US42504A

US42504A - Improvement in machines for cutting tapering forms

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Publication number: US42504A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1864-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 1881-04-26

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which, while it balances by its weight thc ATES "il Armar NITED LUTHER E. PHILLIPS, OF BRISTOL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING TAPERING FORMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L2,5(Ml, dated yApril 26, 1864.

To @ZZ whom', it may concern: support the timber to be out. G is a strong Be it known that l,.LUrHER E. PHILLIPS, transverse plank securely fastened to the of Bristol, in the county of Ontario and State frame, and through which passes the outer of New York, have invented a new and useend of the conical tube, revolving in a metallic ful Machine for Sharpening Fence-Posts, box orbush,h, in G. C is the conical tube, and Fence-Stakes, Ilop-Poles, and Piles; and Ido B is the shaft to nhich it is securely fastened. hereby declare that the following is a full and D is a iiy-wh eel, and a is a pulley on the said exact description thereof, reference being had shaft, which is supported by cross-timbers b to the accompanying drawnings, and to the b; The timber to be operated on, T, is firmly letters of reference marked thereon. held to the sliding frame H by levers,as seen The nature of my invention consists in so at I and l. They are loosely connected at constructing, adapting, and combining the their ends, forminga ljoint, and with fulcrums different parts of the machine lthat tapering for each at L L, as seen in the drawings. forms can be cut with great ease and rapidity, When the end ot' the long lever I is depressed, thus tting hop-poles, fenceposts, fenceit throws down the end of l upon 'the timber, stakes, and piles for use much more cheaply holding it fast. The conical tube() and the and in a much better manner than it has hith-4 shaft B are of iron, as are the bars. d l on erto been done. the tube C is the knife, securely attached to To enable others skilled in the art to make d by screw-bolts fff, and having slot-holes, and use my invention, I will proceed to de which allow it to be moved up or back, as scribe its construction and operation. necessity ma-y require. I

In the drawings, Figure l represents a per` I do not claim the conical tube for cutting spective view ofthe complete machine. 'Fig tapering forms as my invention, it having .2 represents a view of the conical tube atbeen long known and used; but tached to its shaft, and to which the cutting- What I do claim as my invention, and deknife is fastened. Fig. 3 is a cross section of 'sire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Fig. 2 at the intersection of the line a a, show The conical tube G, when constructed with ing the bar which holds the knife, and also the strengthening and balancing bars l1, in corn bar on the opposite side of the conical tube, bination with the arrangement of the feeding- `carriage H and its holding device, when constructed to operate as and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

LUFHE R. E. PHILLIPS.

other side, thus allowing it to revolve with great velocity without vibration or jar, is designed (as is also the other bar) to strengthen the tube and render it capable of performing the Work intended for it.

In Fig. 1, A A is a strong frame. H is a Witnesses:

LIRUivrIH JONES, CALVIN W. PHILLIPS.

ctrriage or sliding fra-me on A, designed to l