A New or Improved Device for Cutting, Shooting, and Joining Together Picture Frames and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
A New or Improved Device for Cutting, Shooting, and Joining
Together Picture Frames and the like.
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR GADSDEN of 10 Gordon Road, High Wycombe Bucks,
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 a new or improved device by means of which picture framing
and the like may be quickly and accurately cut, the edges shot, and the frame joined
up, while the device can further be used as an ordinary clamp for holding joinery
while drying, or when being nailed together.
According to my invention, I provide a base of wood which is secured to the top
of the working bench by means of screws or bolts and upon this said base I mount
a slotted metal plate to one end of which is permanently fixed a guide placed at an
angle of 45 degrees, and against which the moulding or the like is tightly held by
means of a clamp the said slotted plate being further provided with a sliding plate
carrying a second guide also placed at an angle of 45 degrees and against which
the moulding or the like is tightly held in a similar manner to the former, the said
sliding plate being moved to and fro by means of an actuating screw.
lower ends of these guides are saw-guides to enable the moulding or the like to be
cut, and the forward part of the device is so arranged as to form a shooting board
in order that the edges of the framing may be planed and further all parts of the
device which are liable to come into contact with either saw or plane are formed of
or covered with wood.
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In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
Fig. 1 is a plan of my new or improved device for cutting, shooting and joining
together picture frames and the like, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same and Fig. 3
is a section on line of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 shows two views of the clamp in
detail.
My improved device consists of the wooden base B upon which is mounted a
slotted plate p furnished with a casting k carrying a guide g against which the moulding
can be tightly held by means of the clamp c as shown in dotted lines in Fig 1. The
slotted plate pis further furnished with a sliding plate pl also provided with a guide gl
against which the moulding or the like can be tightly held by means of the clamp c'.
The aforementioned clamps c and c¹ consist of a block of metal provided with a
narrow strip so as to firmly hold the moulding (Fig. 4) and which are secured to
the screws so as to be drawn in or out to hold mouldings of various sizes when
the said screws are rotated by means of the handles or hand wheels h¹³ the said
screws passing through screw-threaded portions of the guides g and g¹.
9.
The saw guides placed at the bottom of the guides 9 and g are provided with
wooden cheeks d which are cemented or otherwise fixed to the sides of the saw
guides so as to prevent the saw from coming into contact with the metal and a
sufficient is left between them for the passage of the saw. The lower part m
of the device is so formed as to act as a shooting board the plane being kept in the
proper direction by the guiding edge m¹.
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My improved device works as follows, the moulding is first clamped against one
of the guides g g and cut at the required angle by means of a saw passed
through the slot d¹ of the saw guide, the moulding is then pushed forward slightly
until the end is level with the forward edge of the guiding strip m' and planed by a

page_text: shooting plane passed along the flat surface m and pressed against the guiding
strip m³.
When all the sides have been cut and planed they are secured two at a
time against the guides g g' by means of the clamps c c' and are then forced tightly
together at the edges as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 by rotating the screws by
means of the handle or hand wheel h thus causing the sliding plate p¹ to travel
forward owing to the end of the screws engaging with a downward projection z of
the sliding plate, the said screw passes through a screw-threaded portion of the
slotted plate.
The rod which is carried in two projections y* y of the frame is intended for
supporting the lengths of moulding, when however the device is to be used as
an ordinary cramp the bar or rod can be removed by unscrewing the thumb-
screw b.
Instead of arranging the actuating screws as before described the said screw
may be furnished with a collar bearing against the party while the end engages
with a downward projection which in this case is screw-threaded, the said screw
in either case being contained in the slot S of the plate p.
This device can be made in various sizes to suit all classes of work and of any
suitable material; the shaded part in the drawings being preferably of wood and
those left clear of metal.
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 :-
:-
The new or improved device for cutting, shooting, and joining up picture frames
and the like substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 0th dor of December 1902
Dated this Oth day
Jacombo 1902
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.