Improved Wood Planing, Moulding, and Taking Out of Wind Machine, with Automatic Feed.
Year: 1899

page_text: PREDIVNAL DIECIFICATION.
Improved Wood Planing, Moulding, and Taking Out of Wind
Machine, with Automatic Feed.
We, SAMUEL BASTOW, of New Dock Saw Mills, Leeds, Timber Merchant, and
HARRY MCDONALD JESSOP, of 44, Whitehouse Place, Hunslet, Leeds, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to construct a machine with special automatic
feed, special chain driving gear, and special ploughing arrangements, by which
we are enabled in one machine to feed material through of any reasonable size,
taking it out of wind first, and afterwards planing, moulding, and ploughing same
as may be desired.
In front of the planing and moulding machine in a suitable frame, I arrange a
series of spring bottom feed rollers, above which are a corresponding number
of fixed top feed rollers.
The spring bottom feed rollers are carried by suitable brackets in central
bearings upon a central shaft, and springs are placed between the central bearings
and the underside of each bracket; the ends of the said brackets slide in vertical
slots in the frame sides.
The top feed rollers are driven by a system of chains and chain wheels fixed
upon both sides of the frame and driven from one of the chain wheels on the
central roller, the central roller having two chain wheels, and the others one.
There is a chain from the middle wheel to the next on each side and so on,
each roller being connected by chains.
The motion is obtained from a counter shaft at the feed end of the frame, by
a chain wheel and chain passing to the middle or driving chain wheel; a taking
up or compensating wheel is placed between them to take up the chain when
required as the top rollers are raised or lowered.
The ploughing cutter is formed of three cutter plates, the central one being
larger than the top and bottom ones; the central cutter forms the grooves and
the top and bottom cutter plates dress the edges of the material.
The material is fed in centrally between the top and bottom feed rollers, the
fence being placed up to one side of same equidistant from the centre of the frame.
It then passes forwards to the bottom cutter block, the front table of which is
attached to the front bracket and gives and takes with the front roller; above the
cutter block is a pressure bar. The material then passes on to the side cutters,
then to the top cutter block, and is thus dressed on all sides.
Dated this 20th day of June 1899.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improved Wood Planing, Moulding, and Taking-Out-of-Wind
Machine with Automatic Feed.
We, SAMUEL BAsTow, of New Dock Saws Mills; Timber Merchant, and HARRY
MCDONALD JESSOr, of 44, Whitehouse Place, Hunslet, Machinist, both in Leeds,
in the County of York, 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:
The object of our invention is to construct, a wood-working machine with special
automatic feed, special chain driving gear, and special ploughing and tongueing
arrangements, by which we are enabled in one niachine to feed material through
of any reasonable size, first taking it out of wind, and afterwards planing,. mould-
ing, ploughing, and tongueing same as may be desired.
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DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1 is a side elevation of our improvements as applied to a planing and
moulding machine.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation (enlarged) of one of the spring canting bottom feed
rollers, showing method of carrying same..
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Fig. 3 is a front elevation (enlarged) showing method of mounting and adjust-
ing the canting side fence rollers.
Fig. 4 is a plan (enlarged) of canting side fence rollers.
Fig. is a plan of our improved ploughing cutter detached.
Fig. 6 is a partial sectional elevation of Fig. 5, on the line a b.
Fig. 7 is a plan of our improved. tongueing cutter detached.
Fig. 8 is a partial sectional elevation of Fig. 7, on the line-e d.
In front of the planing and moulding machine, in a suitable frame A, we
arrange a series of spring bottom canting feed rollers B, above. which are carried
a corresponding number of top feed rollers C, which are preferably fluted. Each
of the said bottom canting feed rollers B is carried (see Fig. 2) by a bracket 1)
mounted in a suitable slide bearing on a central shaft E, a spring F being placed
between the said bearing and the under side of the said canting bracket D);
the outer ends G of the said bracket D slide in vertical slots H in the sides of
the frame A.
The top feed rollers C are driven by a system of chain gearing fixed upon both
sides of the frame A. The motion is transmitted from a countershaft J at the
feed end of the frame, by means of a chain K gearing with a chain wheel L
on the axle of the central roller C. The said central roller is geared to the whole
series of top feed rollers C by means of chains M, which are arranged at each
side of the frame alternately, the central roller having two chain wheels and
the others one.
A taking-up or compensating wheel and lever N is provided to adjust the
tension of the chain has the top rollers C are raised or lowered. For this raising
and lowering (according to the thickness of material being worked) the rollers C
are preferably mounted in a loose frame P carried in vertical brackets RR,
the adjustment being effected by screws S. S operated simultaneously by suitable
bevel gearing from a hand wheel T.
The material U to be worked is fed in centrally between the top rollers C
and the bottom rollers B, the fence being first set to the size that is being worked
(see Figs. 3 and 4). The said fence preferably consists of a series of canting
vertical rollers V carried in brackets W with horizontal and vertical adjustments,

page_text: the horizontal adjustments being effected simultaneously by means of a hand
wheel X connected by suitable bevel gear to the screwed cross shafts Y on
which the brackets Ware mounted, and the vertical adjustments being effected
by the screws Z.
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The material U is then passed forwards to the bottom cutter block A', the
front table B of which is attached to the last of the canting brackets D so as
to give and take with the last roller B.
The material then passes to the side cutters. C¹, and then to the top cutter
block D¹, being thus dressed on all sides and taken out of wind.
The said cutters are provided with suitable pressure bars or rollers.
If desired the bottom set of canting rollers B can be driven also by chain
gear.
The ploughing and tongueing cutters are each formed of three cutter plates,
the central cutter plate E having a greater cutting width than the distance
between the cutting teeth of the top and bottom cutter plates F and G¹, thus
producing clean-cut edges. This is effected by slightly recessing the teeth of
the said top and bottom cutter plates FI and G in front of the teeth of the
central cutter plate E¹ (see Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8), so as to partially overlap the
cutting width of the teeth of the central cutter plate El.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The combination with a wood-working machine having top cutter D¹, bottom
cutter A, and side cutters C₁ C', of automatic feed mechanism consisting of
a series of loosely mounted spring bottom canting rollers Band a corresponding
series of driven top rollers C, the whole arranged and operated substantially as,
and for the purposes, shown and described.
2. In a wood-working machine the combination with an automatic roller feed
mechanism, of the side fence arranged, adjusted, and operated substantially as,
and for the purposes, shown and described.
3. In a wood-working machine the employment of ploughing and tongueing
cutters each consisting of three cutter plates, the teeth of the outer cutter
plates F and G' being slightly recessed in front of the teeth of the central cutter.
plate E', substantially as, and for the purposes, shown and described.
4. The complete wood-working machine, arranged and operated substantially
as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.
Toted 1. 13 J
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.