Improvements in Machinery for Sawing, Splitting, Screening, Sorting, Arranging, and Bundling Wood, more especially applicable for the Production of Fire Wood Bundles and Fire Lighters, and in Safe Guards for Part of the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, Oth Sept., 1868
Complete Specification Left 9th June 1899-Accented 9th Sept
1800
Complete Specification Left 9th June 1899-Accepted 9th Sept
1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Sawing, Splitting, Screening,
Sorting, Arranging, and Bundling Wood, more especially
applicable for the Production of Fire Wood Bundles and Fire
Lighters, and in Safe Guards for Part of the same.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM GLOVER, of Holbeck Lane, in the City of Leeds, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers more especially to machinery employed in the production
of fire wood bundles and fire lighters, but as will be evident is in some cases
applicable to machinery for working and treating wood for other purposes.
My improved machinery for sawing comprises an arrangement of circular saw
and sliding table for carrying the wood and means for moving forward and back-
ward the table. The table is carried on small rollers to reduce the friction, the
centre portion of the rollers however being formed like small pinions, and
arranged to gear with racks, so as to compel the rollers to revolve uniformly.
In order to feed forward and draw back the table, I attach a rectangular frame to
the table by means of a pair of parallel links of equal length, so as to form a
parallel motion suspension device. By means of a vertical link and short
horizontal lever, the latter fitted on a rock shaft having an operating bar, the
rectangular frame can be raised or lowered, so as to come in frictional contact
with either the bottom or top of a friction grooved driving pulley, and thus move
the table in one direction or the other. When cross-cutting, for dividing poles
or long boards into short lengths, I propose to use in place of a sliding table a
hinged truncated V shaped hopper, which is fed or reciprocated by the above
mentioned parallel swung rectangular frame device.
The
My improvement in splitting machinery is intended specially for splitting
boards and slabs, and for afterwards splitting the thinned slabs into sticks.
slabs are fed downwards in a three sided vertical guide box, at the bottom of which
is an opening at one side; so as to allow of only one, (or more as the case may
be), of the slabs being pushed forwards at one time by a reciprocating plunger
through the opening against a fixed splitting blade, (or blades); which is held
down at two of the sides only; so that the slab being split can push forward and
away from the blade the portions of the slab last split. When two or more split-
ting blades are used together, it is necessary that they should be able, after the
blades have entered the wood, to move apart by the thickness of a cutting blade;
and to permit of this, strong spring washers are inserted on the holding bolts
between the splitting blades, and beneath the nuts or bolt heads. The thinned
slabs as they are pushed off the slabbing blade, fall down an incline to and
between vertical guide plates, and are further subdivided into sticks by a
similar splitting machine; the splitting being preferably effected across, and
not in the direction of the length of the slabs. The blade or blades of the second
splitting machine, in order to work with the first, make a correspondingly greater
number of strokes.

page_text: To sort out or screen off the short or waste pieces, bark, dust, and the like,
which result with various classes of timber, I provide a trough, the bottom of
which is formed of polygonal, (preferably hexagonal) rollers, mounted on a series
or succession of revolving shafts, and all rotating in the same direction. The
polygonal rollers are divided at right angles to the shafts; which latter are con-
veniently square in section, and so placed, that the sides of adjoining divisions
on the same axle are not in line with each other: and between the divisions of
the rollers, I provide thin discs projecting beyond the rollers, and slightly over-
lapping the corresponding discs on the adjoining rollers, and having several right
and left hand dents in the projecting part to prevent any jamming of any pieces
of wood in the open spaces between the rollers, and through which the small
pieces fall. The axles are driven by an endless band and driving and tightening
pulleys, so arranged, that one tightening pulley acts on a pair of driving pulleys,
the slack side of the band resting on the driving pulleys.
Thin steel plates may be used instead of the discs, being placed longitudinally
in the trough, and slotted on the underside to clear the revolving axles.
In Specification No. 13962 of 1892 is described an arrangement of a slowly
travelling band, having partition plates fixed to the band and at right angles
thereto, the lower side of the band and plates traversing over a fixed floor or
bottom, and in front of a fixed back plate or board, so as to form travelling com-
partments into which compartments the chips are thrown by a rapidly travel-
ling belt, placed at right angles to the first. This part of my invention consists
in replacing the endless belt by a circular wheel, having radial plates on its
circumference; and in replacing the said floor and back plate respectively by a
cylinder and a circular back plate. Also in suitably modifying the setting back
or straightening belt. The sticks after travelling a suitable distance are allowed
to fall bodily, either directly into the cylinder of the bundling machine, or in
front of or on to a reciprocating plate, which straightens them still further prior
to delivery for bundling.
Corresponding to the above described arranging device, I propose to arrange a
series of bundling cylinders in a similar circular arrangement; so that whilst
one bundle of sticks is being pushed by a plunger into the compressing jaws,
another cylinder or other cylinders may be being filled from the previously
mentioned arranging device. The arrangement is such, that as the bundling
cylinders are successively rotated in front of the compressing jaws, this motion
serves to sweep of any superfluous sticks which have been fed into any of the
bundling cylinders, and thus ensures a uniform size of bundle.
In bundling firewood into square or rectangular bundles, I arrange the bundling
block with two adjoining sides fixed, and the other two sides independently
moveable; one of the latter being operated by means of links and levers from a
treadle, and the other by means of links and levers from a hand lever, or second
treadle.
saws.
My improvements in safe guarding devices refer to means for guarding circular
To cover the saw I employ on each side, (i.e., the back and the front.)
of the exposed part of the saw two or more curved guards, curved to about the
same radius as the mean size of the saws to be covered; the two or more guards
being hinged together. In most cases the guards used at the front side are
bridge or channel shape, so as to cover the sides as well as the edge of the teeth
of the saws; and will be hereinafter for the sake of distinction termed shields;
whilst those for the back part are usually curved blades, and will hereinafter be
termed blade guards. In special cases a combination of blade and shield guard
may be used on either or both sides of the saw. And further one or other of
the guards may be connected to the adjoining one, or to the part carrying it, by
a sliding connection in place of a hinged connection; or by a connection which
may comprise both an hinge and a slide.
For general use, a guard constructed in accordance with iny invention com-
prises a forked block, which is carried from the end of a horizontal shaft, situated

page_text: vertically or approximately vertically above the saw spindle. This horizontal
shaft is carried in a sliding block, mounted on a vertical pillar, in such a manner,
that the horizontal shaft can be raised or lowered by hand or screw to suit the
diameter of the saw, and swing back about the vertical pillar as an axis, or drawn
back from the same in a direction parallel to itself, to allow the saw teeth being
sharpened cleaned or the saw changed.
A curved tilting slide is hinged to the forked block and covers the top and
part of the front (i.e., the cutting side) of the saw, and may have depending sides
to cover the sides of the saw teeth. A sliding bracket is fitted to the tilting slide,
and carries a shield to cover the front part of the saw, and is provided with a
clamping bolt to secure it in any position on the tilting slide; whilst the tilting
slide by means of pin holes in a lug on the same and in the forked block and a
locking pin can be fixed in any position to which it may be tilted. The sliding
and tilting adjustment serve to adapt the protection to the size of the saw and of
the wood being_sawn.
The back of the saw is protected by two or more curved blade guards, which
are hinged together, and the top one to the forked block; whilst the bottom one
passes through the saw slot in the table, and is secured in position by passing
between two clamping plates, or other clamping device fitted to the underside
of the table. The top blade guard after being tilted, can be fixed in position by
a pin and pin hole device similar to that just described. The tilting adjustments
and the adjustment in the clamping device similarly serve the purpose of adapt-
ing the guard to the size of the saw and of the timber to be sawn. The lower
or all the blade guards are sufficiently thin to pass through the saw cut without
binding.
In place of using cotter or split pins to prevent the above mentioned locking
pins falling out, I hinge a small locking piece to the end of the pin, so that the
locking piece can be moved in line with the axis of the pin, when the pin is
being inserted through the holes. After the pin has passed through; the locking
piece drops into a position at right angles to the pin and prevents the pin shaking
out of the hole.
When sawing long and heavy timber I propose in place of a curved blade for
the back guard, to use a curved guard of triangular or angle iron section, and
which may have either a sliding or a tilting adjustment.
The blade guard may be stiffened sideways by a hinged forked piece, shaped
or curved at the end; which is pushed upwards about its hinge by the advance
of the wood to be sawn, so that the corner of the ✓ rests upon the top of the
wood, and prevents the rear (rising) side of the saw lifting and forcing the wood
which is being sawn violently back against the sawer; whilst when the wood has
passed the saw, this stiffening piece drops upon the back of the guard, and being
grooved shaped on its under side, fils the guard blade tightly and rigidly in proper
position to act as a guard, i.e., lineable with the saw."
The previously mentioned shields are provided with elongated openings in the
top cross or bridge portion, so as to enable the periphery of the saw to be seen by
the attendant.
When flattening" or "deeping" I propose to use in front of the saw a curved
guard, hinged to the forked block with a double hinge, so as to permit the guard
to be either raised or pushed sideways by the wood. The guard is formed with
an upwardly inclined piece at the free end, so that as the end of the wood is pushed
under it, the wood raises the guard and clears its way to the saw; and after the
wood has passed, the guard falls by its own weight. The return side motion of
the guard when "deeping" is brought about by a spring.
In the case of already existing saw benches, I propose to make the clamping
device for the blade guard at the back of the saw in the form of a split lever;
which is pivotted in a bridle piece fixed to the underside of the table, and fitted
with long binding or set screw at its back end; the upper end of the screw bind-
ing against the under side of the table. Several pivot notches are formed on the

page_text: under side of the split lever, so that its position can be adjusted to suit the size
of the saw.
Where the variation in the size of the circular saws is not so great, and the
saws are not of very large diameter, I propose to use a guard consisting of two
double side pieces both hinged at about five eights the diameter of the saw above
the front end of the saw slot in the table; the one protecting the top, and the
other the front of the saw. Also a flat bar is hinged to the same axis, and has
a triangular bar guard fitted to it, and attached by a sliding connection. The
lower edges of the front shield are curved about the hinge centre, so that they
swing just clear of the table. The width between the side pieces of the front
guard is greater than that between the outsides of the sides of the top guard, and
that of the latter greater than the width of the hinged blade guard for the back
of the saw, so that each guard can be moved independently about its hinge by
the wood which is being sawn. An adjustable straight blade guard comes down
in front of the saw to the level of the top of the wood being sawn, to cover the
portion of the saw circumference exposed by the pushing back of the front
guard.
Dated this 8th day of September 1898.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30, Park Road, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Machinery for Sawing, Splitting, Screening,
Sorting Arranging, and Bundling Wood, more especially
applicable for the Production of Fire Wood Bundles and Fire
Lighters, and in Safe Guards for Part of the same.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM GLOVER, of Holbeck Lane, in the City of Leeds, Mechanical
Engineer, 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 refers more especially to machinery employed in the production
of fire wood bundles and fire lighters, but as will be evident is in some cases
applicable to machinery for working and treating wood for other purposes.
My improved machinery for sawing comprises an arrangement of circular saw
and sliding table for carrying the wood, and means for moving forward and back-
ward the table. The table is carried on small rollers to reduce the friction, the
centre portion of the rollers however being formed like small pinions, and
arranged to gear with racks, so as to compel the rollers to revolve uniformly.
In order to feed forward and draw back the table, I attach a rectangular frame to
the table by means of a pair of parallel links of equal length, so as to form a
parallel motion suspension device. By means of a vertical link and short
horizontal lever, the latter fitted on a rock shaft having an operating bar, the
rectangular frame can be raised or lowered, so as to come in frictional contact
with either the bottom or top of a frictional grooved driving pulley, and thus move
the table in one direction or the other. When cross-cutting, for dividing poles
or long boards into short lengths, I propose to use in place of a sliding table, a
hinged truncated V shaped hopper, which is fed or reciprocated by the above
mentioned parallel swung rectangular frame device.
My improvement in splitting machinery is intended specially for splitting
boards and slabs, and for afterwards splitting the thinned slabs into sticks. The
slabs are fed downwards in a vertical guide box, at the bottom of which

page_text: is an opening at one side; so as to allow of only one, (or more as the case may
be), of the slabs being pushed forwards at one time by a reciprocating plunger,
through the opening against a fixed splitting blade, (or blades); which is held
down at two of the sides only; so that the slab being split, can push forward and
away from the blade the portions of the slab last split. When two or more split-
ting blades are used together, it is necessary that they should be able, after the
blades have entered the wood, to move apart by the thickness of a cutting blade;
and to permit of this, strong spring washers are inserted on the holding bolts
between the splitting blades, and beneath the nuts or bolt heads. The thinned
slabs as they are pushed off the slabbing blade, fall down an incline to and
between vertical guide plates, and are further subdivided into sticks by a
similar splitting machine; the splitting being preferably effected across, and
not in the direction of the length of the slabs. The blade or blades of the second
splitting machine, in order to work with the first, make a correspondingly greater
number of strokes.
The
To sort out or screen off the short or waste pieces, bark, dust and the like,
which result with various classes of timber, I provide a trough, the bottom of
which is formed with polygonal rollers, (preferably hexagonal), mounted on a series
or succession of revolving shafts, and all rotating in the same direction.
polygonal rollers are divided at right angles to the shafts; which latter are con-
veniently square in section, and so placed, that the sides of the adjoining divisions
on the same axle are not in line with each other; and between the divisions of
the rollers, I provide thin discs projecting beyond the rollers, and slightly over-
lapping the corresponding discs on the adjoining rollers, and having several right
and left hand dents in the projecting part to prevent any jamming of any pieces
of wood in the open spaces between the rollers, and through which the small
pieces fall. The axles are driven by an endless band and driving and tightening
pulleys, so arranged, that one tightening pulley acts on a pair of driving pulleys,
the slack side of the band resting on the driving pulleys.
Thin steel plates may be used instead of the discs, being placed longitudinally
in the trough, and slotted on the underside to clear the revolving axles.
In Specification No. 13962 of 1892 is described an arrangement of a slowly
travelling band, having partition plates fixed to the band and at right angles
thereto, the lower side of the band and plates traversing over a fixed floor or
bottom, and in front of a fixed back plate or board, so as to form travelling com-
partments into which compartments the chips are thrown by a rapidly travel-
ling belt, placed at right angles to the first. This part of my invention consists
in replacing the endless belt by a circular wheel, having radial plates on its
circumference; and in replacing the said floor and back plate respectively by a
cylinder and circular back plate. Also in suitably modifying the setting back
or straightening belt. The sticks after travelling a suitable distance are allowed
to fall bodily, either directly into the cylinder of the bundling machine, or in
front of or on to a reciprocating plate, which straightens them still further prior
to delivery for bundling.
Corresponding to the above described arranging device, I propose to arrange a
series of bundling cylinders in a similar circular arrangement; so that whilst
one bundle of sticks is being pushed by a plunger into the compressing jaws,
another cylinder or other cylinders may be being filled from the previously
mentioned arranging device. The arrangement is such, that as the bundling
cylinders are successively rotated in front of the compressing jaws, this motion
serves to sweep of any superfluous sticks which have been fed into any of the
bundling cylinders, and thus ensures a uniform size of bundle.
In bundling firewood into square or rectangular bundles, I arrange the bundling
block with two adjoining sides fixed, and the other two sides independently
moveable; one of the latter being operated by means of links and levers from a
treadle, and the other by means of links and levers.from a hand lever, or second
treadle.

page_text: saws.
My improvements in safe guarding devices refer to means for guarding circular
To cover the saw I employ on each side, (ie., the back and the front,)
of the exposed part of the saw two or more curved guards, curved to about the
same radius as the mean size of the saws to be covered; the two or more guards
being hinged together. In most cases the guards used at the front side arc
bridge or channel shape, so as to cover the sides as well as the edge of the teeth
of the saws; and will be hereinafter for the sake of distinction termed shields;
whilst those for the back part are usually curved blades, and will hereinafter be
termed blade guards. In special case a combination of blade and shield guard
may be used on either or both sides of the saw. And further one or other of
the guards may be connected to the adjoining one, or to the part carrying it, by
a sliding connection in place of a hinged connection; or by a connection which
may comprise both a hinge and a slide.
For general use, a guard constructed in accordance with my invention com-
prises a forked block, which is carried from the end of a horizontal shaft, situated
vertically or approximately vertically above the saw spindle. This horizontal
shaft is carried in a sliding block, mounted on a vertical pillar, in such a manner,
that the horizontal shaft can be raised or lowered by hand or screw to suit the
diameter of the saw, and swing back about the vertical pillar as an axis, or draw
back from the same in a direction parallel to itself, to allow the saw teeth being
sharpened, cleaned, or the saw changed.
A curved tilting slide is hinged to the forked block and covers the top and
part of the front (i.e. the cutting side) of the saw, and may have depending sides
to cover the sides of the saw teeth. A sliding bracket is fitted to the tilting slide,
and carries a shield to cover the front part of the saw, and is provided with a
clamping bolt to secure it in any position on the tilting slide; whilst the tilting
slide by means of pin holes in the lug on the same and in the forked block and a
locking pin can be fixed in any position to which it may be tilted. The sliding
and tilting adjustment serve to adapt the protection to the size of the saw and of
the wood being sawn.
The back of the saw is protected by two or more curved blade guards, which
are hinged together, and the top one to the forked block; whilst the bottom one
passes through the saw slot in the table, and is secured in position by passing
between two clamping plates, or other clamping device fitted to the underside
of the table. The top blade guard after being tilted, can be fixed in position by
a pin and pin hole device similar to that just described. The tilting adjustments
and the adjustment in the clamping device similarly serve the purpose of adapt-
ing the guard to the size of the saw and of the timber to be sawn. The lower
or all the blade guards are sufficiently thin to pass through the saw cut without
binding.
In place of using cotter or split pins to prevent the above mentioned locking
pins falling out, I hinge a small locking piece to the end of the pin, so that the
locking piece can be moved in line with the axis of the pin, when the pin is
being inserted through the holes. After the pin has passed through, the locking
piece drops into a position at right angles-to the pin and prevents the pin shaking
out of the hole.
When sawing long and heavy timber I propose in place of a curved blade for
the back guard, to use a curved guard of triangular or angle iron section, and
which may have either a sliding or tilting adjustment.
The blade guard may be stiffened sideways by a linged forked piece, L shaped
or curved at the end; which is pushed upwards about its hinge by the advance
of the wood to be sawn, so that the corner of the rests upon the top of the
wood, and prevents the rear (rising) side of the saw lifting and forcing the wood
which is being sawn, violently back against the sawyer; whilst when the wood has
passed the saw, this stiffening piece drops upon the back of the guard, and being
grooved shaped on its underside, fits the guard table tightly and rigidly in proper
position to act as a guard, i.c., lineable with the saw.

page_text: The previously mentioned shields are provided with elongated openings in the
top cross or bridge portion, so as to enable the periphery of the saw to be seen by
the attendant.
In the case of already existing saw benches, I propose to make the clamping
device for the blade guard at the back of the saw in the form of a split lever;
which is pivotted in a bridle piece fixed to the underside of the table, and fitted
with long binding or set screw at its back end; the upper end of the screw bind-
ing against underside of the table. Several pivot notches are formed on the
underside of the split lever, so that its position can be adjusted to suit the size
of the saw.
Where the variation in the size of the circular saws is not so great, and the
saws are not of very large diameter, I propose to use a guard consisting of two
double side pieces, both hinged at about five eighths the diameter of the saw above
the front end of the saw slot in the table; the one protecting the top, and the
other the front.of the saw. Also a flat bar is hinged to the same axis, and has
a triangular bar guard fitted to it, and attached by a sliding connection. The
lower edges of the front shield are curved about the hinge centre, so that they
swing just clear of the table. The width between the side pieces of the front
guard is greater than that between the outsides of the sides of the top guard, and
that of the latter greater than the width of the hinged blade guard for the back
of the saw, so that each guard can be moved independently about its hinge by.
the wood which is being sawn. An adjustable straight blade guard.comes down
in front of the saw to the level of the top of the wood being sawn, to cover the
portion of the saw circumference exposed by the pushing back of the front.
guard.
And in order that my invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed may be more readily and clearly understood, I have annexed hereto.
the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrating my invention.
My improvements in machinery for sawing is illustrated in side elevation in
Fig. 1, in end elevation in Fig. 2, and in plan in Fig. 3 of Sheet 1, and also partly-
in side elevation and longitudinal section in Fig. 4 and in cross section in Fig. 5.
of the same sheet.
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a is the sliding table for carrying the wood to be sawn, and in the case of cross
cutting for dividing poles or long boards into short lengths, the upper side of the
table is provided with brackets b, which may be vertical as shewn in Fig. 1, or
slightly inclined so as to form a truncated V shaped hopper. The table a as
shewn in Figs. 4 and 5, is carried on small rollers c to reduce the friction, the
middle part of each roller however being formed like a small pinion, and gear-
ing with a corresponding rack formed in either or both the underside of the slid-
ing table a and the top of the side frame of the machine. Where as for such
(cross cutting) purposes, the travel of the table is comparatively short, the table a.
may be carried on rocking levers or brackets e Fig. 1 of equal length. For feed-
ing forward and drawing back the table a, I attach a rectangular frame Fig. 1.
or a frame g having circular ends, to the table by means of a pair of parallel
links of equal length, so as to form a parallel motion suspension device. A
small friction driving pulley i fits with a small amount of play within the frame g,
so that when in mid vertical position between the top and bottom sides of the
frame g, it rotates without moving the frame g. By means of a vertical link j
and short horizontal lever 7, the latter fitted on the rock shaft k, having an operat-
ing handle n, the rectangular frame g, can be raised or lowered so as to come
into contact with either the bottom or the top of the friction driving pulley i,
so that the frame g and therefore the table a is moved either in the feeding or
drawing-back direction. Spiral springs m serve to balance the weight of the
frame g.
My improvements in splitting machinery are illustrated in longitudinal vertical
section in Fig. 6 and in plan in Fig. 7 of Sheet 1. n is a vertical guide box,
carried on the box bed of the machine. The boards or slabs 2 to be split are fed

page_text: down this box n. An opening is provided at the bottom of the box, so as to
allow of only one, (or more as the case may be), of the slabs q being pushed out
and forward at one time by the reciprocating flat plunger r. through the opening p,
against the fixed splitting blade u. The plunger r fits in slide guides s, and passes
through an opening in the side of the guide box opposite the opening p. The
plunger is actuated from the driving shaft w, through the connecting rod r
and crank y. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section and Fig. 9 a half cross
section shewing the device for enabling the splitting blades to move apart, when
two splitting blades u and u¹ are used together. This consists of eight or more
strong spiral springs z, carried on bolts 1, passing through the splitting slabs near
the corners of the same, the bolts having nuts or heads and washers 2; which
hold the springs 3. under compression. Distance pieces or ledges 3 prevent the
splitting slabs being forced too close together.
The mechanism for sorting or screening out the short or waste pieces, bark,
dust and the like, where sticks of practically uniform length are to be collected,
as for example in the case of making firewood bundles, is illustrated in outside
elevation in Fig. 1. In longitudinal section in Fig. 2 and in plan in Fig. 3 of
Sheet 2. a a are the sides of a trough, the bottom of which is formed of poly-
gonal rollers b, mounted on a series or succession of revolving shafts c, all rotating
- in the same direction. The polygonal rollers are divided at right angles to the
shafts c, which latter are conveniently square in section. Between the divisions
of the rollers I provide thin discs, projecting beyond the rollers, and of sufficient
diameter to overlap respectively the similar discs on the adjoining rollers, (i.e. in
front or behind), each disc having several right and left hand dents e in the pro-
jecting part, to prevent jamming of any pieces of wood in the open spaces between
the rollers through which the small pieces, bark and the like fall. The distance
of the revolving shafts apart is most suitably somewhat less than the length of
the sticks to be carried forward over and by the rollers. f is a spout for feeding
the sticks to the screening apparatus. The shafts c are driven by an endless
band g from the driving pulley h, kept in contact with the shaft pulleys c¹ by
means of the deflecting and tightening pulleys 7 and k.
In place of the discs d, thin steel plates such as n may be used, and placed
longitudinally in the trough, and slotted on the underside as shewn in Fig. 2 to
clear the shafts c.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation, Fig. 5 an end elevation on section on line X Y of
Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a plan, all on Sheet 2, of an apparatus for arranging sticks of
approximately uniform length parallel to and along side each other preparatory
to bundling.
is the rapidly travelling belt, referred to in Specification No. 13962 of 1892,
along which the sticks are carried, with their length parallel to the direction of
motion. is the slowly revolving wheel, having compartments formed towards
or, about its periphery by radial division plates or boards .. 7 is the back plate.
or board, against which the front ends of the sticks strike as they are shot off from
the end of the belt i, and drop into the compartments formed in the compartment
wheel. A cylindrically curved board or plate m forms the floor of the compart-
ments for the time being opposite the belt and on the lower side of the wheel.
A discharge opening in the bottom of the plate m allows the sticks to fall in front
of the reciprocating box n, or in front of a reciprocating plate, ready to be pushed
or transferred to the bundling machine. A reciprocating or oscillating curved
plate o. actuated from the eccentric p by means of the connecting rod and bell
crank lever r, straightens the ends of the sticks, and prevents them rebounding
and falling out of the compartments after striking the back plate or board 7.
A saw guard for general use with circular saws constructed in accordance with
my invention is .illustrated. in, side elevation in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 2 of
Sheet 3, sufficient of the guard being repeated in dotted lines to shew its adjust-
ment to a saw S¹ of smaller diameter.

page_text: T indicates the table of the saw bench, and S the saw.
a a is a block carried from the end of the horizontal shaft b, which latter
is situated vertically or approximately vertically above the saw spindle. The
horizontal shaft 6 is carried horizontally, and if desired in a rotably adjustable
manner, from the block e at the lower end of the vertical shaft d; which latter
fits capable of vertical and rotary adjustment in the end of the standard e, bolted
to the back side of the table T. These adjustments permit of the block a a¹ and
the guards and shields attached to it, being raised or lowered to suit the various
diameters of the saws which may be used; and permits of the guards and shields
being moved back out of the way to allow of the saw teeth being sharpened, or
cleaned, or of the saw being changed.
The front end a¹ of the block aa is forked. A curved tilting guard guide i
is hinged by means of a depending lug fitting in the fork of the block a a¹ and
a ping to the block a¹, and covers the top part of the saw.
The lower end of
a sliding bracket is fitted in a guide groove formed in the upper part of the
curved tilting guard guide i, and can be slid along the groove and fixed in any
position to which it may be adjusted by the binding screw and nut j. The tilt-
ing adjustment may be secured by means of pin holes m in a lug on the under-
side of the guard guide i, and in the forked block a a', and a locking pin through
the same. A shield, formed shape in cross section, is attached to the
bracket by a hinge joint n, and serves to cover the front, that is the cutting
side of the saw. The shield which with the bracket h can be slid along the
guard guide is provided with elongated openings in the top or cross portion, so
as to enable the periphery of the saw to be seen by the attendant.
The shield may be formed in one piece, or in two pieces lettered respec-
tively K and K in Figs. 1 and 6. The two pieces may be connected together
by an ordinary hinge joint as shewn at 12 in Fig. 1; or the part may be made
slightly larger in section than the part k, so as to slide over the latter, and thus
be capable of adjustment; the adjustment being fixed by tightening the nut 13
of a binding screw or bolt passing through a slot in the top of k or as shewn
in Fig. 6.
The above mentioned adjustments serve to adapt the protection to the side of
the saw and of the wood being sawn.
In place of using cotter or split pins to prevent the above mentioned locking
pins falling out, I hinge a small locking piece 1 Figs. 3 and 4, Sheet 3, to the end
of the pin, as shewn in full lines in Fig. 4, when the pin is being inserted through
the holes. After the pin has been passed through the holes, the locking piece
drops into the position indicated by the dotted lines.
The back of the saw is protected by two (or more) curved blade guards o, p,
which are hinged together at y, and the top one to the forked block at
1", whilst
the bottom one passes through the saw slot in the table T, and is secured in
position by passing between two clamping plates u and ; the former formed of
à piece of flat or angle iron with a slot, along which the bolt securing the
other clamping plate can be slid, to suit the adjustment to saws of larger or
smaller diameter.
The top blade guardo after being tilted about the pin, can be fixed in position
by a pin and pin hole device, as already described for fixing the front shield kk,
or by means of a slot or pin hole bracket & and binding screw or pin y as shewn
in Figs. 5 and 6 Sheet 3.
It will be evident that the nature of my invention is not altered, if the back
or carrier a a¹ and the guide guard i are formed in one piece as shewn in side
elevation in Fig. 6 and in plan in Fig. 7, Sheet 3 and fitted capable of being
adjustably tilted on the horizontal shaft b. The attachment as shown in Figs. 5
and 6 is made capable of adjustment by splitting the block a a¹ on the upper
side as shewn at 2, and passing a bolt or screw (1) through the split lug, on the
upper side of the block a a¹.
The back guard or guards o p, being of thin section, do not in themselves

page_text: possess any great latteral stiffness or rigidity, and in order to remedy this, when
it is found to be a defect; I stiffen the back blade guard or guards sideways by
a hinge piece 2, hinged to the end of the block a a' at 4. The hinge piece 2
is formed shape or curved upwards at its free end, and provided with a recess
or slit on its underside; in which recess or slit the back of the blade guard p fits;
so that the latter is held therein with sufficient stiffness to prevent any un-
desirable side play. The hinging of the piece 2 and the curving of the free end
upwards, permit of it being pushed out of the way by the front end of the timber
being sawn when the latter is of considerable depth; whilst, especially if the free
end is bent up at right angles so as to form a sharp corner, any tendency of the
rear side of the saw to lift and force the wood being sawn violently back against
the attendant is thereby prevented.
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These
Fig. 8 Sheet 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 9 a plan shewing my arrangement
of guard for the case when the variation in the size of the saws is not great, and
where the saws are of moderate diameter. The guard consists of two double side
pieces 3, 3, and 4, 4, and a flat guard 10, all hinged to the end of the horizontal
barb, which latter fits capable of being drawn back parallel to itself in the end
of the standard e. The point of support as shewn in Fig. 8, is about one half
to five eighths to the diameter of the saw above the saw spindle, and about three
eighths of the diameter of the saw in front of the vertical plane through the saw
spindle. The side pieces 4 4' cover the front part of the saw, and are of the shape
or approximately of the shape shewn, and have their lower ends 6 curved about
the support as a centre, so as to swing just clear off the top of the table.
side pieces 4, 4', are connected across only at the top at 7, and are open otherwise
all round, so that as the inside width between the side picces 4, 41, is just slightly
greater than the outside width over the side pieces 3, 31, the front guard 4, 41,
can swing independently backwards and upwards over the top guard 3, 3'. The
flat guard 10, separately hinged to the support b, covers the top and upper part
of the back of the saw and fits between the side pieces 3, 31, and is provided with
a bar guard 11, which may be of triangular section to cover the back of the saw,
The bar guard 11 is fitted with a sliding connection to the bar 10,
or is so connected as to be adjustable in this direction. A straight blade guard 8
fits capable of adjustment lengthways in the lug bracket 9, which
latter fits rotably adjustable on the horizontal bar b, and serves to protect the
front of the saw down to the level of the top of the timber being sawn, when the
front guard 4, 41, is pushed back by the timber being sawn, so as to expose the
teeth of the saw. The lower end of the guard blade S is first adjusted to the level
of the top of the timber to be sawn.
The side pieces 3, 31, cover the top of the saw, when the curved flat guard 10
is raised by the timber being sawn, lifting the bar guard 11. The side pieces 3, 31,
may be connected across at the top towards the hinge by bridge pieces 5.
The split lever device for clamping the blade guard at the back of the saw is
illustrated in side elevation in Fig. 10 and in plan in Fig. 11, Sheet 3.
a is the
split lever, having a tapped hole at one end to receive the screw c, and clamp-
ing jaws d and binding screw c at the other end, between which the lower end
of the blade guard p passes. The lever a is supported on a bridle or a T carrier g,
screwed into the underside of the table. Pivot notches are formed on the under-
side of the lever a, so that its position can be adjusted to suit the size of the saw.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner fhe same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In sawing machinery the device for carrying the wood to be sawn consist-
ing of a sliding table a mounted on antifriction rollers e having teeth on their
mid portion gearing with a corresponding rack formed in either or both the
underside of the sliding table a and the top of the machine frame substantially
as set forth and illustrated.

page_text: 2. The combination with the subject matter of Claim 1 of the means for travers-
ing the table to and fro substantially as herein set forth.
3. In sawing machinery for cross cutting the combination of a table a carried
on rocking links or brackets e and having a bracket formed trough on the upper
side to receive the wood to be sawn, with the device for giving a to-and-fro
motion to the table substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2
and 3 of Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In wood splitting machinery the combination of vertical guide box n having
opening and at the bottom fixed splitting blade (or blades) and reciprocating
plunger substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of
Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The device for holding two cutter blades u and u substantially as and for
the purpose or purposes herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 of Sheet 1
of the accompanying drawings.
6. Apparatus for sorting or screening out short waste pieces, bark, and the like
from sticks of approximately uniform length consisting of a series or succession of
polygonal rollers all revolving in the same direction and having spaces between
the adjoining series through which the short waste pieces and the like fall sub-
stantially as herein set forth.
7. Apparatus for sorting or screening out short waste pieces, bark and the like
from sticks of approximately uniform length consisting of a series or succession
of polygonal divided rollers the separate divisions being separated by dented
dises or plates n and all revolving in the same direction and having spaces
between the adjoining series through which the short waste pieces and the like
fall, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of Sheet 2
of the accompanying drawings.
8. An apparatus for arranging sticks of approximately uniform length parallel
to and along side each other, comprising a rapidly moving belt ia compartment
wheel and an end straightening oscillating plate arranged and operating
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of Sheet 2 of
the accompanying drawings.
9. In guards for circular saws the combination of a block or carrier (a al carried
in a vertically adjustable manner curved tilting guide guard (i) hinge to said
block or carrier and covering the top of the saw and a sliding shield (k) cover-
ing the front part of the saw fitted capable of being adjustably slid along said
guide guard all substantially as and for the purpose or purposes set forth.
10. The modification of Claim 9 in which the block or carrier (a a¹) and the
guide guard (i) are formed in one piece fitted capable of being adjustably tilted
on the end of the horizontal shaft substantially as herein set forth and illus-
trated in Figs. 6 and 7 Sheet 3 of the accompanying drawings.
11. The modification of the subject matter of Claims 9 and 10 in which the
sliding shield is formed in two portions (kk) hinged together substantially as
and for the purpose herein set forth.
12. The modificating of the subject matter of Claims 9 and 10 in which the
sliding shield is formed of two portions k k¹ connected together by an adjustable
sliding or telescopic connection, as illustrated in Fig. 6 Sheet 3.
13. In guards for circulars saws the combination with the subject matter of
Claims 9 to 12 of the back guards (o) and (p) the former hinged to the block or
carrier (a a) and the latter hinged to its upper end to the former and fitting with
its lower end in the saw slot of the table.
14. In guards for circular saws the device for giving latteral support to the
back guard substantially as set forth and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 Sheet 3
of the accompanying drawings.
15. In guards for circular saws the device of a hinge picce (2) resting against
the back guard or on the top of the wood being sawn for the purpose of prevent-
ing the back rising side of the saw lifting and forcing the timber being sawn
violently back against the attendant.

page_text: 16. In guards for circular saws the combination of a curved block mounted
capable of being tilted on the end of a horizontal bar vertically adjustable with
a curved sliding shield guard covering the front part of the saw and a hinged
blade guard covering the back part of the saw substantially as set forth.
17. In guards for circular saws the device for securing the lower end of the
back blade guard below the table consisting of a fixed slotted plate u and a move-
able plate substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2
Sheet 3 of the accompanying drawings.
18. In guards for circular saws the device for securing the lower end of the
back blade guard below the table substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
in Figs. 10 and 11 of Sheet 3 of the accompanying drawings.
19. In guards for circular saws the combination of the hinged side pieces 4, 41,
covering the front part of the saw and formed with their lower edges curved about
the support b as a centre and the flat hinged guard 10 covering the back and top
of the saw both the side pieces 4, 41, and the guard 10 being separately hinged
about the support b situated approximately at about one half to five eighths of
the diameter of the saw above the saw spindle or table and about three eighths
the diameter of the saw in front of the vertical plane through the saw spindle
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 Sheet 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
20. The combination with the subject matter of Claim 19 of the side pieces 3, 31,
· substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated in Figs. 8
and 9 Sheet 3 of the accompanying drawings.
21. The combination of the subject matter of Claims 19 and 20 and of the
straight blade guard 8 adjustably secured to the pivot support (b) substantially
as and for the purpose set forth and illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 Sheet 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
1111* OIT
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1000
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30, Park Row, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant..