of either wood or metal, or of wood and metal
combined as may be preferred, and consists of a stem which also serves as an
handle, in which I form or cut certain grooves, slots and openings to receive steel
cutters, adjustable slides, screws or the like for securing the parts including the
marking and the cutting points; upon said stem is fitted a block or head and
capable of sliding longitudinally thereon to any required position, when it may be
secured by a set screw or other means as is well understood.
The whole thus forming a new combination tool perfectly adapted to a triple set
of operations.
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ISAAC BECK,
Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Combination Marking, Cutting, and Morticing
Joiner's Gauge.
I, JOHN HENRY ELLIS, 65 Saint Mary's Lane, Sheffield, Joiner's Tool 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:-
This invention has for its object to produce in one apparatus means for effecting
the various operations known as marking, cutting, and morticing, usually requiring
separate apparatus for the several operations.
The apparatus may be made of either wood or metal, or of wood and metal
combined as may be preferred, and consists of a round stem, which also serves as a
handle, in which I form or cut certain grooves, slots and openings to receive steel
cutters, adjustable slides, screws or the like for securing the parts including the
marking and the cutting points; upon the said stem is fitted a block or head capable
of sliding longitudinally thereon to any required position, where it may be secured
by a set screw or other means, as is well understood. The whole thus forming
a new combination tool perfectly adapted to a triple set of operations or
purposes.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I will further explain
the same by reference to the appended sheet of drawings wherein
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a complete guage as made up of hard-wood with brass
mounts.

page_text: Fig. 2. a side sectional view of the same on longitudinal centre line of Fig. 1.
Figures 3 and 4 show, on an enlarged scale, the marking point and cutting tool
with the gripper block to hold the same in position.
Fig. 5 is a top view of parts as in Fig..1.
Fig. 6 is an under view of parts Fig. 2.
The cylindrical stem, a, is turn to fit centre hole in block, b, which block or
head b, is secured in position upon the stem, a, by a set screw, i, working through
a nut, j, pressing a tongued steel piece into a groove k, cut into a brass plate sunk
flush into stem.
Another slot, preferably at right angles with k, is cut up the stem of Tor
undercut shape to receive a slide 9, which carries at one end one of the mortice
marker points, fl, and the other end of slide g, carries a left hand thread regulating
screw, h, which passes up inside of the stem whereby the slide with its point f1, can
be adjusted to any required distance from the corresponding point, f, fixed in the
brass cap which forms the head of the stem. A transverse slot or opening is made
across the aforesaid cap into which the cutting tool, e, with or without the marking
point, d, are inserted and secured by the gripper block, e, being acted upon by the
-screw projecting from the end.
The method of securing or actuating the several parts or tools may be varied or
modified to meet the case of the several classes or qualities of joiners gauges
without in any way departing from the ruling principle of the particular combination
above described.
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 :-
1st. In a joiners guage or gauge, the use of a parallel cylindrical turned stem
having a longitudinal groove as k, wherein slides a tongued steel piece, fitted
inside of sliding block or head and operating to keep said block in position,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2nd. The combination of cutting, marking & mortice points with the necessary
parts for actuating and fixing the same in and upon one stem so as to constitute one
single tool capable of effecting each and all three processes known as cutting,
marking, and mortice gauging, substantially as herein described & illustrated.
Dated this 20th day of February 1896.
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.