IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR FORMING LINEAR OR CURVED MOULDINGS IN WOOD
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM MORRISON of 48 Worship Street Finsbury Manufacturer and
JAMES HAYES of 85 Worship Street Finsbury, both in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR FORMING LINEAR OR CURVED MOULDINGS IN WOOD
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the cutting and shaping of wood mouldings commonly
known as "stuck" mouldings operated and formed by rotary cutters, and the
object of my invention is to effect improvements in the means of holding guiding
and feeding the work or materials under operation.
And my invention consists of a bed plate with two horizontal and two vertical
rollers mounted thereon; the relative positions of the rollers to each other being
made adjustable by slides and screws.
Above the bed plate a longitudinal shaft is fitted in suitable bearings having a
serrated pinion at its outer end and which pinion acts as a
" feed" to the work-
The vertical and horizontal distances of this pinion from the rollers are adjustable
and the pinion is rotated with the shaft by hand or otherwise.
In using my said invention the work is held in position until the rotary cutter
has moulded a small portion thereof, in order to start the work; the rollers and
feed pinion are then adjusted so as to preserve the parallelism of the cut; the feed
is then set in motion at the desired speed and the cutter forms the moulding as the
work proceeds with regularity and precision.
My said invention is especially applicable to square, elliptical oval and other
forms of looking glass frames and picture frames with "stuck" beading or moulding
and also to other operations of an analogous character.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, WILLIAM MORRISON of 48 Worship: Street Finsbury Manufacturer and
JAMES HAYES of 85 Worship Street Finsbury both in the County of Middlesex
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR FORMING LINEAR OR CURVED MOULDINGS
"
IN
WOOD and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to the cutting and shaping of wood mouldings commonly
known as "stuck" mouldings, operated and formed by rotary cutters, and the
object of our Invention is to effect improvements in the means of holding, guiding
and feeding the work or materials under operation. .
Our Invention consists of a bed plate with two horizontal and two vertical
rollers mounted thereon; the relative positions of the rollers to each other being
made adjustable by slides and screws.
Above the bed plate a longitudinal shaft is fitted in suitable bearings, having a
serrated pinion at its outer end, and which pinion acts as a "feed" to the work.
The vertical and horizontal distances of this pinion from the rollers are adjustable,
and the pinion is rotated with the shaft by hand or otherwise.
In using our said Invention the work is held in position until the rotary cutter
has moulded a small portion thereof, in order to start the work; the rollers and
feed pinion are then adjusted so as to preserve the parallelism of the cut; the feed
is then set in motion at the desired speed, and the cutter forms the moulding as the
work proceeds, with regularity and precision.
Our said invention is especially applicable to square, elliptical, oval and other
forms of looking glass frames and picture frames with "stuck" beading or moulding
and also to other operations of an analogous character..
.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 a side elevation, and Figure 3 a plan of
our invention. a is a bench or plate to which the apparatus is bolted by screws,
one of which is shewn at b Figure 1. The screws enter and hold the plate c. The
plate fis fitted to c by dovetail sliding pieces e which are bolted to the plate f.
The bracket g is cast in one with the plate f. This bracket carries the adjusting
screw h, by which the height of the serrated pinion i is regulated to grip the
frame (Figure 2). 1 are two horizontal rollers fitted to the plate c, against
which the work k is caused to impinge. m is a lug fixed to the plate c into which
the horizontal regulating screw m' gears, and n is a lug attached to the plate fin
which the head of the screw m¹ revolves freely. The screw m¹ is for regulating
the horizontal position of the vertical rollers t t. o is a bracket or carrier for the
shaft g and hand wheel ». This bracket is pivoted at p, and is pressed downward
by the screw h until the serrated feed roller i presses with sufficient grip upon the
work. The bracket o is raised by the rubber (or other) spring 8. t t are two
vertical rollers fitted to the plate f.
Before the work is put in the apparatus the roller i is raised by unscrewing h;
the rollers t t are drawn backward by the screw m¹ turned by a key; the work k
is then placed in position against the rollers ll; the rollers tt are then placed
against the work, by means of the screw m²; the bracket o is then lowered by the
screw until the work is gripped by the feed roller i; the face of the work k is

page_text: then brought to an ordinary revolving cutter tool, and by the hand-wheel r the
work is fed, or moved forward,
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 method of and means and appliances for holding and feeding the work
to revolving cutter tools, for cutting, moulding and shaping wood, substantially as
herein before described and shewn on the Drawing.
2. The general arrangement and combination of the several and respective parts,
together forming our improvements in machinery or apparatus for cutting, moulding,
and shaping wood, substantially as described and shown on the drawings.
Dated this Oth dow of Tonuer 1885
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicants.