AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SAWING AND BORING TIMBER OR OTHER MATERIALS IN COM- BINATION WITH ENGINE AND BOILER FOR DRIVING THE SAME
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Fawcett, of the Saw Mills, Dewsbury
in the County of York, Joiner, Builder, and Timber Merchant,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR SAWING AND BORING TIMBER OR OTHER MATERIALS IN COM-
BINATION WITH ENGINE AND BOILER FOR DRIVING THE SAME."
Sealed the 15th December 1871, and dated the 16th June 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Fawcett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th June 1871.
I, THOMAS FAWCETT, of the Saw Mills, Dewsbury, in the County of
York, Joiner, Builder, and Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR SAWING AND BORING TIMBER OR OTHER MATERIALS IN COMBINATION
WITH ENGINE AND BOILER FOR DRIVING THE SAME," to be as follows :—
The Invention consists in combining machinery or apparatus for
sawing timber or deals or other materials either in right or curved lines
and for boring holes in timber or other materials in combination with
an ongine and boiler for driving same, all being erected upon a portable

page_text: bed plate.
The parts comprise a vertical steam boiler with engine
attached to one side and a deal or timber saw or reciprocating saw on
the other side, the fly wheel shaft of the engine being mounted on
the boiler and having a crank or stud plate fixed on the other end for
working the deal saw. A portable table to be applied to this saw when
required renders it applicable for sawing sweeps or curved work. Also
a circular saw is placed in position to be driven from the said engine
shaft, and which saw is also adapted for cross cutting timber. Also
boring tools are carried by the other end of the circular saw shaft,
and a moveable table adapted to it for the work to be supported upon.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Fawcett in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th December 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
FAWCETT, of the Saw Mills, Dewsbury, in the County of York, Joiner,
Builder, and Timber Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Thomas Fawcett, Her special licence that I,
the said Thomas Fawcett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Thomas Fawcett, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SAWING AND BORING TIMBER OR OTHER MATERIALS
IN COMBINATION WITH ENGINE AND BOILER FOR DRIVING THE SAME," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Fawcett, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Or

page_text: Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and inime-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Fawcett, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying Sheet of Drawings (that is to
say):-
This Invention consists in combining machinery or apparatus for
sawing timber or deals or other materials either in right or curved lines
and for boring holes in timber or other materials in combination with an
engine and boiler for driving the same, all being erected upon a portable
bed plate. The parts comprise a vertical steam boiler with an engine
attached to one side and a deal or timber saw or reciprocating saw on
the other side, the fly wheel shaft of the engine being mounted on
the boiler and having a crank or stud plate fixed on the other end for
working the deal saw. A portable table to be applied to this saw when
required renders it applicable for sawing sweeps or curved work. Also
a circular saw is placed in position to be driven from the said engine
shaft, and which saw is also adapted for cross-cutting timber. Also
boring tools are carried by the other end of the circular saw shaft, and
a moveable table adapted to it for the work to be supported upon..
In order that this Invention may be clearly understood I herein give
reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings shewing the construc-
tion, combination, and arrangement of the several parts or machines
herein-before set forth, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is an
end elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.
A is the steam boiler, which is of the ordinary vertical class, with a
steam engine B fixed to one side of it and a deal saw frame O attached to
the other side; D is the driving shaft, which is mounted upon the boiler
and receives motion by means of the crank D' and connecting rod E
from the engine in the usual manner. This saw frame is constructed
and arranged to be supported by one side only and to work in slides
of the bed plate or fixing F, motion being communicated thereto by
connecting rod G from a stud plate H fixed on the driving shaft, and
the said saw frame is balanced by means of the lever I and adjustable
weight J so that its action is easy and regular at all times or all parts
of the stroke; K is a deal or plank under operation of being sawn
by five saws C³, 2, 3, 4, and‍5, which deal is carried on rollers L and

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propelled by friction wedge lever M and friction wheel N operated by
rod P connected to the lever I. This lever M is provided with a slot
hole so that the rod P may be set or adjusted to produce any desirable
amount of motion to the wheel N at each stroke; Q is a betty" or
narrow saw attached to the frame C for cutting sweeps or curvilinear
cuts, and R is a table to support the material while being cut; 8 is a
circular saw mounted in suitable framework which is fixed on the same
bed plate as the boiler, engine, and deal or reciprocating saw frames.
The table T applied to this saw is capable of being raised and lowered
by means of the levers U operated by the screw V to regulate the
projection above the table of the saw for any depth of cut. The fence W
is also mounted on a swing shaft X so as to be readily turned out
of the way for cross cutting, and this fence can also be readily adjusted
to the saw by means of a screw X'. This circular saw is driven by
means of a strap from or off the fly or balance wheel of the driving
shaft and pulleys Y on the saw shaft. And this end of the said saw
shaft is also formed to receive and carry boreing tools, and a table Z is
applied to support the material to be bored, which is raised and lowered
by a screw.
Having thus fully described the nature of the said Invention, and
shewn by Drawings and description thereof the manner in which the
same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I
would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise
details herein shewn and described, but what I claim as my Invention is,
combining and arranging machinery or apparatus and parts thereof for
the several purposes set forth in manner substantially as described and
illustrated by the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Fawcett, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
W*. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Bradford.
THOMAS FAWCETT. (L.S.)