Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
I, FREDERICK HODGES, of Shirley House, Park End Road, in the City of Gloucester,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved means for mouldings and the like in mitreing.
In carrying the invention into effect, I provide a suitable frame, preferably rect-
angular in plan, and adapted to be easily and firmly secured to the edge of an
ordinary bench or table.
The upper face of the main frame is planed for the purpose of providing a true
surface upon and to which the plane can reduce the ends to be mitred. Any suit-
able guides may be provided to keep the motion of the plane rectilinear. The plane
itself has preferably a metal body or is at any rate faced with metal, to insure its
durability. Its iron may be either straight or skew.
Through the sides of the frame project two adjustable pivots adapted to engage the
upper end of the table upon which the work to he mitred is laid. This table is a
rectangular frame or plate, the front end of which rests in or upon a stirrup, or its
equivalent, depending from the front end of the main frame. When the table is
engaged by the adjustable pivots at one end, and has the other end resting upon the
stirrup, it makes, approximately, an angle of 45° with the upper face of the said main
frame.
I provide the stirrup with a rising and falling screw adapted to engage the adjacent
end of the table for the purpose of adjusting the angle which it makes with the main
frame.
I provide the table with a vice adapted to hold the work to be mitred,
A modified form of the gauge described above, adapted to the mitreing of more
than one piece at a time, is constructed as follows. I provide a suitable number of
angle dividing strips which divide the main frame and table. The vice on the latter
is modified accordingly. If only two pieces are to be mitred at a time, then the vice
is a duplex one, the jaws of which are actuated by a right- and left-handed screw. For
holding two pieces together during the act of changing ends, I provide toothed plates
to be inserted between the said pieces.
Dated this 26th day of June 1888.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Mitreing Mouldings and the like.
I, FREDERICK HODGES of Park End Road Gloucester Gentleman 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 :—
My invention relates to improvements in Mitro Gauges for mitreing mouldings and
the like. In carrying the invention into effect I provide a suitable frame preferably
rectangular in plan and adapted to be easily and firmly secured to the edge of an ordinary
bonch or table. The upper face of the main frame marked A in the accompanying
drawing is planed for the purpose of providing a true surface upon and to which the
plane B can reduce the ends to he mitred any suitable guides (may be provided to
keep the motion of the plane rectilinear. The plane itself has preferably a motal body 1
or is at any rate faced with metal to insure its durability. Its iron may be either
straight or skew. Through the sides of the frame A project two adjustable pivots E E
adapted to engage the upper end of the table upon which the work to be mitred is
laid. The table F is a rectangular frame or plate the front end of which rests in or
upon a stirrup G or its equivalent depending from the front ond of the main frame A.
When the table F is engaged by the adjustable pivots EE at one end and has the
other end resting upon the stirrup G it makes approximately an angle of 45° with
the upper face of the main frame A. I provide the stirrup G with a rising and falling
screw adapted to engage the adjacent end of the table F for the purpose of adjusting
the angle which it makes with a main frame A. 1 provide the table with a vice H
adapted to hold the work to bo mitred.
A modified form of the gauge described above adapted to the mitreing of more
than one piece at a time is constructed as follows I provide a suitable number of
angle dividing strips which divide the main frame A and the table F. The vice on
the latter is modified accordingly. If only two pieces are mitred at a time then the
vice is a duplex ono the jaws of which are actuated by a right and left handed screw.
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 [
claim is
1. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the mitreing devicu
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1889.