Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
  • B27G—ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS
  • B27G5/00—Machines or devices for working mitre joints with even abutting ends
  • B27G5/02—Machines or devices for working mitre joints with even abutting ends for sawing mitre joints; Mitre boxes
  • B27G5/023—Machines or devices for working mitre joints with even abutting ends for sawing mitre joints; Mitre boxes the mitre angle being adjusted by positioning a workpiece relative to a fixed saw

Definitions

• This invention relates to apparatus for cutting mitred joints.
• mitred joints at the corners of a rectangular frame would be cut at an angle of 45°.
• Mitred joints for other than rectangular frames would need either a separate mitre box for each angle or else a saw guide adjustable with respect to the mitre box. In the latter case the sawline, or line of cut requires re-setting for the angle of the co-operating adjacent frame part.
• each mitre joint is different from a previously cut joint, e.g. in the case of cutting mitred joints in coving to fit around the wall/ceiling joint in a room the fact that the room may not be square either by accident or design, means that often each corner mitred joint is different from the others.
• Yet a further object is to provide a mitring device wherein the workpiece guides are readily settable according to the article or articles to which the workpieces have to fit.
• apparatus for use in cutting a mitre joint comprising a base, saw guiding means located to provide a saw line, workpiece locating means, and means whereby the workpiece locating means may be angularly adjusted with respect to the saw guiding means.
• the apparatus may include two workpiece locating means adjustably mounted symmetrically about the saw line.
• Each of the workpiece locating means may be mounted for pivoting about a fulcrum which is adjustable longitudinally parallel to the saw line.
• Each of the workpiece locating means may be provided with a projection which is slidably located in a transverse slot formed in the base, such that longitudinal adjustment of the fulcrum causes transverse movement of the projection in the transverse slot, such adjustment co-operating to cause angular adjustment of the workpiece locating means.
• Each fulcrum may be located in a slide member slidably mounted in the base and the slide member may be adjustable longitudinally by means of a lead screw co-operating with a lead nut forming part of the slide member and the lead screw may be rotatable by means of a handle located at the end of the lead screw.
• Saw guiding means may be provided secured to the sliding member and movable therewith.
• the saw guiding means may comprise rollers mounted in pairs towards each end of the slide member, one roller of each pair being positioned symmetrically about the saw line or may comprise a plate mounted in a horizontal plane above the base on columns which are secured to the slide member and the plate may be adapted to guide a jig saw.
• the saw guiding means may be provided with one or more upstanding lips or tongues to define the path of the jig saw, and a longitudinal slot may be provided centrally on the plate through which the saw blade is adapted to pass.
• Each workpiece locating means may comprise a box-like section having a lower horizontal wall, an upper horizontal wall, and a vertical wall and the lower horizontal wall may be provided with a fulcrum pin about which the workpiece locating means may pivot.
• a workpiece restraining lip may be provided adjacent the lower horizontal wall opposite the vertical wall.
• the base of the apparatus may constitute part of a work bench.
• the apparatus may further include means whereby the angle or disposition of the workpiece locating means is adjustable symmetrically about the saw line to accord to a template which itself is settable to conform to the included angle of the required mitre.
• the template may comprise a pair of arms hinged together at one end and having means to lock the arms in the desired position and the template may be first set to include an angle at which the workpiece is required to be cut and then utilized to ensure the equivalent setting of the workpiece locating means.
• the arms of the template are provided with downwardly depending pegs and the upper horizontal walls of the box-like sections of the workpiece guiding means are formed with holes of substantially the same diameter as the pegs, such that the pegs in the template locate within the holes in the upper walls of the box-like sections when the workpiece locating means are set to the same included angle as the template.
• the workpiece guiding means may be adapted for use in fixing together the two components of the mitre which have been prepared using the apparatus of the invention.
• the invention further includes a method of cutting a mitre joint on a workpiece wherein a pair of workpiece locating guides are adjusted symmetrically about a fixed sawing line to the included angle required for the mitre, a workpiece is located in one of the workpiece locating guides and a saw is passed along the sawing line, a second workpiece is then located in the second workpiece locating guide and the saw passed along the same sawing line, whereby the mitre joint may be accurately cut to conform to the required included angle.
• the method according to the invention includes the use of a template which is adjusted and fixed to accord with the articles to which the workpieces are to conform.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a template forming part of the invention
• Figure 2 is a plan view of the template in use to determine the angle of a joint between the two con-joined walls of part of a building
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an adjustable mitre guide device according to the invention.
• Figures 4, 4a and 4b are plan views of the device
• Figure 5 is a section on the line V-V of Figure 4,
• Figure 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Figure 4,
• Figure 7 is a section view on the line VII-VII of Figure 4 with part of a coving in position for cutting
• Figure 8 is a section on the line VIII-VIII of Figure 4.
• a template 2 which comprises arms 4, 6 hinged about an axis 8 and adapted to be clamped together by a screw and wing nut 10. Each arm has secured thereto and depending downwardly therefrom a pair of pegs 12 each formed with a cylindrical shank 14 and a tapered lead portion 16.
• the template is shown set at an angle to coincide with the angle between a pair of conjoined walls W.
• the screw and wing nut device is loosened and the template is offered up to the walls, opened until the arms are in continuous contact with both walls after which the wing nut is re-tightened and the template removed.
• a pair of conjoined walls 1 are also indicated by chain lines, and which form an obtuse angle.
• the template may be adjusted to conform to internal and external angles.
• a mitring device 18 comprises a base board 20 mounted within a frame 22.
• a Tee-slot 24 is formed in the base board 20 and an adjusting member 26 is slidable longitudinally within that Tee-slot.
• the member 26 is retained within the confines of the slot by capping pieces 28 & 29 secured to the underside of the forward and rearward ends of the member respectively.
• the forward capping piece 28 is threaded internally to act as a lead nut in co-operation with a lead screw 30 which passes through a plain hole in the frame 22 and is fixed to a handle 32.
• a horizontally split capping piece 25 seen clearly in Figure 8 prevents any longitudinal movement of the screw 30 with respect to the frame as the screw is rotated.
• a simple circlip arrangement may be used, locating in a groove formed on the periphery of the lead screw in known manner and acting on the inside surface of the frame 22 to locate the screw .in the same manner. Rotation of the handle 32 clockwise or anti-clockwise will cause the member to move forwardly or rearwardly within the slot.
• Workpiece locating means in the form of a pair of guide boxes 34 are each formed with an upper wall 36, an outer wall 38 and a lower wall 40 and a shank portion of a bolt 42 passes through a hole 44 formed in the lower wall 40.
• the bolts also pass through transverse slots 46 in the base board 20 and are slidable therein.
• Each bolt 42 is formed with a hexagon head 43 and a hexagon nut 45 is threaded on to the lower end of the bolt.
• One flat of the nut is restrained from twisting about the axis of the bolt by a rib 51 formed on the underside of the base board 20.
• Each guide box 34 is mounted for pivoting about the axis of a pivot pin 47 which is fixed e.g. by welding to the forward end portion of the lower wall 40 and is freely pivotable in a hole formed in the member 26 as seen clearly in Figure 6.
• the upper wall 36 of each guide box 34 is formed with two holes 50 and the lower walls 40 terminate at their inner edges with an upstanding lip 49 extending for some distance as seen clearly in Figures 4 and 7.
• liners 48 are provided with clearance holes 65 to provide access to the hexagon heads 43 by a suitable ring-spanner or socket spanner.
• the template In use, after the template has been adjusted and set to the angle between the walls W or W 1 as described earlier with respect to Figure 2 it is then taken from the walls and laid on the top surface of the upper walls 36 of the guide boxes 34, the pegs 12 of one arm of the template being gently inserted into the two holes 50 in the top wall of one of the guide boxes. If the pegs in the other arm do not automatically align with the holes in the other guide box, then the handle 32 is rotated to turn the lead screw which causes the member 26 to move longitudinally as described earlier.
• the pivot pins 47 move with the member 26 and will, if the member 26 is moved towards the front face of the base board, cause the bolts 42 to move outwardly thus spreading the guide boxes 34 and widening the angle therebetween. If the member 26 is moved towards the rear of the base board, then the bolts 42 will move inwardly along the slots 46 and cause the guide boxes to close towards the cutting line symmetrically, thus reducing the included angle between_the boxes.
• Movement of the member 26 towards the front of the base board causes the bolts 42 to move outwardly along the slots 46 only until the locating boxes are linearly aligned, i.e. at 90° to the saw line or median line. Further movement of the pins 47 with the slide 26 in the same direction causes the bolts 42 to reverse their direction of movement and move inwardly along the slots 46 to rotate the guide boxes about the axes of their pins 47 in order to provide an obtuse angular setting, i.e. for use where an external angle of the workpiece is to be provided. Adjustment of the guide boxes in this manner is continued until the pegs 12 align with and penetrate the holes 50, being assisted in this by the lead taper 16 at the lower end of those pegs.
• the bolts 42 are tightened by a suitable ring-spanner or socket spanner on the hexagon heads 43 in order to rigidly lock them in operative position.
• the guide boxes are thus set at the same angle as the wall W and the template is then removed.
• a section of coving C is inserted into one of the guide boxes as indicated in Figure 7 and is extended therefrom at its foremost end over the median line of the base board.
• a saw is then guided between the rollers 52 to mitre one end of the coving.
• the operation is repeated with a further section of coving using the other guide box and the two jointing sections are thus provided with mating surfaces which are appropriate for the angle of con-joined walls.
• the upstanding lip 49 may be extended upwardly beyond that shown in the drawings and a threaded screw passed therethrough to form part of a screw clamp to hold the workpiece firmly against the vertical wall 38 of the guide box.
• a power operated jig-saw may be used instead of a conventional hand saw or tenon saw.
• the roller type saw guides 52 are removed and replaced by vertical columns 53 which support a horizontal guide plate 55 extending above the member 26.
• the guide plate has upstanding lips 57 extending longitudinally along the edges of the plate to provide means for guiding the sole plate of the saw and the vertically reciprocating blade passes through a central slot 59 formed in the guide plate.
• the guide plate 55 is further stabilized by means of two upstanding pins 61 [see Figure 3] which locate in suitable holes 63 formed in the guide plate.
• the upper surface of the plate 55 may be provided with one or more longitudinally extending ribs 69 indicated in chain line in Figures 4a, 5 and 6.
• the sole plate of the jig saw is provided with suitable matching grooves and the jig saw is then guided along the ribs 69 during cutting of the mitre.
• the plate 55 is replaced by a pair of half-plates 55a and 55b each of which is mounted on the top of spindles on which the saw guide rollers 52 are rotated.
• the inwardly facing edges of the half-plates define a longitudinal slot 59a through which the saw is passed in operation and the pins 61 project upwardly from the upper surface of the walls 36 of the guide boxes through holes 63a in the half-plates.
• the half-plates have upstanding lips 57a at their outer edges.
• the saw used may be a hand saw or a jig saw guided between the lips 57a.
• a circular saw may be used in a similar manner to a jig saw, its sole plate being guided by the lips 57a.
• Figure 4 illustrates the setting of the guide boxes in full lines for cutting a mitre for an internal angle. It is obvious that by simply adjusting the guide boxes by means of the lead screw 30 the same apparatus can be used for external mitres. The position of the guide boxes when adjusted for cutting a mitre for an external angle is indicated in chain lines.
• the guide boxes having been set symmetrically to the required angle of the mitre, may be used for the purpose of gluing or otherwise fixing together the two components of the mitre.
• the base board 20 is illustrated in the drawings as being mounted within a frame 22.
• the base board and frame could be combined as a one-piece moulding of metal, e.g. aluminium, or of a rigid plastics material.
• the upper face of the base board may be provided with markings or graduations in the form of a protractor to allow manual setting of the guide boxes without resorting to the use of a template.
• the base board may be part of, or may constitute the working surface of a work bench. It is found to be particularly useful when it is part of a portable work bench of the type readily available and marketed under the trade mark "Workmate" by Messrs. Black & Decker Limited.

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