US318331A

US318331A - Adjustable-faced plane

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Publication number: US318331A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1902-05-19

Description

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ADJUSTABLE FAOED PLANE. N0. 331. Ptented May 19, 1885.

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ADJUSTABLE FAGED PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,331, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed February 6,1855. (Xe model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable-Faced Planes; and I do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in plane-stocks and mechanism connected therewith; and it consists of the improvements hereinafter set forth andexplained.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved plane. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved plane-stock frame with the adj ustable plates and other mechanism thereof removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the back half of my improved plane-stock with a portion of the adjustable plates removed, so as to show the bit-adj nsting mechanism. Fig. a is a perspective view of one ofthe central adjustable plates, showing a groove therein for the bit-adjusting mechanism. Fig. 5 shows a front end view of my improved plane with a gage attached thereon for adjusting the depth of cut, and also showing the plane adjusted to asquare-faced bit. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9,10, and 11 are front end views of my improved planestock, showing some of the forms to which the face of the plane-stock may be adjusted, (other portions of the mechanisms of the plane not being shown.) Fig. 12 is aside elevation showing a modified form of mechanism for securing the adjustable plates in place. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the under side of a doubleended matching-bit, showing the holes for attaching the adj usting-rod thereto. Figs. 14 and 15 illustrate by perspective views some of the forms of bits to which the face of the planestock is adapted to be adjusted.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figlllES.

In the construction of my improved plane, A is the frame, provided with the guides D D D D, adapted to receive and support vertically-adjustable longitudinal plates B B, &c.,

preferably of a different pattern.

which plates B B, &c., together with the frame A, make up the plane-stock.

The guides D D D are provided with slots D D D, in whichclamps G G O operate, these clamps O C 0 being secured by thumb-screws G G G',operating against the back side of the frame A. The frame A is also provided with cars l? 1", between which the nut I of the bitadjusting mechanism operates. The front guide D of the frame may also be provided with screws (1. a, &c., oncfor each of the plates B B, &c.

The frame A is preferably made of cast metal, except the handle F, which may be of wood.

The plates B B, &c., may be made either of cast metal or stamped out of sheet metal, and any number of the adjustable plates B may be used, according to the thickness which it is desired to make the plane-stock. The two outside plates B B, fee, may also be provided at their front ends with small adjustable cutters b I), inserted therein for cutting across the wood when the plane is used as a dado-plane, and for other purposes requiring such cutters.

The frame A is also provided with holesin the back side thereof, (notshowm) into which guide-rods J J can be inserted when it is de sired to support a fence thereon. This fence K is connected to the slotted arms J J, which are attached to the sleeves J" J", which slide over the rods J J and are secured in place thereon by set-screws J J", the fence K being adjustable up and down 011 the slotted arms J J by means of bolts passing through the slotsjj therein.

The bit H, I construct double-ended, so that either end may be used, according to the pattern desired, each end of the bit being made The bit is secured in place by means of the clip G and set-screw G therein, theclip G operating between the face of the bit and the lug E on the frame A.

For adjusting the bit H up and down, Iprovide an adjusting-rod, Lwhich has lugs t i on the lower end thereof adapted to fit into holes h h in the under face of the bit H, as shown in Figs. 3 and 13. This adj usting-rod I extends upward through grooves L in two of the central of the plates B B, &c. (Shown in Figs. 3 and 4.) Abovethe upper edges of the cut made by the planein dado-work and other work of that character. This gage M is also so arranged that itmay be detached and taken off of the plane-stock when desired and not needed for use thereon.

The front end views 5, (i, T, S, 9, 10, and 11 illustrate some of the forms to which the face of my improved plane-stock can be adjusted, bits being used corresponding with such adjustment, (the clamping mechanism which holds the plates to the frame A not being shown therein.)

In operating my improved plane the plates BB, &c., are each adjusted in the position dc sired and temporarily secured by the use oft he set-screws a a, &c., in the'front guide D of the plane-stock. These screws a a, &c.. however, may be dispensed with, if desired, as they merely form a convenient means of securing each plate in place during the adjustment of the face of the plane-stock to any desired form of bit prior to the plates being finally secured (after adjustment) by the clamps G C 0.

Any number of plates may be used in my improved plane, thereby making any width of face on the plane-stock desired.

I am aware that planestoeks have been 1101 6- tofore constructed ofadjustable blocks, so con structed and arranged with relation to each other that the face of the plane-stock could be longitudinally adjusted to fit a circular surfaeefor example, the arc of a circle; but this construction is not capable of any lateral adjustment of the face of the plane-stock to suit different patterns of bit. I am also aware that plane-stocks have been constructed with detachable faces of different patterns, each pattern being suited to a particular form of bit made to match the pattern of the detachable face; but I am not aware of any construction of a planestock prior to my invention con sisting of a frame supporting a series of thin longitudinal vertical plates, the lower edges of which plates combined formed the face of the planestock, and which plates were adapted to be vertically adjusted upon the supportingframe, so that by such adjustment the face of the plane-stock could be altered laterally'to adapt it to the use of any pattern of bit which the operator might have occasion to use in his work therewith. Therefore.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, in a plane-stock, of a plane-stock frame with series of two or more vertical longitudinal plates which may be adj usted up and down -upon said frame and clamped thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a plane-stock, the combination of a plane-stock frame provided with guides and clamping mechanism with a series of two or more vertical longitudinal plates the lower edges of which form the face of the planestock, said plates being vertically adjustable in said guides on the plane-stock frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a plane-stock, of a plane-stock frame and a series of two or more vertical longitudinal plates which may be adj usted upon and clamped to said frame, with removable fence-supporting rods and a fence adapted to be adjusted both vertically and laterally thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an adjustable-faced plane-stock, the combination of the plane-stock frame A, pro vided with the slotted lugs l? I thereon, with the screw-threaded adj usting-rod I, the thumb nut 1, operating between the lugs I I, and the bit II, all operating together substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a plane-stock, the combination, with the plane-stock frame A and the verticallyadjustable longitudinal plates B B, of the set-screws a a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination with a plane-stock consisting of the plane-stoek frame A and the vertically-adjustable longitudinal plates B B. the adjustable depth-gage M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In combination with a plane-stock con sisting of a plane-stock frame, A, and vertically-adjustable longitudinal plates B B, clamped thereto, adjustable cutters b 11, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, in a planestock, of a plane-stock frame, A, provided with guides D D D, clamps O O O, the vertically-adjustable longitudinal plates B B, the bit-securing mechanism E G G, bit-adjusting mechanism I I, and bit II, all constructed and operating together substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN WALKER.

Vitnesses:

H. M. STUne'nox, F. J. BASSETT.