and connected with Squaring, Mitring, and Bevelling Templates for Use in connection with Wood Work and other Constructive Work.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 18th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
Improvements in
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
and connected with Squaring, Mitring, and
Bevelling Templates for Use in connection with Wood Work
and other Constructive Work.
I, HERBERT PARKER, Joiner, of 16, Erasmus Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the production of squaring and mitring
templates suitable for use in connection with the mechanical construction of general
wood-work.
The nature, scope and characteristics of my invention will be understood by the
following description of three separate modifications:
The first modification consists in the production of a mitring template bevelled
at both ends and made in the following manner:-
I provide a piece of wood, metal, or other suitable material formed into a right
angled shape; the fixed side wall of the right angle is in some cases when made
out of wood, formed continuous, and in other cases when made out of metal or
other material, it may be pierced, but in either case the top part projecting from
the fixed side wall is provided with two, three, or more adjusting slots.
I next provide a movable side wall and connect the movable wall to the adjusting
slots of the top part of a angle piece by means of cheese-headed or other equivalent
screws so that the adjusting part can be tightened by means of the adjusting screws
at any required distance from the vertical wall of the first part, the ends of the
fixed and loose side walls are bevelled to an angle of 45 degrees with the bottom
edge of such side walls by preference, or to any other desired angle.
The first modification of my invention is used in the following manner :-
The movable wall being adjusted loose by means of the adjusting pins would be
placed over the timber or other substance to be marked and the movable wall
could then be pushed clcse against the material, so that the two walls of the
template would tightly grip the material to be sawn or marked; the adjusting side
wall would then be secured rigidly to the under face of the top part of fixed side
wall by means of the cheese-headed or other shaped adjusting screws; the combined
template could then be used with a saw to cut off ends of timber clear of the
template and could also be used for setting out timber in the ordinary manner by
means of a pencil, scriber, or cutting-knife; the template can also be used to
make joints by means of a paring-chisel working flat against the bevelled part of
side walls.
I am aware that initring templates have been made and used consisting of an
angled piece of wood, namely a fixed side and a fixed top, but my improvements
relate to the utilisation of an adjusting, sliding side wall and it will be readily
understood by a practical wood-worker that by means of the adjusting side wall my
improved mitring template can be fixed very firmly against the wood or material
to be operated upon and by that means the workman or operator could take hold
of the piece of wood or material in one hand and his saw or chisel in the other
hand (without having to devote the entire use of one hand to the holding of the
template) and thus be enabled to saw off mitred parts or to make a perfect mitre
or joint by the use of a chisel and it will be also readily understood that the means

page_text: provided for securing the template rigidly to the material to be marked is a
practical invention of great value.
The second modification of my invention consists in making a mitring template
formed with a fixed side wall and slotted top part in conjunction with an adjusting
side wall as herein before described in relation to the first modification, but only one
end of the template of second modification would be bevelled at an angle with the
bottom edge of side wall, the other end would be so produced as to form a right
angle with the bottom edges of side walls and would in addition be bevelled from
the inside edges.
In using the second modification of my invention the template could be secured
in the manner hereinbefore described in relation to the first modification and the
right angled end could be used for marking, cutting and producing bars with pro-
jecting angular shaped ends ready for scribing against mouldings or other surfaces
or projections; the right angled ends of template can in some cases be bevelled
inwards instead of outwards on two of the three sides forming the box shape.
The third modification of my invention consists in a mitring template formed
with a fixed side wall and a slotted top part in combination with an adjusting side
wall as hereinbefore described in relation to the first and second modifications, but
in the third modification neither ends of the template are bevelled, but both ends
are produced at right angles or square, so that when the adjusting side is secured
by means of the adjusting pins a box is presented to view consisting of two side
walls, a slotted top, and no bottom.
In addition to the adjusting slots described in the first and second modifications
the third modification is provided with a setting-back slot near one end or setting-
back slots can be provided at both ends or near both ends.
The third modification of my invention is a tool that can be used for a variety
of purposes. It can be used in place of an ordinary square with great advantage,
because the user of the ordinary L square by means of his cutting-knife, scriber,
or pencil, marks across the face of the timber or other material, then turns the
timber up on its first edge and moves the L square a second time to carry the
mark across the first edge, then turns the timber or material face downwards and
moves the square a third time to scribe across the second face of the timber or
material, then moves the material on its first edge again and moves the square a
fourth time to transfer the line from the first face across the second edge of timber
or material with the hope of intersecting the line marked on the first face of
material, to produce a square shoulder, but unless the timber or material is prepared
accurately and the L square in good condition, and the user of the L square also
in good condition a perfect intersection cannot be attained, the last scribe mark will
not meet the first scribe mark.
In contradistinction to such old-style method of marking timber or other material,
the third modification of my invention can be secured tightly on to two sides and
one edge of a piece of timber or other material and the two sides and one edge
marked, cut, or scribed at one operation, leaving but one edge to be marked by
means of the square.
I do not confine myself to the use of any particular material in the construction
of the three modifications of my invention; in some cases I use wood, in other
cases I use metal, in other cases I use xylonite, parkisine, vulcanite, papier-mache,
or any other suitable material and in other cases 1 make either of the three
modifications of my invention partly of wood and partly of metal or by a
combination of any other suitable materials.
Dated this 2nd do of Noumber 1001

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Squaring, Mitring, and
Bevelling Templates for Use in connection with Wood Work
and other Constructive Work.
I, HERBERT PARKER, Joiner of 16 Erasmus Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick 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 has for its object the production of squaring and mitring
templates suitable for use in connection with the mechanical construction of
general wood-work.
The nature, scope and characteristics of my invention will be understood by the
following description of three separate modifications:
I will now proceed to describe with relation to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents mitring template of first modification bevelled at both ends.
Figure 2 represents a plan of Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents an end view of Figure 1.
Figure 4 represents an isometrical view of Figure 1.
Figure 5 represents a front elevation of second modification of template.
Figure 6 represents a plan of Figure 5.
Figure 7 represents an isometrical view of Figure 5.
Figure 8 represents a broken off plan of Figure 5 excepting that the side walls
and the top are bevelled internally.
Figure 9 represents an elevation of the third modification of squaring
template.
Figure 10 represents a plan of Figure 9.
Figure 11 represents an isometrical view of Figure 9.
Figure 12 represents a detailed view of metal slot.
Figure 13 represents a section of Figure 14 on the line CD.
Figure 14 represents a broken off view of frame 10 shewing the metal slot
applied to wood part.
Figure 15 represents the squaring template made in three parts.
Figure 16 represents an isometrical view of metal part suitable for use in the
make up of the templates of each modification.
Figure 17 represents a section of Figure 16 on the line A B applied to wood parts
to form a template.
In carrying out the first modification of my invention in relation to the production
of a mitring template bevelled at both ends; I provide a piece of wood or other
equivalent material formed into a right-angled shape. The side wall a is situated
at right angles with the top part b, the top part b projecting from the side wall a is
provided with two, three, or more slots c, I next provide a movable side-wall d and
connect the movable part to the adjusting slots c by means of cheese-headed or
other equivalent screws e the ends of loose side-wall together with the ends of the
fixed part are bevelled to an angle of 45 degrees with the bottom edge of side walls
and or to any other desired angle.
The wood arrangement made under the first modification of my invention is used
in the following manner.
The movable wall arrangement being adjusted loose by means of the pins e.
The complete template as shewn at Figure 4 would be placed over the timber or
other substance to be marked and the movable wall d next pushed flat or close

page_text: against the work, so that the two walls a and d of template would tightly grip the
material to be sawn or marked, the movable wall d would then be secured rigidly
to the under side k of the top part 6 by means of the cheese-headed or other
b
equivalent adjusting screws e; the template so fixed could then be used with a saw
to cut off ends of timber roughly, clear of the template and could also be used for
setting out timber in the ordinary manner by means of a pencil, scriber, or cutting-
kuife, the template can also be used to make joints by means of a paring-chisel
working flat against the bevelled ends f and g.
I do not confine myself to any particular material in the make up of my
invention.
I am aware that mitring templates have been made and used consisting of an
angled piece of wood, namely a fixed side and a fixed top, but my improvements
relate to the utilization of an adjusting, sliding side wall and it will be readily
understood by a practical wood worker that by means of the adjusting side-wall d
my improved mitring template can be fixed very firmly against the wood or
material to be operated upon and by that means the workman or operator could
take hold of the piece of wood or material in one hand and his saw or chisel in the
other hand without having to devote the entire use of one hand to the holding of
the template, and would thus be enabled to saw off mitred parts or to make a
perfect mitre or joint by the use of a chisel and it will be also readily understood
that the means provided for securing the template rigidly to the material to be
marked is a practical invention of great value.
In carrying out the second modification of my invention I provide a piece of wood
or other equivalent material formed into a right-angled shape as described in the
first modification, but only one end of the complete template would be bevelled at
an angle with the bottom edge j the other end would be so produced as to form a
right-angle with the bottom edge, the right angled end would in some cases be
bevilled inwards from the outer side-wall faces as shewn at m Figures 5 and 6 and
in other cases the right angled end would be bevilled outwards from the inner side
wall faces as shewn in dotted lines at n Figure 8 the slots c¹ are used with cheese-
headed screws or other equivalent tightening screws f¹ in a precisely similar manner
to that described in relation to the first modification.
In using the second modification of my invention the template could be secured
to the timber or material in the manner herein before described in relation to the
first modification and the end could be used for marking, cutting, and producing
bars with projecting angular shaped ends ready for scribing against mouldings or
other surfaces or projections.
The third modification of my invention consists in a squaring template formed
with a fixed side wall and a slotted top part in combination with an adjusting side-
wall as herein before described in relation to the first and second modifications, but
in the third modification neither ends of the template are bevilled but both ends are
produced at right angles or square, so that when the adjusting-side is secured by
means of the adjusting pins a box is presented to view consisting of two side-walls,
a slotted top and no bottom, but in addition to the adjusting slots described in the
first and second modifications the third modification is provided with setting-back
slot preferably at both ends.
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In using the third modification of my invention which is suitable for a variety of
purposes, the movable side-wall d² is adjusted by means of the screws
described in relation to the first and second modifications, the setting-back slots o
are used for marking the shoulders of bars and rails and the square ends p can be
used in place of an ordinary L square the two sides and edges of the material
embraced by the squaring template can be cut or scribed at one operation leaving
but one edge to be marked by means of a separate tool which may be an square
or a straight edge.
The angle plate shewn in isometrical view at Figure 16 demonstrates one method
of making the three different styles of template partly of wood and partly of metal ;
by the adoption of the metallic plate shewn at Figure 16 the side wall a¹ can be a

page_text: separate piece in the same way that the side wall a Fig. 3 is a separate piece; the
metallic plate is secured to the side wall a¹ by means of screws 9 passing through
the holes r the wooden top receives the metallic top part 6 and the metallic
part is secured to the wood part 'b' by means of screws passing through the
screw holes s.
When using wood tops similar to 6 Figures 1 2 3 and 4 I in some cases groove
the top part to receive the metal slot shewn at Figure 12; the metal slotted piece
is shewn in position at Figure 14 inserted in the wood tops.
I do not confine myself to the use of any particular material in the construction
of the three modifications of my invention; in some cases I use wood, in other
cases I use metal, in other cases I use xylonite, parkisine, vulcanite, papier-mache,
or any other suitable material and in some cases I make either of the three
modifications of my invention partly of wood and partly of metal or by a
combination of any other suitable materials.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The making of a mitring template with a sliding adjustable side and with
two angular ends for use by carpenters and other constructive workers as illustrated
and described in relation to Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 of first modification.
2nd. The making of a mitring template with a sliding adjustable side one angular
end and one square end for use by carpenters and other constructive workers, as
illustrated and described in relation to Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8 of second
modification.
3rd. The making of a squaring template with a sliding adjustable side and two
square ends for use by carpenters and other constructive workers as illustrated and
described in relation to Figures 9, 10 and 11 of third modification.
4th. The combination of metal slot pieces with the surfaces of mitring and
squaring templates as illustrated and described in relation to Figures 12, 13,
and 14.
5th. The combination of a metal plate with the clipping sides of mitring and
squaring templates as illustrated and described in relation to Figures 15, 16
and 17.
Dated this 20th der of November 180.1
HERBERT PARKER.
Witness-
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Enrolled Patent Agent.