Improvements in Apparatus for Carving Wood Mouldings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1834
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
Improvements in Apparatus for Carving Wood Mouldings.
I LEON CONSTANT HENRI CHARRIER of 21 Boulevard Poissonuiere Paris in
the Republic of France do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows.
.
This invention relates to a machine intended for carving or moulding wood with
or without beads, the mouldings produced being either straight or cun ved and of
any desired essence or style, and provided with ornaments such as "hoarts" eggs,
bands, piasters, diamond points, leaves "pearl" beads and the like.
The invention more particularly concerns the arrangement and method of
operation of the various tools performing the work, and it also relates to certain
details of aangement adapted to ensure perfect regularity in the operation of the
said tools
The ornaments obtained by means of the machine in question are exactly similar
to those generally produced by hand, having however the additional advantage
over hand labom, of being perfectly regular and uniform, which is not always the
case where the work is performed by hand. Besides, they present sharp edges
which differentiate them from those machine-made ornaments which have been
produced hitherto, while their distinctive feature is a certain artistic style which
none of the similai productions have presented up to the present Lime.
In an apparatus constructed according to this invention the wood to be carved
which has the desmed shape in section imparted to it beforehand is mounted upon
a houzontal carriage capable of being rendered movable both longitudinally and
transversely as hereinafter more fully described, and the tools, are mounted upon
a vertically sliding carriage capable of a desired vertical displacement.
The whole of the driving gear and mechanism for the conversion of motion
are fitted on to the main shaft which also carries a pulley over which passes a
suitable diving belt or stiap.
The caringe which receives the moulding to be caived, or the "blank" consists
of a plate movably arranged upon a second plate The moulding or blank is
etained upon the first plate by means of a number of screw presses or in any
other manner and it rests upon a flange The said plate carries a rack with which
engages a pinion, the spindle of which has a handle and a tatchet wheel fitted to it.
A pawl is mounted upon the end of a lever suitably pivotted, the opposite end of
which being of a curved shape, is acted upon by a roller carried by an arm, secured
to the diving shaft which, at each revolution, causes the said lever to swing over
and the ratchet wheel to advance one or more tooth spaces, for the purpose of
producing the intermittance advancing motion of the calliage.
Although this method of advancement or feeding be preferied, it goes without
saying that any other similar mechanisin fitted on to the main shaft may be
employed for the same purpose. The plate may, as will be seen, slide upon the
second plate and the latter is itself capable of sliding upon the frame of the machine
so that it may be controlled transversely by means of a screw passing through a
nut which forms part of the said plate and provided externally with a hand wheel
by which means the required adjustment of these sliding parts is made.
addition to these two kinds of motion in the longitudinal and transverso dicctions,
a circular or elliptic movement may be imparted to the blank-cauying shdo or

page_text: carriage. It is sufhcient for this purpose, to arrange a third plate with a circular
or elliptic rack, acted upon by a pinion or operated in any other suitable manner
These various kinds of motion especially the two first-mentioned ones (the
longitudinal and transverse motions) are absolutely necessary for producing
mouldings or ornaments of any geometrical shape or outline.
"
The carunge holding the tools consists of a plate which slides vertically upon a
bent piece or
swan neck" integral with the supporting frame of the machine.
A screw engaging in a nut of the said plate enables the same to be rendered capable
of vertical notion, either by acting upon the said screw direct, or by causing it to
be operated by means of bevelled pinion geating and a hand wheel arranged on
one side. Upon the plate there is provided a second plate capable of horizontal
motion so that it may be adjusted as required.
The tools mounted upon the carriage plate are six in number viz. a presser, a
punch, two gouges and two chisels
The presser and punch are concentric and arranged in the centre of the two
gonges and the two chisels
The presser is mounted upon a rod suitably guided, and connected by its top
part or at any other convenient point of its surface with the end of a pivotted
lever and subjected to the action of a cam which, being keyed upon the main shaft
imparts to the said presser a recipiorating vertical movement with periods of rest
at the termination of each stroke
The punch at its cutting end on edge, exactly represents the outlines of the
ornament it is desired to obtain It is here suppose to be adapted for the produc-
tion of a "heart" or of an "oval" or "egg It envelopes o surrounds the
presse which is situated in the centre thereof The rod supporting it and whereon
it is adjusted by means of a set screw, 18 suitably guided and connected with a
pivotted lever operated by a cam wedged upon the main shaft and having for its
object to bring the said punch into contact with the blank.
A hammer secured to the end of a lever and subjected by the action of a cam
also keyed on to the main shaft is arranged to strike the rod when, after having
been raised by the cam it is released thereby.
The punching or stamping operation is effected at the precise moment when the
punch comes into contact with the wood. Its object is to cut the fibres of the
wood in following the outlines of the ornament so as to facilitate the subsequent
operation of the gouges and elusels and to impart to the ornament the desired
section with sharp and neatly delineated edge-lines. The operation of the hammer
may be interrupted by means of nu oscillating lever which may be brought into the
plane of descent of the said hammer
The gonges are alanged symmetrically on each side of the presser and punch,
their shape in section and size agreeing with the shape or coulguration of the
ornament to be carved. Each is adjusted in a suitable manner upon a segment
pivotted upon a block capable of vertical motion. A double arm lese is provided
one of the aims of which engages in a groove in the said segment while its other
arm engages in a slot provided in the lower portion of a rod suitably guided and
connected with an oscillating lever actuated by a cam keyed on to the main shaft.
Under the influence of this can the segment describes an arc of a cucle and
causes the gouge to describe the same ate of a cucle as it is carving the cential
portion of the are on oval in the wood. It will be understood that the shape in
section, or profile, of the gouges must agree in each case with the form of nature of
the ornament to be produced
The block carrying the joints or pivots is suitably guided by means of an attach-
ment forming part of the swan neck and is suspended from the end of a lever
operated, at its opposite end, by a cam keyed on to the main shaft. The vertical
movement of this block has for its object to raise the segmental pivots and con-
sequently also the gouges for the purpose of enabling the cairinge, supporting the
blank to be carved, to advance, without there being any friction between the said
gouges and the wood.

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The chisels are mounted adjustably in tool holders fitted, respectively, within
supports where they are capable of sliding. These tool boldeis have each an
inclued slot in which engages the terminal pin of a rod fixed into another rod.
this manner the descent of the rods causes the chisels as they are carving another
portion of the "heart," to advance
The configuration of the various cans are such that the presser, punch, gouges
and chisels come into operation, respectively, in their required ordet the presser is
lowered by the action of its cam, so as to render the wood perfectly motionless and
steady The punch is then lowered by the action of its cam into contact with the
wod and when this contact takes place the hammer released by its cam descends
upon the rod of the said punch which cuts the wood along the outlines.
The machine compuses means of adjustment for enabling the extent of motion
In each case to be adjusted as requued, as also the position of the tools, thoir
distance from the wood to be carved, and the stroke of the carriage supporting
such wood, to be regulated, so that it may be possible to carve hearts or ovals of
vations dimensions upon mouldings or blanks of greater or less depth or
thickness.
The contigmation and sizo of the tool blades should correspond to the nature of
the ornament to be produced.
Instead of the caringe to which the work is attached being arranged to move in
a houzontal plane as herein before described it may be arranged to move vertically
and the caring causing the tools be arranged to move horizontally Or the
carriage carrying the work may be stationary while the cantage which carries the
tool only be moveable so as to cairy the tools successively from one piece of
the ornament to be produced to the next.
Various modifications may be made in this type of machine according as it is
desired to produce bands, piasters, diamond points, pearl beads or any of the other
usual ornaments, as applied to mouldings, no matter whether the mouldings be
straight or curved.
When it is desired to carve bands the presser punch and gouges together with
their operating mechanism may be arranged as hereinbefore described the cutting
edges of the punch and gouges being shaped to correspond in each case to the
configuration of the band to be formed of carved and provide in combination with
the central presser two lateral presseis acting one on each side of the punch and
the rods of these lateral pressers being connected to one and the same lever which
is connected in its turn to another level, which is operated by a cam of the same
nature as that which forms part of the hutings of the gouges mounted and adapted
for sliding motiou in fixed supports.
The relative positions or duections of the gonges which instead of being situated
in the plane of the cariage may be arranged in an oblique plane, or inclined, in
relation to the said carriage, for the purpose of acting in the direction of the incline
of the convolutions of the band to be cai ved.
The gouges may have then levers connected to tods situated one behind the
other in front of the central presser and the punch and be operated from cams on
the main shaft.
To carve "
piasters," the inachine should comprise a contral presser and a punch
arranged and operated as before stated, but the shape and section of which must
correspond to the particular ornament they are to produce An additional punch
is provided, the iod of which is suitably guided and is operated by a lever subject
to the action of a cam and upon the head of which additional punch a baminer
actuated in the same manner as the hammer of the central punch is adapted to
stike. This additional punch has for its object to strike the wood to drive it
wards at the central portion of each of the piasters. The removal of the
shavings resulting from the operation of the gouge is effected by means of hooks
secined to a horizontal rod adapted to slide in a fixed slide-way, and connected
with an o-cillating lever actuated by a cam on the main shaft and unparting to the
said hooks a reciprocating movement.

page_text: To form diamond points the machine is provided with two gouges actuated by
levers connected by reds and levers actuated by cams and in place of the presser
and punch a small circular saw is mounted upon a horizontal support receiving a
sliding motion within another support capable of being moved vertically. The
saw receives a rotary motion from a belt passing over a pulley keyed on to the
shaft of the saw and another pulley on a shaft oi spindle mounted in bearings on
the end of a support secured on to the vertically movable support before referred to.
This shaft on spindle is operated by means of another strap passing over the pulley
thereon on in any other suitable manner. The horizontal support which carries
the saw is connected by a pivotted lever operated by a cam keyed on to the main
shaft and the vertically movable support is connected by a pivotted lever operated
by another cam also keyed on to the main shaft The combination of these
supports and their driving gear is such that the saw is capable of performing a
horizontal movement and a vertical movement. This saw when lowered and
drawn back produces a transverse cut in the wood, whereas, when raised it may
return to the front without touching the wood. The gouges cut the wood on each
side of the said saw cut, whereby the diamond points are obtained. It will be
understood that by omitting one of the gouges and giving the wood a suitable
shape in section there may be obtained by means of the same machine, racks of
wood capable of serving as supports for tablets or slabs, for cabinet making
purposes
To form pearl bends the machine is provided with a central presser and a punch
the said presser and punch, in this case, instead of being concentric, are placed
side by side. The central presser is surrounded with tools adapted to roughly
work the tops of the pearls which are finished by means of the punch. These tools
are mounted upon a sleeve enveloping the central presser, upon which there is a
pulley, which, by means of a strap, imparts rotary motion to both the sleeve and
the tools performing the above-mentioned rough work, making them turn about
the piesse. The sleeve in question is supported by bearings forming part of a
carriage adapted to slide upon the catage to which the tools are fixed and is
connected to a pivotted lever operated by a cam on the main shaft
Dated this 22nd day of December 1894.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C, Agents.
COBIT DETE STECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Carving Wood Mouldings.
I, LEON CONSTANT IIENRI CHARRIER, of 21 Boulevard Poissonnière, Paris, in
the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this mvention 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 a machine intended for carving wood mouldings with,
or without, beads, and either straight, or curved, and of any desired style, aud
provided with ornaments in shapes resembling for instance hearts, eggs, (or "egg
and tongue") bands, pilasters, diamonds, leaves 01 "foliage,
the like.
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pearls," and
The invention relates more particularly to the arrangement and method of
operation of the vanous tools performing the work, and to certain details of
arrangement adapted to ensure perfect regularity in the operation of the said tools
The ornaments obtained by means of the machine in question are exactly similar
to those generally produced by hand, having however the additional advantage
over baud labour, of being perfectly regular and uniform, which is not always

page_text: the case where the work is performed by hand Besides, they present. shaip edges
which differentiate them fiom those machine-made ornaments which have been
produced hitherto, while then distinctive feature is a certain artistic style which
none of the similar productions have presented up to the present time.
1 will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying diawings which
llustrate various forms of apparatus constructed according to this invention
"
Figure 1 epresents a front view of the machine specially adapted for the
production of hearts and eggs or egg and tongue," specimens of which are given
Figures 1 and 2ª.
Figure 2 is a cross section on line 1-2, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is another cross section on lire 3-4 Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows a machine arranged for the production of bands or twists in
the Louis XVI style, a specimen of which is given in Figure 3ª.
Figure 5 is a diagram showing the relative positions or directions of the tools
to the wood to be worked or moulded.
Figure 6 shows the machine as arranged for the production of "pilasters,"
a specimen of which is represented in Figure 4ª.
Figure 7 is a transverse section on line 5-6 Figure 6.
Figure 8 shows the machine arranged for the production of diamonds, a specimen
of which is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 9 is a cross section on line 7-8, Figure 8.
Figure 10 represents the machine as arranged for the production of "pearl'
beads, a specimen of which is shown in Figure 64, and
Figure 11 is a cross section on line 9-10, Figure 10.
Lihe letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in all figures.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the wood a to be carved, to which the desired
shape in section has been imparted beforehand, in mounted upon a horizontal
caringe A, capable of being moved both longitudinally and transversely as herein-
after described; the carving tools, are mounted upon a sliding carriage B capable
of any desired vertical displacement. The whole of the driving gear and
nechanism for the conversion of motion are fitted on to a main shaft C which also
carnes a pulley D over which passes a suitable driving helt or stiap
"
The carriage which receives the moulding or the "blank a to be carved,
consists of a plate A movably arranged upon a second plate A', the moulding on
blank a being retamed upon the plate A by means of clamping screws a¹ ot in any
other convenient manner, and it rests upon a flauge a. The said plate A is provided
with rack teeth a³ with which engages a pinion a mounted on a spindle a provided
with a handle a. On this spindle is also a ratchet wheel a' with which engages a
pawl mounted upon the end of a lever b', suitably pivotted, the opposite end of
which lever is curved and is acted upon by a roller 3, caled by an arm 63, secured
to the main driving shaft C, which arm, at each revolution of the shaft, causes
the said lever to swing over and the ratchet wheel a' to advance one or more tooth
spaces, lo the purpose of producing the intermittent advancing motion of the
cariage A carrying the blank.
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Although this method of advancement or feeding be preferred, auy other suitable
mechanism may be employed for the pm pose. The plate A can slide upon the
second plate A', and the latter is itself capable of sliding upon the frame M of
the machine its movement being controlled transversely by means of a sciew c
passing through a nut wluch formis part of the said plate and provided externally
with a hand wheel e, by which means the equined adjustment of these sliding
parts may be effected. In addition to the two motions in the longitudinal and
transveise directions, a circular or elliptic movement may be imparted to the
blank-carrying slide or carriage. For this purpose, a third plate 18 provided
having a circular oi elliptic rack acted upon by a pinion or operated in any other suitable
manner. These various motions especially the two first inentioned (the longitudinal
and transverse motions,) nie absolutely necessary for producing mouldings or
ornaments of any geometrical shape or outline."

page_text: The carriage holding the tools consists of a plate B fitted to slide vertically upon
a hent piece or swan neck M' integral with the supporting frame M of the machine.
A so en Vengaging in a nut of the said plate B euables the same to be rendered
apable of vertical motion, either by acting upon the said screw direct, or by
causing it to be operated by means of bevelled pinion gearing ppl and a han
wheel Varanged on one side Upon the plate B there is provided a second
plate B capable of horizontal motion so that it may be adjusted as required.
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The tools mounted upon the carriage Baie preferably six in number. vz: a
pressed, a punch e, two gouges ff* and two chisels g g*.
The presser and punch e are concentric and arranged in the centre of the two
gouges and the two chisels.
The presser dis mounted upon a 1od dsmtably guided, and connected for
example at its top part with a level pivotted at 3 and subjected to the action of
a cam d' which, being keyed upon the main shaft C, imparts to the said pressor a
reciprocating vertical movement with periods of rest at the termination of each
stroke.
The punch, at its cutting end or edge, exactly represents the outlines of the
ornament it is desired to obtain. It is here supposed to be adapted for the
production of a heart or of an "egg and tongue It envelopes or sumounds
the presser which is situated in the centre thereof. The rod el, supporting it,
and whereon it is adjusted by means of a set screw, is suitably guided and connected
with a lever e pivotted at e and operated by a came upon the shaft C, and having
for its object to bring the said punch into contact with the blank a. A hammer m
secured to the end of a lever m' oscillating at m and subjected by the action of a
cam m³, also keyed on to the main shaft C, is arranged to strike the 1ode when,
after having been raised by the cam m³ it is released thereby The punching or
stamping operation is effected at the precise moment when the punch e comes into
contact with the wood. Its object is to cut the fibres of the wood, in following
the outlines of the ornament so as to facilitate the subsequent operation of the
gouges and chisels and to impart to the ornament the desired section with sharp
aud ueatly delineated edge-lines. The operation of the hammer may be interrupted
by means of an oscillating lever m' which may be brought into the plane of descent
of the said hammer.
The gouges are arranged symmetrically on each side of the presser and
punch, their shape in section and size agreeing with the shape or configuration of
the ornament to be cm ved.
Euch is adjusted in a suitable manner upon a segments, *, pivotted at s' s¹*
upon a block n capable of vertical motion. A double arm levers 15 pivotted
at s one of the aims, of which engages in a groove in the said segments
while its other num engages in a slot provided in the lower portion of a 1od sts,
suitably guided and connected with a lever oscillating at * and actuated
by a cam sheyed on to the main shaft C. Under the influence of this cam s sta
the segment describes an are of a circle about the point as and causes the
gouge to describe the same arc of a circle as it is cat ving the central portion
of the aic or oval in the wood (Figures 1 and 2^). It will be understood that
the shape in section, or profile, of the gouges must agree in each case with the form
or nature of the ornament to be produced
The block n cariying the segments * is suitably guided by means of an
attachment n' forming part of the swan neck M¹ and 19 suspended from the end of
a lover operated, at its opposite end, by a cam n³ keyed on to the main shaft C.
The vertical movement of this block has for its object to raise the jointed
segments & s* aud consequently also the gouges for the purpose of enabling
the carriage, supporting the blank to be carved, to advance, without there being
any friction between tho said gouges and the wood.
The chisels g and g" are mounted adjustably in tool holders fitted, respectively,
within supports g g where they are capable of sliding. These tool holders have
each an inclined slot in which engages the terminal pin of a rod g³ g** fixed into

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advance
To this manner the descent of the rous 38
The operation of the aforesaid machine is as follows
causes ве
chisels gg, as they are carving another portion of the heart, (Figure 1) to
!
The blank a to be carved. being a piece of wood of suitable shape in section,
moulded or otherwise cut out beforehand, is placed upon the carriage A, and the
machine is set in operation by means of any suitable clutch or coupling device.
The configuration of the various cams d', e, m³, 87, and 8" are such that the
presser, punch, gouges and chisels come into operation, respectively, in their
required order. The presser d is lowered by the action of its cam d', so as to
render the wood a perfectly motionless and steady. The punch e is then lowered
by the action of its came into contact with the wood a, and when this contact
takes place, the hammer m, released by its cam m³, descends upon the rod of the
said punch which cuts the wood along the outlines of the desired ornament, (a heart
or an oval as the case may be) After this outline has been so cut, the punch
rises, whilst, during this movement, the presser remains in contact with the wood
so as always to keep it stendy and enable the punch to be lifted without any
displacements of the blank. It is not till after the latter has been thus disengaged,
that the presser rises in its turn At this moment the two gouges and f*
Successively come into action under the influence of their respretive cams s' and ***
and cut the blank at the parts where the top and middle portions of the desned
ornament should be formed (whether the ornament be a heart, Figure 1A, or an
egg, Figure 2. At the samne moment the chisels and g* also act each in
succession, for the purpose of cutting the upper and lateral parts of the ornament
in the blank, so as to form its pomt or ridge, as the case may be After the gonges
and chisels have completed their respective operations, the said gouges are slightly
raised by means of the block n which carries the pivots of their segments & and s*
so that the wood may move forward longitudinally This advance of the wood is
produced by the pawl b and ratchet wheel a set in operation by the cam 6. The
distance thus travelled is equal to the space which should be left between two
consecutive or adjacent ornaments. When the blank has once been fed forward
in this maune, the operations described above are repeated, and so on until the
opposite end of the wood moulding or blank a is reached
The mache comprises means of adjustment for enabling the extent of motion
in cach case to be adjusted as required, as also the position of the tools, then
distance from the wood to be carved, and the stroke of the carriage supporting
such wood, to be regulated, so that it may be possible to carve hearts or eggs of
various dimensions upon mouldings of blanks of greater or less depth or thickness
The configuration and size of the tool blades should correspond to the nature
of the ornament to be produced
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Instead of the carijage A to which the work is attached being arranged to move
in a horizontal plane as herein before described it may be ranged to move
vertically, and the carriage B carrying the tools be arranged to move horizontally,
or the carriage A may be stationary, while the carnage B which carries the tools
only be movable, so as to carry the tools successively from one piece of the
ornament to be produced to the next
Various modifications may be made in this type of machine according as it is
desired to produce bands, pilasters, diamonds, pearls, or any other of the usual
ornaments, as applied to mouldings, no matter whether the mouldings be stisight
or curved
When it is desired to carve bands (Figure 3), the presser d, punch e, and
gouges and 1*, together with their operating mechanism, may be retamed as
indicated in Figure 4, where the same letters of reference indicate the parts
corresponding to those already described in Figures 1, 2 and 3. the cutting edges
of the punch and gouges are shaped to correspond in each case to the configuration
of the band to be formed or caived; and in combination with the central presser d
I provide two lateral presseis d* and ** acting one on each side of the punch e.

page_text: the rods dd of the saul lateral pressers are connected to one and the same
lever which is connected in its turn to another lover which is operated by a
cam of the same nature as d', which forms part of the fittings of the gouges and f
which latter instead of being secured to the swinging segments s and s* are
mounted and adapted for sliding motion in fixed supports The relative positions
or directions of the gauges instead of being situated in the plane of the cairinge B.
may be arranged in an oblique plane, or inclined, in relation to the said carriage.
as shown in Figure 5, for the purpose of acting in the direction of the melme o:
the convolutions of the band to be caived.
The gouges and * (Figures 4 and 5) may have then levers and **
connected to the rods and 8 situated one belund the other in front of the
central presser and the punch and connected to rods and operated from the
cams and on the main shaft C as already described
To carve pilesters (Figures 4) the machine should comprise a central presser d
and a punch e arranged and operated as already described, but the shape and
section of which must correspond to the particulai ornament they are to produce,
one of the gouges / is omitted, and the remaining one is arranged and operated
as alrendy described, with a view to forming the top of each of the pilasters.
Beside the punche a second punch e* is provided (Figures 6 and 7) the rod e¹* of
which is suitably guided, and is operated by a lever e, subject to the action of a
cam and upon the head of which additional punch a hammer m* actuated in
the same manner as the hammer m of the central punch is adapted to strike.
This additional punch has for its object to strike or drive the wood inwards at the
central portion of each of the pilasters. The removal of the shavings, resulting
from the operation of the gouge f is effected by means of hooks p and p* secured
to a horizontal rod padapted to slide in a fixed slide-way, and connected with a
lever p, oscillating at 3, and actuated by a cam p on the main shaft Cand
imparting to the said hooks a reciprocating movement
To form diamonds (Figure 5) the machine always comprises two gouges f
actuated by levers & connected by the rods and levers to cams
The presser d and punch is replaced (as shown in Figures 8 and 9) by a small
circular saw mounted upon a horizontal support O' receiving a sliding motion
within another support Os capable of being moved vertically The saw O receives
a rotny motion from a belt passing over a pulley o' keyed on to the shalt of the
saw and another pulley o' on a shaft or spindle o³ mounted in bearings on the end
of a support 03 secured on to the support O. The shaft or spindle o* 19 operated
by means of another strap passing over the pulley of or in any other suitable
manner. The support O' is connected by a lever 7, pivotted at q' operated by a
cam keyed on to the main shaft C. The support O' is connected by a level q
pivotted at g and operated by a cam also keyed on to the main shaft C. The
combination of these supports O' and O' and their diving gear is such that the
saw is capable of performing a horizontal movement and a vertical movement.
This saw O, when lowered and drawn back produces a transverse cut in the
wood, wherens, when raised it may return to the font without touching the wood.
The gouges and cut the wood on each side of the said saw cut, whereby the
diamond points are obtained. It will be understood that by omitting one of the
gouges and giving the wood a suitable shape in section there may be obtained by
means of the same machine, racha of wood capable of serving as supports for
tablets or slabs, for cabinet making purposes.
To form "pearls" (Figures 6) the machine is provided with a central prosser d
and a punch e, the said presser and punch, in this case, instead of being concentric,
being placed side by side, as shown in Figure 10 The central presser is
surrounded with tools adapted to roughly work the tops of the pearls which are
finished by means of the punch e These tools are mounted upon a sleeve
enveloping the central presser, upon which there is a pulley which, by means of
a strap, imparts rotary motion to both the sleeve and the tools performing the said
rough work, making them tutu about the presser. This sleeve 18 supported in

page_text: bearings forming part of a carriage R (Figures 10 and
the cairage B and is connected to a lever r pivotted at
on the main shaft C.
11) adapted to slide upon
and operated by a cam
In the foregoing modifications, whether it be desired to make bands, pilasters,
diamonds, or pearls, the machine in all cases operates as I have described, that is
to say, the pressor descends first, and the punch-except as regards the pearls-
next cuts the wood along the outlmes of the ornament requined. The ascent of the
said punch is followed by a 11sing movement of the presser, and the tools (such as
the gonges or chisels of suitable shape) then either simultaneously or successively
operate upon the wood, at its upper portion, so as to shape and finish the tops of
the ornament first cut out, whereupon the cainage supporting the blank advancesia
distance equal to the desued space between each piece or figure of the proposed
ornament.
Having now particularly described and ascertamed the nature of my said inven-
tion and what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim 18:-
1. A machine for carving straight or curved wood blanks or mouldings, for
producing ornaments thereon, such machine consisting in the combination of the
following parts. a prosser for retaining the blank in position while it 18 being
partly worked, a punch for cutting the wood along the outlines of the ornament to
be produced, such cut taking place while the blank is being held by the presser,
and tools such as gouges and chisels arranged symmetrically in relation to
the presser and punch, for shaping or finishing the ornaments previously cut,
substantially as herein before described
2. In a carvin
he kind refered to in the preceding claim, adapted
to provide straight or curved wood mouldings with ornaments, the concentric
arrangement of the presser and punch, connected independently of each other, by
menus of levers, to cams adapted to operate them and to bring them into contact
with the wood, substantially as described
3. In a maclune of the kind referred to in claim one, for carving ornaments, the
combination of the punch with a hammer or with a spring arranged to be automatically
released and acting upon the said punch when it is in contact with the wood blank,
for the purpose of cutting such blank along the outlines of the ornament to be
produced, and preparing the wood for the action of the gouges or chisels adapted to
cut away the wood at the top of the moulding, substantially as described.
4. In a machine of the class referred to in the first claim for carving ornaments,
the combination of the presser, punch and gouges, mounted upon a cairage, with
another wood-supporting carriage, adapted to advance by intermittent movements
under the action of a pawl and ratchet device, for the purpose of timing the
progress of the wood in accordance with the action of the sand tools, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
5 The combination of a wood-supporting caliage A adapted to advance
intermittently, a pressed, a punch e, gouges and" and chisels g g*, the said
chisels and gouges being arranged symmetrically in relation to the presser and
punch situated concentrically with each other, the whole being arranged and
operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein beforo described
with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
d*
6. The combination of a wood supporting carriage A adapted to advance
interunttently, a piesser d, a puuch e, gouges and f", arranged at an angle to the
dnection of motion of the said wood supporting carriage and additional piessens
and d, all aanged and operated substantially in the manuer and for the purpose
berembefore described with reference to Figures 4, 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
7 The combination of a wood supporting carriage A adapted to advance
intermittently, a presser d, a central punch e, a lateral punch e, and a gouge f, all
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page_text: arranged and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose here before
described with reference to Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings
8. The combination of a wood supporting carriage A adapted to advance
intermittently, gouges fand, a cucular saw Oarianged for compound horizontal
and vertical motion and independent operation, all aanged and operated substan-
tially in the manner and for the purpose described with reference to Figures 8 and 9
of the accompanying drawings.
9 The combination of a wood supporting carriage A adapted to advance
intermittently, a presser d, rotary tools conceutic with the said presser and driven
independently, a punch acting contrary to the devices preceding it, after the
formation of the desu ed ornaments, all arranged and operating substantially in the
manner and for the purpose described with reference to Figures 10 and 11 of
the accompanying diawings.
Dated this 21st day of September 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.