Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1898—Accepted, 28th May, 1898
I, LEON MILTIADES MESSINESI, of Eastcheap Buildings, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for sawing, planing, drilling, turning and
otherwise treating wood, the said apparatus being more particularly designed for
use by amateurs.
According to my invention I provide a suitable support or frame to which I
secure two work tables arranged one above the other. The upper table is removably
secured above a circular saw which projects through a slot therein and is rotated
by suitable means preferably from a shaft operated by a treadle. The table is
provided with the usual work guides which work in grooves and can be clamped
in any suitable position therein.
The lower table, which is also provided with a saw slot and with work guides,
is arranged beneath the saw and is supported upon a slide in a frame on which it
can slide laterally, the said frame being provided with means such as a rack and
pinion whereby the said table can be raised and lowered in the support. I also
provide the under side of the lower table with teeth or the like whereby it can
be hinged in different positions to the slide which is furnished with means such
as a pivoted arm for holding the table at any desired inclination.
In connection with the upper work table I provide a device whereby wood can
be cut at any desired angle for forming triangles, etc. The device consists of three
graduated strips of metal or other suitable material hinged together so as to form
a triangle. The said strips are provided with holes at each of the divisions and
with pins whereby the legs of the triangle formed by the said strips when
hinged together can be altered in length as desired. By means of this device the
work guide can be clamped at any required angle to the plane of the circular saw.
The device may also be provided with a bar which can be suitably fixed to the
triangle so as to bisect any one of the angles thereof.
In conjunction with the lower work table I provide a drill holder or socket
furnished with means whereby it can be clamped in a vertical position to the
frame of the apparatus and designed to receive a drill to be operated by hand or
by other suitable means. The work is supported upon the lower work table
and it will be obvious that by suitably inclining the work table and adjusting
the position of the work holes can be drilled at any inclination.
The lower table can also be fitted with a device for turning strips of wood,
the said device consisting of a tubular socket the front end of which is tapered
outwardly and which is provided with a cutter so that by rotating the said device
and feeding the wood through it the latter is turned.
For planing wood, I provide above the upper work table one or more rotary
cutters suitably driven by means of the treadle. A suitable form of rotary cutter
consists of a circular disc having cutter blades formed with the same curvature

page_text: as the periphery of the disc and working in guides or grooves arranged eccentri-
cally on the disc so that the cutting edges of the cutter blades cannot project more
than a predetermined distance from the periphery of the disc.
Dated the 14th day of June 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Wood Working Machinery or Apparatus.
I, LEON MILTIADES MESSINESI, of Eastcheap Buildings, in the City of London
Merchant, 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 relates to apparatus for sawing, planing, drilling, turning and
otherwise treating wood and other materials.
According to my invention I provide a suitable support or frame to which I
secure a work table movably arranged under a circular saw or other tool which
is operated by suitable means from a shaft operated by a treadle or by power.
The table is provided with the usual work guides which work in grooves and can
be clamped in any suitable position therein.
The table, arranged as above mentioned beneath the saw, is supported upon a
slide in a frame on which it can slide, the said frame being provided with means,
such as a rack and pinion, whereby the said table can be raised and lowered in
the support. I also provide the underside of the table with means whereby it
can be hinged in different positions to the slide which is furnished with means
such as a pivoted arm for holding the table at any desired inclination.
SO
In connection with the work table I provide a device whereby wood or other
material can be presented to the tool at any desired angle. The device consists
of three graduated strips of metal or other suitable material hinged together
as to form a triangle. The said strips are provided with slots and with clamps
whereby the legs of the triangle formed by the said strips when hinged together
can be altered in length as desired. By means of this device the work can be
clamped at any required angle to the plane of the circular saw or other tool.
The device may also be provided with a bar or rod which can be suitably fixed
to the triangle so as to bisect any one of the angles thereof and with a semicircular
disc graduated in degrees whereby the legs can be clamped at any desired angle
to one another.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a machine or apparatus constructed
according to the invention:
Figure 2 is a front sectional elevation thereof, the section being on the line 2–2
Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a plan of the work table:
Figure 4 is a plan of the slide and frame supporting the work table:
Figure 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 Figure 1:
Figure 6 is a plan of my device for setting out various angles; and,
Figure 7 is an edge view thereof.
a is the frame of the apparatus, the said frame being, as shewn in the horizontal
section Figure 5, formed of two parts designed to be bolted together and the whole
frame being provided with a bottom flange a¹ having bolt holes 2 whereby the
apparatus can he rigidly secured in position. b, Figures 1, 2 and 3, is the work

page_text: table, and b¹, b¹, the grooves for receiving the work-guides which are of ordinary
construction. These grooves can also be filled up with sliding pieces to obtain a
continuous surface for the work table, and one of these sliding pieces is slotted to
receive the saw. The work table is provided on its underside with a slide 12
which works in a guide 3, being operated by a spindle 64 through the medium
of the pinion 65 on the said spindle and of the rack 66 on the table b, which rack
gears with the pinion. The slide 2 is locked in the required position in the
guide b3 by the block 63 which is pressed against it by means of the screwed
spindle 64 working in the flange 65. The guide 63 is hinged to a slide by means
of two pivot pins c, c which are taper and extend into corresponding holes in
the guide 63. This latter slide is formed of two parts, namely, an upper revolving
portion d and a lower portion d³, the said upper portion being provided with a
central circular extension or projection d' upon its underside which fits into,
and is guided in, a similarly shaped recess or hole in the said lower portion d³
of the said slide. The underside of the revolving portion d is provided with a
circular rack gearing with a pinion d upon a spindle do which projects through
the slide 3 so that the pinion and thereby the rack d and slide d can be
rotated by a suitable key or the like. 2, is are bolts the heads of which fit
into the V-groove 13 and which pass up through the lugs on the part d so
that by means of the nuts 15 the said part d can be clamped to the part 3 in any
position.
e is the frame upon which the slide 3 is mounted, the said frame e being
formed with bevelled or V-edges over which the underside of the slide & fits.
f is the rack which is secured to the downward extension e¹ of the frame e, the
said downward extension e¹ forming lateral guides working in the frame a,
as clearly shewn in Figure 5. The rack f is operated by a pinion g mounted upon
a spindle supported in the frame a and having at one end a worm wheel g²
with which gears a worm g³ upon the end of a spindle which is supported
in the frame a and extends through the said frame so that it can be rotated from
the outside by a suitable key or the like. By rotating the said spindle g, as
stated, the rack f and thereby the frame e and the table can be raised
or lowered as desired. To secure the said rack where further clamping
is necessary, I provide wedges e3, e, having screw-threaded
sions e, e projecting through the frame, the projecting portions having
nuts e, e which may be provided with handles whereby the wedges can be
tightened against bearing lugs e formed on the inside of the frame a and the
guiding portions of the extension e¹ on the frame e. The wedges are loosened
when it is desired to move the rack f.
exten-
The table b is, as above mentioned, hinged through the medium of the guide 63
to the upper portion d of the slide. To elevate the table to any desired inclina-
tion I provide an arm & which is pivoted at one end to the guide 63 on which the
table slides and at the other end to a nut or internally screwed sleeve 68 which
is mounted upon a screwed spindle rotatably fitted in the slide d and having
secured to it à bevel wheel 610 which gears with a bevel wheel 6 on a spindle 12
which projects through the frame on both sides so as to enable it to be rotated by
a suitable key or the like. As will be obvious, by rotating the said spindle biz
the table & can be raised as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1.
To move the slide upon the frame e I provide the underside of the said
slide with an internally screw-threaded lug which engages with a screwed
spindle de rotatably mounted in the said frame e and having keyed upon it
a bevel pinion d which gears with a pinion do upon a spindle ", which extends
through the frame e so that it can be rotated by a suitable key or the like in
order to traverse the slide d³ upon the frame e.
h is a vertical support which is bolted to the frame a by bolts h¹, h¹, and is
provided at its upper end with a hollow horizontal extension h³ and with a bracket
or arm h³. This support is designed to hold and operate the tools, for instance,
a circular saw or the mortising tool A illustrated in the drawings. To this end

page_text: the hollow horizontal arm, which is tubular, is provided with a tube i to the outer
end of which the tool is adapted to be secured and which telescopes in the said
tubular arm h². To provide for this telescoping motion the tube i is furnished
with a rack which gears with a pinion upon a spindle 3 which can be rotated
by a suitable key or the like when desired, to adjust the position of the tube i
in the arm or socket h³, the said tube i being locked in any position by the bolt *
which passes through lugs on a split portion of the arm h². To operate the
tools I provide a spindle ; which extends right through the arm h³ and through
a bush 26 fitted in the inside of the tube i, its end being provided with means for
engaging it with the revoluble portion of the tool. The said spindle is provided
with collars which bear against the ends of the tube i so that the said spindle j
is caused to partake of any longitudinal motion given to the said tube . The
spindle is formed at its rear end with a slot 2, the said slotted end ja passing
through a bush or sleeve k which is provided with an internal feather key engaging
in the said slot so that the spindle ; is caused to rotate with the sleeve k but
can slide longitudinally therein to allow of the tube i being adjusted in position
in the arm h³.
The sleeve is provided with pulleys 1, m and n and with a toothed wheel o
all of which are keyed thereto, the said pulleys 1, m and n being arranged to be
driven by means of belts or the like. The pulleys and m are driven by belts
or the like from pulleys l, m¹ mounted upon a shaft p which is driven by a
connecting rod p from treadles 2 pivoted at 23, 7" to the frame of the machine.
In the drawings the pulley is shewn in connection with the pulley by a
cord and in this case the said pulley drives the spindle ; and operates the
mortising device A secured to the end of the tube i. It will be obvious that this
mortising device can be replaced by a circular saw or a rotary cutter or any other
suitable device for treating wood or other material.
is a spindle which is supported in the frame and the bracket ³, the said
spindle being provided with a pulley q¹ adapted to be driven from the pulley m¹
and with a toothed wheel q2 which can, by adjusting its position, be brought into
engagement with the wheel o upon the said sleeve k. The spindle q is provided
with a suitable fork or chuck designed, in conjunction with the poppet head r
secured so as to slide upon and be clamped to the underside of the arm h³, to
receive wood or the like for turning purposes or rotary cutters for cutting wood
secured to the table b. In this case the table can be raised so as to form the
necessary support for the tool or a suitable tool support or holder can be provided
in connection with the said table.
s is a shaft mounted in the lower part of the frame a of the machine, the said
shafts being provided at one end with a pulley & designed to be rotated from the
pulley n of the sleeve by means of a suitable cord or the like and being pro-
vided at its other end with a crank which is connected, by means of a connecting
rod s³, with the reciprocating portion of a fret-saw holder arranged in guide
brackets. The fret-saw holder grips one end of the fret-saw which is not shewn
in the drawing, the other end of the said saw being secured to a rubber band or
the like attached to the underside of the arm i so that the saw is reciprocated by
means of the rotation of the shaft s. The saw passes through a hole so in the
work table b which is slid forward until the said hole is directly in the plane
of the saw.
It will be obvious that although I have mentioned my improved machine as
particularly adapted for working wood, it can be utilized also for working other
materials, such as ivory and brass.
In Figures 6 and 7 I have illustrated the device which I employ for setting
out the requisite angles at which wood or the like must be cut to form triangles
of which either the angles or the dimensions of the sides are known. The device
consists, as above described, of three graduated strips t, t and t¹ preferably of
metal. Each of the strips is provided with a slot u, and the two strips t, i are

page_text: hinged together as shewn by a hinge pin 3 whilst the strip t¹ is provided with two
screw clamps 3 each of which passes through the slot in the strip and the
slot in one of the strips so that the strip can be secured in any position with
respect to the two strips t which can by means of the hinged joint connecting
them, be arranged at an angle to one another so that the device can be arranged
in the form of a triangle having sides of any suitable dimensions, the said dimen-
sions being determined by the graduations upon the strips t, t and t.
To enable the angle at which the material is to be cut to be determined where
the dimensions of the angles and not of the sides of the triangle are known,
I provide a semi-circular plate t graduated in degrees and parts thereof, the said
plate being provided with a semicircular notch along its base, which notch fits
over the projecting head of the hinge-pin and with a catch which enters the
slot u in one of the hinged strips t, as shewn in Figure 6, so that the said hinged
arms t, t can be set at the required angle to one another.
w is the bar or rod which is arranged to bisect the angle made by the two hinged
arms or strips t, t, the said bar w being passed through a hole in the hinge-pin t²
and through a hole in a pin w' which serves as a hinge-pin for two links 20³, 102
of equal length hinged at their other ends to the two arins t, t respectively.
With this arrangement it will be obvious that the rod w always remains in the
line bisecting the angle contained by the two strips t, t.
The strips being set at the required angle to one another the device is used
for adjusting the angle of the work guide to the plane of the circular saw which
is to cut the work or for adjusting the work table b to the required angle with
respect to the saw, drill, mortise cutter or the like. Where it is desired to mitre
the ends of two strips of wood or other material so that when the mitred ends
are joined together the two strips of wood make a definite angle with one another
I employ the rod w to set the work guide one of the hinged strips t being placed
against the saw.
Although I have described and shewn a machine having only one work table
it will be obvious that the apparatus can be fitted with an auxiliary work table
to be placed above the circular saw or other tool and so arranged that it can
be placed in position and removed with facility.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The improved machine for working wood and other materials consisting
of the parts combined, arranged and operating as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings.
2. In machines for working wood and other materials the employment for
setting the work guide at a particular angle, of the device herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.