Improvements in or applicable to Joiners' or Wood-workers' Benches.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
OVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Joiners' or Wood-workers'
Benches.
We, ROBERT CHAPMAN FREEMAN, of 61, Portland Place North, Clapham
Road, Woodwork Instructor S.B.L. and THOMAS JESSE RACKLIFF, of 15, Ponton
Road, Nine Elms, Smith and Engineer, both in the County of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to joiners' or wood-workers' benches and has for object to
enable the bench-stops to be adjusted in position above the bench in a simple and
expeditious manner.
In carrying out the invention we provide a cam, preferably a snail cam, pivoted
to the end of the bench in such a position that its periphery will be under the
lower end of the bench-stop so as to support the latter which is made to move
freely through the bench so that when the cam is rotated by a suitable handle
thereon the upper end of the stop can be caused to project above the berch to a
greater or less extent according to the amount of rotation imparted to the cam.
Dated this 26th day of July 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or applicable to Joiners' or Wood-workers'
Benches.
We, ROBERT CHAPMAN FREEMAN, of 64, Portland Place North, Clapham
Road, Woodwork Instructor S.B.L. and THOMAS JESSE RACKLIFF, of 15, Ponton
Road, Nine Elms, Smith and Engineer, both in the County of London, 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 relates to joiners' or wood-workers' benches and has for object to
enable the bench-stops to be adjusted in position above the bench in a simple and
expeditious manner.
În carrying out the invention we provide a cam, preferably a snail cam, pivoted
to the end of the bench in such a position that its periphery will be under the
lower end of the bench-stop so as to support the latter which is made to move
freely through the bench so that when the cam is rotated by a suitable handle
thereon the upper end of the stop can be caused to project above the bench to a
greater or less extent according to the amount of rotation imparted to the cam.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an end elevation of a joiner's bench provided with our improvements:
Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2, Figure 1, drawn to an enlarged
scale.

page_text: a is an ordinary joiner's bench, and 6 the usual bench-stop arranged to slide freely
up and down through the usual hole in the top of the bench.
c is our cam for adjusting the position of the stop relatively with the top of the
bench a, the said stop being supported upon the periphery of the cam and being
advantageously provided with a guide d at its lower end. The said cam, which is
provided with a suitable handle e to enable it to be rotated, is preferably of the
snail form and pivoted upon a bolt screwed into the frame of the bench. The
cam is caused to bear with a certain amount of friction against the said frame
in order to maintain it in any position, into which it may be turned, by a suitable
spring and preferably a spring-washer g arranged between the head of the bolt f
and the cam, as shewn clearly in Figure 2.
By this arrangement it will be seen that by turning the cam c in the direction of
the arrow in Figure 1, the stop b can be raised above the top of the bench as
required and by reversing the direction of rotation of the cam the stop will be
lowered by reason of its weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A joiner's bench having a bench-stop of the kind hereinbefore described
adapted to be adjusted relatively with the top of the bench by means of a cam,
substantially as described.
2. The improved means for adjusting bench-stops herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1805
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.