US1417686A

US1417686A - Portable combination woodworking machine

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Publication number: US1417686A
Authority: US
Inventors: John F Powell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-08-01
Filing date: 1921-08-01
Publication date: 1922-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 1939-05-30

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J. F. POWELL. PORTABLE COMBINATION WOODWORKING meme.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- II 921- 1,417,686. Patented May 30, 1922.

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PORTABLE COMBINATION W0 0DWORK|NG MACHINE.

' APPLICATION flLED AUGHI, I921- Patented May 30, 1922.

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1. F. POWELL. PORTABLE COMBINATION WOODWORKING MACHINE. I

APPLICATION FILED AUG 1, I921.

Patented May 30, 1922.

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PORTABLE COMBINATION WOODWORKING MACHINE.

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J. F. POWELL, PORTABLE COMBINATION WOODWORKING MACHINE.

APPLlCATlQN FILED'AUIGJ, 1921.

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u STATES TEN i 7 JOHN. F; POWELL, or; Mormon, LOUISIANA.

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To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Pownnma citizen of the United States, residing at.

Monroe, in the parish of Ouachita, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Comb-ina-, tion Woodworking Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing. to be a full, clear, and exact,,description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the primarily for use in connectionwith buildmg operations and adapted to be moved as may be required from place toplace for the convenience of the operative, the purpose being to arrange in compact form a plurality of'mechanlsms or units adapted respectively for planing, dressing, mortising and boring, cross cutting, plowing, dadoing, molding,

ripping, jointing and like functions incident designed for ripping,

to the preparation of lumber for use in building operations, all arranged andadapted for selective connection with a common motor or source of power preferably carried by the machine as a component part thereof, and with the several units so relatively disposed in the combination as to minimize the amount .of time required in' handling the lumber and in transferring elements thereof from unit to unit where successive operations are required in the preparation of the same for use in the projected building or structural object; and with these general aims in view the invention consists in a. construction, combination and relation of parts of which a typical embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings therein.

Figure 1 is an elevation in aside View of Figures '7 and 8 are respectively plane and edge views partly in section of the side unit angle-cutting and panel raising.

The apparatus embodies essentially a base, preferably wheel supported as indicated at 7 ll to provide for transportation with facil- WfP III place to place, itbeing; the intento permit of substantially seating, the base Specification of Letters Patent. Pat ntdMaySO,1922: I Application filed August 1,1921- Ser ia1 No.4S8,9 70. i it upon the surface of the ground or similar;

horizontal support to the end that the tables of the several workingimits-ma'y be bench-3 I .65 and supported by the base in aQsuper-struc ture'embodylng primarily a central or marhigh for the convenience of the'op erators,

mediatetower 12 having uprights 13 in front, i

' and in rear of which are arranged

standards

14 and 15 respectively connected with thetower by suitable reinforcing elementssuch as the braces 16 and 17-, amid high platform 18, being extended forwardly from the tower to the forward standards 1 forthepurpose of supporting a motor 19,,together with wood working units. designed specifically for different purposes. arranged within the tower and extensions of the super-structure and upon the end portionsof the base beyond the said super-structure and adapted .by their" positions to be accessible respectively at one orv more sides according to the purposes of such units and the character and ordinaryf dlmen'sions of the structural article's which;

are treated thereon. The base is preferably' of an elongated formsoas toyprovide for. disposing the several units in what'may' betermed for convenience a longitudinal series so that those required ordinarily to operatev upon timbers or objects ofconsiderable length may be accessible from both sides of. i

the base to permit of the timber projecting at its extremities laterally beyond the area of said base.

- In the illustrated embodiment of the in vention the. tower is employed as a sup port for a swing cut-off operating trans-.

versely of the length of the platform or base and having apendulum frame 20 supported for oscillatory movement upon; a shaft 21' which-receives its rotary movement froma longitudinal counter or transmissionshaft I 21 through the belt 21 and which in turn indicated shaft 22 operatively'connectedfasby means receives motion from a transverse main of a belt 23 with the motor 1 9,a second longitudinal counter or transmission shaft i '24 being arranged-near the'plane of'the base of the apparatus and being connected with-counter shaft 21 by. a belt2 F, sothat the two; counter shafts extending. respecs tively forwardly and rearwardly from." the shaft are disposed respectively in,.an over- I head position as the shaft 21 and a position adjacent to the plane of the base, as the shaft 24, to minimize tendency thereof to interfere with the movements of the operators and the handling of material'with reference to the several wood working units. The swing cut-off is provided with a in relation to a suitable table 26 and having its arbor 27 connected with the over-head shaft 21 by means of belt 28 or its equivalent traversing the pulleys 29 and 30. I

The platform'18 by which the motor is supported and above which are arranged the means for communicating motion from the motor to the main drive shaft 22 is arranged in an over-head'position preferably slightly above the mid height of the superstructure embodying the tower 12, and be-- neath said platform is conveniently arranged the planer 31 which may be of any ordinary or conventional construction, deriving its power from the lower counter shaft 24 with its carriage movable transversely of the base so as to be accessible at its ends from opposite sides of the base with- I out requiring that the operator occupy a position in the way of any other operative units of the apparatus and without involving any interferencein the operation of the exposed to the movements thereof when the planer with any of the other units.

Arranged for convenience upon the rearward extension of the super-structure or framework at one side of the base is the mortising and boring unit 32 (shown'simply as a boring unit) and transversely opposite thereto at the other side of the base there is arranged the rip, angle cut-off and panel raising unit 33 of which the table 34 i's disposed longitudinally of the base and projects laterally beyond the same as does the table 26 of the swing cut-off which is disposed at the opposite side of the base, and the'table 36 of the mortising and the boring unit, it being noted, however, that the platform 36 of the mortising and boring unit is arranged in a plane above the table '26 of the swing cut-off, so that timbers resting upon the table 26 for transverse severance by the swing cut-off may extend under the table 36 of the mortising and boring apparatus without interfering with the operation of either and permitting of the use of both'uni sat the same time. 1

Carried by the terminal portions ofthe base in front and in rear of the superstructure frame, as above indicated, are the units which require access at opposite ends of their tables and also at oneside thereof, and hence in theillustratedembodiment of the invention the unit which is arranged at the head 38 carried by an arbor 39 which resaw 25 operating above noted atboth ends, which are located respectively at the sides of the base, it is accessible from the side'at which, as in the ordinary construction,"there is arranged a sliding extension 43 designed to increase the working area thereof when required. At the other or rear end of the base are arranged two units, one indicated at 44 which .is designed for plow, dado and. molding Work and the other shown at 45 which serves as a jointer, each of said units being accessible at its ends, that is from both sides of the base, and each unit also being accessible from one side, the unit 44 from the inner side as provided for by the intervening space 46 between the same and the adjacent end of the rip and angle cut-off unit 33, and the other from the rear end of the base. The two to'ol a rbors 47 and '48 of the units 44 and 45 receive motion from the rear wardly extended counter-shaft24 which in the space 46 at the inner side of the unit'44 extends through asuitable housing 49 so that the feet of the operator may notbe signed as above indicated for use as a rip angle cut-off and panel raiser, the table 34 being hinged as indicated at 52 and adjustable by the hand screw 53, have an adjustable stop 54 for guiding the material in relation to the rip saw 55 carried by the arbor 56, as shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, and inter-changeably therewith may be provided with the angle cut-0d mechanism 57 illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 carried by a movable table 59 mounted upon suitable tracks or guides 60 and equipped with the usual quadrant 61 for determining the angle of the guide in making a cut-off for jointing or like purpose. v

VVha-t is claimed is, i

1. A wood working machine having a portable frame embodying a horizontal base, bench high tables supported thereby and a super structure including a motor supporting platform arranged above the plane of the tables, a main drive shaft disposed transversely substantially in the plane of the platform for direct connection with a motor thereon, forwardly and rearwardly extending longitudinal counter'shafts disposed respectively above the plane of the platform and adjacent to thepl'ane of the base and operatively connectedwith themain shaft,

and wood working implements disposed at the tables, a main drive shaft disposed transversely substantially in the plane of the platform for direct connection with a motor thereon, forwardlytand rearwardly eX- tending longitudinal counter-shafts disposed respectively above the plane of the platform and adjacent to the plane of the base and operatively" connected with the main shaft, and wood working implements disposed at the ends and sides of the frame, and having tool carriers for selective con-' nection respectively with said counter-shaft. Said wood working implements including a planer having its table movable transversely beneath said platform.

3. A woodworking machine having a portable frame embodying a horizontal base, I

bench high tables supported thereby and a super-structure including a motor support ing platform arranged above the plane of the tables, a main drive shaft disposed transversely substantially in the plane of the platform for direct connection with a motor thereon, forwardly and rearwardly extending longitudinal counter-shafts disposed respectively above the plane of the platform and adjacent to the plane of the base and operatively connected with the main shaft,

and wood working'implements disposed at the ends and sides of the frame and'having toolcari'iers for selective connection respectively with said counter shaft, said wood working implements including a planer having itstable movable transversely beneath' said platform and a swing cut-off provided with a frame pivotally supported above'the plane of the platform for transverse swinging movement in rear of the plane of the platform and the subjacent planer.

4;. A portable combinationwood working machine having a wheel supported base of elongated form having a, super-structure consisting' of 'a tower and forwardly and rearwardly projecting extensions of which the former includes an elevated platform, wood working units disposed at opposite ends of the base and having bench high tables below the plane of said platform, a

motor carried by the platform, a transverse main shaft located in rear of the tower and operatively connected with the motor, forwardly and rearwardly extending 'longitugdinal counter-shafts arranged respectively at'the top and bottom of the tower and opera-tively connected with the main shaft, and means for selectively connecting the said units to said counter-shaft.

5. A portable combination wood working .machine having a wheel supported base of elongated formcarrying an intermediate super-structure consisting of a tower having a forwardly projecting platform for supporting a motor, a transversely operating swing cut-off mounted in the tower, a transverse main shaft mounted in rear ofthe tower and operatively connected with the motor, forwardly and rearwardly extend ing overhead and underfoot countershafts operatively connected with the main shaft, the swing cut-off being operatively con nected with the over head counter "shaft, a

planer arranged upon the base beneath the 'platform'which supportsthe motor and operatively connected with the underfoot counter shaft, and other wood working units mounted upon the base respectively in front and in rear of the super-structure and having their operative elements adapted to be selectively connected respectively with said over head andunderfoot counter shafts.

6. A portable combination'wood' working machine having a wheel supported base of elongated form carrying an intermediate super-structureconsisting of a tower having a forwardlyprojecting platform for supportinga motor, a transversely operating SWlIlgCLlt-Ofi mounted in the tower, at.

transverse main shaft mounted in rear of the tower and operatively connected with the motor, forwardly and ,rearwar'dly extending over head and underfoot counter shafts operatively connected with the main shaft, the I swing cut-off being'operatively connected with the over head countershaft, a planer arranged upon the basebeneath the platform which supports the-motor and operatively connected with the underfoot countershaft, and other wood working units mounted upon the base'respectively in front and in rear of the super-structure and having their operative elements adapted to be selectively connectedrespectively with said over head and underfoot counter shafts, each of said. terminally positioned. units being accessible at three sides for the manipulation ofwork in connection therewith.

.In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa I ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN F.POWELL. VVitnesses:,

TOM Hoop, J12, LQ E. HAY EN, Jr.