Improvements in or relating to Wood Cutting or Dressing Machinery.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29 h. Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Wood Cutting or Dressing
Machinery.
I, WILLIAM TICKLE of the Firm of R. G. Tickle & Son of 33 to 37 Blackstock
Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Timber Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
'
This invention relates to wood cutting or dressing machinery, and it has for its
object, to smooth or plane off the burred or frayed edges which are left, on the edges
of the hoards, deals or, flitches after being cut by vertical and (or) circular saws and
also the ridges or serrations caused, by. fluted, feed rollers. Hitherto this burr or
frayed, edge has been, removed. by means of a hand scraper. Now according to this
invention, this is effected by a device attached to the machine itself operated from
the same driving, shaft, or by.a, self contained machine fixed at a lesser or greater
distance, from, the sawing bench or frame.
In carrying, this into. effect, I attach to the framework of the machine suitable
brackets, or bearings in which are mounted spindles carrying rotary cutter blocks,
the latter being, similar to those of the ordinary planing machine. These spindles
with their cutter blocks are arranged directly under, or, both under and over the
edges of the boards, deals or flitches, which are being, sawn into boards and at right
angles, thereto and, preferably in close proximity to the saws, so as to operate
directly after. the cutting, or, further, the machine may be made self contained and
fixed, at a lesser or greater distance from the sawing bench or frame. The cutter
block or blocks, may extend, right across the machine and be driven from the ends
of the spindles, or, they may be of the same width or a little wider than the deals
and driven by a pulley mounted o the centre lengthwise of the spindle that is
between, the two deals, from, the main shaft underneath.
The invention is applicable to double and single deal frames, log, frames and with
a slight modification to a circular saw beuch. Furthermore any suitable rotary
cutters may be used for the purpose.
Dated this 28th day of March 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Wood Cutting or Dressing
Machinery.
I, WILLIAM TICKLE of the Firm of R. G. Tickle & Son, of 33 to 37 Black-tock
Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Timber Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the saine is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to wood cutting or dressing machinery. Hitherto the
burred or frayed edges which are left on the edges of boards, deals or flitches after

page_text: being cut by vertical and (or) circular saws and also the ridges or serrations caused
by Huted feed rollers, have been removed by means of a hand scraper. Now
according to this invention this is effected by a device attached to the machine
itself operated from the same driving shaft, or by a self contained machine fixed at
a lesser or greater distance from the sawing bench or frame..
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine for planing boards cut from two deals
in a gang saw but applicable with slight modifications of the cutters to tongueing,
grooving and moulding the edges of these boards;
Figure 2 is an end view of the same;
Figure 3, enlarged view of the cutter ;
Figure 4 is a modification of the apparatus used for the purposes of sawing,
planing, tongueing, grooving rabbeting and moulding skirting boards and the like
directly at one operation from a balk of timber.
Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 :-
I mount on the framework of the machine suitable brackets or saddles A, in
which are mounted rotary spindles B carrying the rotary dressing cutter blocks C.
These spindles B with their cutter blocks C are arranged directly under, or both
under and over the edges of the boards, deals or flitches D which are being sawn
into boards, and at right angles thereto and preferably in proximity to the saws so
as to operate directly after the cutting, or if preferred the machine may be made
self contained and fixed at a less or greater distance from the sawing bench or
frame. The cutter block or blocks C may extend 'right across the machine and be
driven by the spindles B or they may be of the same width or a little wider than
the deals and driven by a pulley E mounted in the centre lengthwise of the
spindle B, that is between the two deals D from the main shaft F underneath.
This may be effected by providing a counter shaft G driven directly from the main
shaft F by the pulleys F and G¹, then passing an endless driving band H round
the pulley I on the counter_shaft, guide pulley J, automatic belt tightening
pulley K and around pulleys E on the dressing cutter spindles. The saddles A
carrying the cutter spindles B are adjustable vertically by means of the screws L
so as to regulate the depth of cut and take the various sizes of deals that have to
be dressed. These saddles have also a vertical adjustment by means of the slots M.
N are feed rolls, O a roller for supporting the weight of the deal while being
dressed, P a pulley for driving the feed rolls N.
I have described the above way in which my invention may be carried into
effect, but it is obvious having once given the general idea of sawing and dressing
boards etcetera at one operation in a gang saw, that the invention is equally
applicable to double and single deal frames, log frames, and to circular saw
benches etcetera, and moreover that the rotary cutters can be either plain for
planing the edges, or their diameter apportioned to the depth of the cut required at
each particular point so as to form tongues, grooves, rabbets or mouldings as
required, thus if tongueing be required the cutters are less in diameter where the
tongue is required, while if grooving be wanted, the cutters are increased in
diameter at the grooves.
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of my invention as applied to a circular saw
bench, whereby tongued and grooved boards and the like can be cut from a balk of
timber. CC are the cutters for cutting the tongues fixed on the transverse
spindles B in a framework to one side of the table S. R R are three weighted
levers pivoted to the framework at T and carrying rollers U for holding down the
balk of timber to be cut. Lis the actuating mechanism for raising or lowering the
frame wherein the cutters work, so that the depth of cut can be exactly regulated.
Another mechanism not shown in the drawings can be used for a transverse
adjustment, also a spring device may be employed for pressing the cut boards
Cis another cutter
against the fence while being operated upon by the cutters.
in bearing Z adapted to cut a groove in the edge of the board.
W is a bearing

page_text: and X a cutter for planing the sides of the board. One of these cutters may be
arranged at each side of the respective boards if so desired, in which case the cut
boards are spread or deflected somewhat to leave space for the cutter or cutters to
go between. These cutters can be plain, in which case the sides of the piece of
timber are smoothed, or they may be made to any given pattern. Thus it will be
seen that by this invention, boards can be moulded at the same time that they are
planed, and their top and bottom edges also shaped or smoothed by the top and
bottom cutters, the boards being delivered from the machine perfectly ready for
use. In some cases the top and bottom cutters C C¹ or the bottom cutter alone
can be made plain and used merely as dressing cutters to plane off the burred or
frayed edges of the boards. It is obvious moreover that various alterations may
be made in the details of construction without departing from the nature of the
invention. Thus, for example, instead of arranging the rotary dressing cutters at
right angles to the boards they may be arranged diagonally or in the case of
circular saws they might even be fixed to the saw spindle, and furthermore instead
of using the rotary cutters C C1 and X, fixed or sliding knives may be employed
for cutting, moulding or dressing the sawn boards in any suitable position. For
cutting dovetail tongues and grooves a combination of rotating cutters and sliding
or fixed knives might be used, the former for cutting the tongues and grooves
square, and the latter for forming the dovetail.
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 :-
1. In a saw frame or bench providing in combination there with a series of
cutters at the back of the saw or of the saw teeth, whereby boards are not merely
sawn from the timber but can be either on top or bottom or both tongued, grooved,
moulded, planed, rabbeted or the burred or frayed edges smoothed off in one
operation, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a saw frame, a cutter arranged at one side or both sides
of the board or plank being cut, whereby at the same time that the boards are
being sawn, they can be planed or moulded as desired.
3. In combination with a saw bench, one or more cutters C C'and a side cutter X
substantially as described.
4. In combination with a saw bench, the cutters C and weighted rollers U,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. The general combined arrangement and construction of parts substantially as
described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 and Figure 4 respectively.
Dated this 28th day of December 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.