Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left 16th Nov, 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec, 1895
I, WALTER WHITLEY of Park Road Works, Bingley in the County.or
Manufacturing Joiner and Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this .
invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
It relates particularly to machines for planing cutting or shaping strips of wood
of the class known as "mould forming machines" wherein rotary cutters are
employed for planing or cutting all the four longitudinal surfaces of the strips
simultaneously, and my said invention consists of the application of means and
the general arrangement of other parts whereby I am enabled to make oue
machine operate upon the four longitudinal surfaces of two strips of wood
at one and the same time thus doubling, or nearly so, the output of said
machine:
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To attain this object I mount an additional spindle or vertical shaft, (carrying
its appropriately formed cutters or for certain purposes stationary blades instead of
these vertical shafts may "be used in this position) to rotate between the two
ordinary vertical cutter-shafts, these latter as is well known being arranged by.
being mounted on moveable bearings, so that they may be adjusted to occupy any
desired positions apart from each other.
Leading from the feed rollers up to and beyond the central or additional rotary
cutter, I arrange a guide piece or pieces or what may be termed a fence which
forms and determines the paths along which the pieces or strips of wood have to
pass so that they are thus presented in a proper mauner to the central cutter,
which operates upon the inner edges of both of them, while the other two or
ordinary cutters operate upon the outer edges of these strips or boards.
The upper and under surfaces of the boards are operated upon by the horizontally
disposed cutters in the well known manner with the exception that these are either.
made so much longer than usual to take the two strips of boards at once or they..
are divided, one part on each being for one surface of one board while the other
part on the same shaft is for acting on the corresponding surface of the other
board.
In order that the separate strips or boards may be separately fed to the cutter
Larrange two sets or series of feed rollers in place of the series or set at present
employed, and the two series are also loaded or weighted separately to allow for
any irregularity that may arise in the respective thicknesses of the strips or boards
passing between them.
The driving gear for the two series of rollers is arranged to meet the alteration
of their conditions and the framework or bearings for carrying the additional cutter-
shaft is or are arranged so as to allow said shaft to be fixed or assume any desired
position relatively with the other cutter-shafts.
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Of course the
se the cutters on any of the shafts may be shaped to produce any desired
design of mould, or straight surface as they are or do in-connection' with any of this
class of machines at present in use

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Planing, Cutting, or Shaping. Strips
of Wood.
I, WALTER WHITLEY of Park Road Works, Bingley in the County of York,
Manufacturing Joiner and Timber 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, that is to say :-
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It relates particularly to machines, for planing, 'cutting or shaping strips of 5
wood, of the class known as "mould forming machines: wherein., rotary
cutters are employed for planing or cutting all; the four longitudinal
surfaces of the strips simultaneously, and my said invention consists of the
application of means and. the general arrangement of other parts whereby I am
enabled to make the machine operate upon the four longitudinal surfaces of two
strips of wood at one and the same time thus.doubling, or nearly so the output of
said machine.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings which are illustrative of iny
invention;-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a machine with my improvements applied
thereto.
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Fig. 2 is a view of said machine as seen from above.
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Fig. 3 is a drawing in detail showing a device for holding the strips of wood
under operation...
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Fig. 4 is end elevation of parts shown by Fig. 2 and as seen in the direction of 2
the arrow A.
To attain the object of my invention. I mount, an additional spindle or vertical
shaft. a (carrying its appropriately, formed cutters. b, or for certain, purposes,
stationary blades, instead of these. vertical shafts a and cutters may be fixed.in
this position), said shaft a being made and arranged to rotate, between the two
ordinary cutter-shafts cand d, these latter, as is well known, being arranged by
being mounted on moveable bearings ff so that thoy may be adjusted by their
screws ff to occupy any desired positions.apart from each other. ;
Leading from the fixed rollers, up to and beyond the central or additional
cutter a, I arrange guide pieces, (or these may be termed fences) which form
and determine the paths along which the pieces or strips, of wood mm, have to,
pass so that they are thus presented in a proper manner to the additional cutter.a,
which operates upon the inner edges m'n' of said strips mn, while the other
ordinary cutters d operate upon the outer edges-m²n of these said strips or
boardsm n; and these boards are kept in contact with the fences by means of.
the weighted levers shown in detail by Fig. 3, the usual weighted levers a a
being employed for keeping the strips man down or against the table or bed-of, the
machine.
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The upper and inder surfaces of the boards mm are operated upon by the
horizontally disposed cutters pr in the well known manner with the exception that.
these are either made so much longer than usual to take the two board m n at
once or as shown by Fig. 2, they are divided, one part pand on each being for
one surface of one board while the other part pand on the same shaft is for acting
on the corresponding surfaces of the other board.
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In order that the two strips or boards m n may be separately fed to the cutters,
I arrange two sets or series of fred pollors • £fwhich are rotated from the shaft

page_text: arranged to be operated by the screws and hand wheel the load s¹ may be raised
from pressing the rollers-s again the strips n at which time the said rollers s are
also raised clear of same for purposes well known. The weight or load t' is raised
in a similar manner by the hand wheel and screw and the lever y this latter
being loosely pivoted so as to oscillate freely on said shaft w in order that its
movements may be effected independently of those of the other lever v.
The driving gear as the pulleys cdª¹ and belts c³ d³, for the two cutters c d are
arranged to meet the alterations in their conditions, and the framework or bearing u
for carrying the additional cutter shaft a is or are-arranged so as to allow said
shaft to be fixed or, to assume any desired position, relatively with the other
cutter-shafts-c-d; while on the pulley-dis also mounted the belt a³ for driving
the shaft a.
The cutters on any of the shafts may be shaped to produce any desired design of
mould or straight surface as they are or do in connection with any of this class of
machines at present in use.
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 ;-
1. In a machine for cutting or planing wood the combination of three cutters
and parts in connection with them for operating upon the four outer edges of two
strips of wood substantially as herein specified.
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2. In a machine for cutting or.; planing wood, the construction of two series of
cutters with their respective series of feed rollers arranged and constructed
substantially as and for the purposes-described.
3. The method of arranging and constructing the parts forming a wood planing
or cutting machine substantially as specified.
Dated this 15th day of November 1895.
WALTER WHITLEY,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.