IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING SPLITTING AND CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND ALSO FOR BUNDLING AND SIFTING THE SAME " SPATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Rowley of 27 Glengarry Road Dulwich Grove in
the County of Surrey and Henry Vulliamy of 122 Newgate Street in the
City of London for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
CUTTING SPLITTING AND CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND ALSO FOR BUNDLING
AND SIFTING THE SAME
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Rowley and Henry
Vulliamy at the Office of the. Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July
1882.
JOHN ROWLEY of 27 Glengarry Road Dulwich Grove in the County of Surrey
and HENRY VULLIAMY of 122 Newgate Street in the City of London, " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING SPLITTING AND CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND
ALSO FOR BUNDLING AND SIFTING THE SAME
"3
This invention relates first to improvements in machinery for cutting splitting
and chopping wood of the character described in the Specification of Letters Patent
granted to the said John Rowley dated 13th September 1879 N° 3673
In the specification above referred to the vertical knives or cutters for making a
series of vertical cuts on the underside of the block of wood to be cut were formed.
with inclined surfaces or in successive steps so as to enter the wood at the lowest
point the cutting surface rising from front to back. Now we have found that it is
advantageous to employ cutters for this purpose the cutting surface of which is
vertical straight curved or of axe fashion so as to act as a chopper the whole face
of the cutter being arranged to enter the block as it is brought in contact therewith
by which a chopping and splitting action is effected on the face of the block in
place of a scoring or straight cutting action the under face of the block being thus
split or divided in an irregular manner producing a similar effect to an ordinary
chopper
These improved cutters are advantageously formed with shoulders and mounted
on or in a reciprocating plate being secured therein by a wedge key or screw so as
to be readily removed and replaced as required

page_text: In the Specification above referred to stops were described for the purpose of
retaining the piece or slice of wood as the same was cut off from the block from
returning and according to our present improvements similar stops are arranged in
front so that the slabs cannot pass without being cut up thus confining the pieces
of wood within the distance where the cutting action takes place.
According to another part of our improvements the block of wood to be cut up
is pressed down in its holder by means of a weighted lever and rod the weight
being capable of adjustment by cords chains and pulleys so as to be readily fixed
and released as may be required
Another part of our improvements relates to the arrangement of a self acting
sieve (which may be either flat or cylindrical) into which the fire wood is con-
ducted by a suitable shoot as it is cut and falls. and the dust and refuse is thus
sifted therefrom
The mechanism which actuates the cutters is so arranged as to give a reciprocating
or a rotary motion to the sieve as the case may be
Our improvements in the operation of bundling relates to the form of the
collector or instrument which is filled with the fire wood to form a bundle and
from which it is forced by a piston or ram into a tube or holder ready to be
tied up.
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In the Specification of the Patent herein before referred to a bell mouth metal
cylinder or collector is shown and described having a conical flange at one end into
which the wood for making up a bundle was introduced. Now we find it
advantageous to make this collecting instrument conical from end to end the piston
or ram forcing the wood such a distance therefrom into and partly through a short
tube or holder (which is also conical) as to admit of the bundle being readily
withdrawn therefrom.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Rowley and Henry Vulliamy in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd January 1883.
JOHN ROWLEY of 27 Glengarry Road Dulwich Grove in the County of Surrey
and HENRY VULLIAMY of 122 Newgate Street in the City of London
" IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING SPLITTING AND CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND
ALSO FOR BUNDLING AND SIFTING THE SAME
"
This Invention relates first to improvements in machinery for cutting splitting
and chopping wood of the character described in the Specification of Letters Patent
granted to the said John Rowley dated 13 September 1879 N° 3673.
And in order that our present improvements may be clearly understood and
readily carried into practice we will proceed to describe the drawings annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan Figure 2 a longitudinal section and Figure 3 an end view
of so much of a machine for cutting fire wood as will enable us to describe the
nature of our improvements corresponding letters apply to corresponding parts in
all the Figures.
In the Specification above referred to the vertical knives or cutters b* for making
a series of vertical cuts on the underside of the block of wood d to be cut were
formed with inclined surfaces or in successive steps so as to enter the wood at the
lowest point the cutting surface rising from front to back. Now we have found
that it is advantageous to employ cutters b* for this purpose the cutting surface of
which is vertical straight curved or of axe fashion on a block as shown on a larger
scale by Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings so as to act as a chopper the whole
face of the cutter being arranged to enter the block d as it is brought in contact
therewith by which a chopping and splitting action is effected on the face of the
block d in place of a scoring or straight cutting action the under face of the block
being thus split or divided in an irregular manner thereby producing a similar
effect to an ordinary chopper.
These improved cutters 6* are advantageously formed with shoulders as shown
by Figure 5 and mounted on or in a reciprocating plate b¹ being secured therein
by a wedge key or screw so as to be readily removed and replaced as required.
In the Specification and drawings above referred to (the figures and letters of
reference in which nearly correspond with the drawings appended hereto) stops f
were described for the purpose of retaining the piece or slice of wood as the same
was cut off from the block d from returning and according to our present improve-
ments similar stops f¹ (the cuts in the block d being shown separately by Figure 7)
are arranged in front so that the slabs cannot pass without being cut up thus
confining the pieces of wood within the distance where the cutting action takes
place.
According to another part of our improvements the block of wood d to be cut up
is pressed down in its holder by means of a weighted lever and rod the weight
being capable of adjustment by cords chains and pulleys so as to be readily fixed
and released as may be required. We have not thought it necessary to show any
arrangement of mechanism for carrying out this part of our improvements as any
ordinary mechanic will readily apply suitable mechanism for this purpose.
Another part of our improvements relates to the arrangement of a self acting
sieve (which may be either flat or cylindrical) into which the firewood is conduced
by a suitable shoot as it is cut and falls and the dust and refuse is thus sifted
therefrom.
The mechanism which actuates the cutters is so arranged as to give a recipro-
cating or a rotary motion to the sieve as the case may be which mechanism may
be readily applied by a competent mechanic.

page_text: Our improvements in the operation of bundling relates to the form of the
collector or instrument which is filled with the firewood to form a bundle and from
which it is forced by a piston or ram into a tube or holder ready to be tied up.
In the Specification of Letters Patent granted to the said John Rowley dated the
18th June 1878 N° 2433 a bell mouth metal cylinder or collector is shown and
described having a conical flange at one end into which the wood for making up a
bundle was introduced. Now we find it advantageous to make this collecting
instrument conical from end to end as shown by Figure 8 the piston or ram
forcing the wood such a distance therefrom into and partly through a short tube or
holder (which is also conical) as to admit of the bundle being readily withdrawn
therefrom.
As the general arrangement of the machine corresponds with that described in
the Specifications before referred to it will not be necessary to repeat the same here.
Having thus described the nature of our improvements and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into practice we would remark that we make no
claim to any of the mechanical parts separately which are well known and in
common use But what we claim is ;-
First. The improved arrangement and combination of machinery for cutting
splitting and chopping fire wood in which cutters b* are employed substantially
such as herein described and represented by Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings
hereto annexed.
Second. We claim the arrangement and application of stops f' in combination
with machinery for cutting splitting and chopping fire wood arranged to act sub-
stantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and represented
in the drawings annexed
Third. We claim the improved method of adjusting the pressure on the block of
wood to be cut in its holder whereby the weighted lever can be readily adjusted
fixed and retained substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
Fourth. We claim the improved arrangement and application of a self acting sieve
to separate the dust and refuse from the fire wood as it is cut substantially in the
manner herein before described.
Fifth. We claim the improved taper form of the collector or instrument which is
filled with fire wood and used to form a bundle substantially in the manner and
for the purpose herein before described and represented in Figure 8 of the drawings
hereto annexed.
Sixth. We claim the improved general arrangement and combination of mechanism
for cutting splitting and chopping fire wood arranged to act substantially in the
manner and for the purpose herein before described and represented in the drawings
hereto annexed.
In witness whereof we the said John Rowley and Henry Vulliamy have
hereunto set our hand and seal this Twenty second day of January in the
vear of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Witness
JG TONGUE
Patent Agent
34 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane W.C.
(L.S.)
J ROWLEY
HENRY VULLIAMY (L.S.)