Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Making Mortices and Slots in Doors and other Articles
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1900
PROVISIONAL
CORALDICLUTION
Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Making Mortices and
Slots in Doors and other Articles.
I, JOSEPH FLOOKS, of 14, Church Road, Watford, in the County of Hertford,
nature of this invention to be as
Foreman Carpenter do hereby declare the
follows:
This invention has for its object the cutting or slotting of holes in doors and
for other purposes and consists in an auger or bit of special construction so
arranged that it can travel backwards and forwards in the slot or hole to be
made and so that it can clear itself and the hole it is making in the wood
operated upon.
Upon the door or other article in which the hole or slot is being made I fix a
strong frame of cast iron or other suitable material upon which is mounted a
saddle or crosspiece through the centre of which passes the auger or bit or drill
aforesaid and at some suitable point upon this said auger or bit or drill I place
a worm engaging in two worm wheels, one on either side thereof each of
the said worm wheels working on a screwed spindle fixed at the side of the
said saddle so that as the auger or bit or drill is caused to revolve by a wheel
or loaded handle or other suitable device the worm engaged in the worm wheels
at either side of it and caused the saddle carrying the said auger or bit or drill
to move in a lateral direction until the hole or slot to be made is sufficiently
long.
I may also obtain the said lateral movement by means of bevil or spur gearing
or any other similar device.
Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Making Mortices and
Slots in Doors and other Articles.
I, JOSEPH FLOOKS, of 14, Church Road, Watford, in the County of Hertford,
Foreman Carpenter, 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 the cutting or slotting of holes in doors and
for other purposes and consists in an augur or bit of special construction so
arranged that it can travel backwards and forwards in the slot or hole to be

page_text: made and so that it can clear itself and the hole it is making in the wood
operated upon.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of
the tool, Fig. 2 an end elevation and Fig. 3 a plan.
Upon the door or other article in which the hole or slot is being made I fix a
strong frame of cast iron or other suitable material C (the lower part of which
is adjustable by means of the thumb screw B) upon which is mounted a saddle
or crosspiece D through the centre of which passes the auger or bit or drill E,
Figs. 1 and 2, and at some suitable point upon this said auger or bit or drill
I place a worm F Fig. 2 engaging in two worm wheels G G one on either side
thereof, each of the said worm wheels G G working on a screwed spindle H fixed
at the side of the said saddle D so that as the auger or bit or drill E is caused to
revolve by a wheel or loaded handle or other suitable device fixed on the shank A,
the worm F engages in the worm wheels G G at either side of it and causes the
saddle D carrying the said auger or bit or drill E to move in a lateral direction
until the hole or slot to be made is sufficiently long.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
The tool illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings for the purpose of
forming mortices and slots in doors or other articles and consisting of the auger E
actuated laterally by the worm F fixed upon its spindle and engaging into the
two worm wheels G G working on the screwed spindles H fixed upon the adjust-
able frame C.