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Publication number: US466321A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 1909-01-05

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Patented Jan. 5, 1892.

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MACHINE FOR SLOTTING, BORlNG,AND CUTTING UMBRELLA-STICKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,321, dated January 5, 1892.

' Application filed January 24, 1890. Serial No. 338,025. (No model.)

. To' all whom it may concern: tating the shaftK and centering the stick-car- Be it known thatwe, JAMES L; BROWN, of riers. Fig. A shows a section of the machine the cityof Philadelphia and State of Pennviewed from the center, looking toward the sylvania, HENRY D. WALTON, of Moorestown, movable table 01,. Fig. shows a correspond- 5 New Jersey, and GEORGE RICH, of Philadeling view looking toward the side of the mo- 55 I phia, Pennsylvania, citizens of the United tive power, drawn much more in detail. Fig. States, have invented certain new and useful 6 is a view of the mortising-tool used to square Improvements in Machines for Slotting, Borout the saw-kerf. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show deing, and Cutting Umbrella-Sticks, of which tails of construction. Figs. 10 and 11 show 10 the following is a specification, reference bethe cut-off saw and the drills and their attach- 6o ing hadto the drawings annexed. ments. j

The main object of our invention is to bore, Similar letters and numerals refer to similar slot, and cut at the ferrule end umbrella or parts in all the figures, a'single letter someparasol sticks in an automatic manner, the times appearing, however, in the large drawstick once placed in the stick-holder by the ings to designate a part as a whole, while in operator being clasped therein, presented to the detail drawings other letters are used to the operative devices, held before them while indicate the parts. the operation is performed upon it, and re- In a machine adapted to cut the slots and moved from this-position when the operation drill holes both at the handle end and at the 20 is completed without the interference of the runner-stop simultaneously it is necessary, if operator. these cuts are to be madesimultaneously and A second object is to cut the slot and bore sticks of more than one size of umbrella are the holes placed in its neighborhood without to be used in the machine, that means should removing the stick from the carrier, which be employed to adjust relatively the distance 2 5 will automatically carry it from one device to apart of the points-of operation of the cuttinganother, and a third to cut the slots and holes tools. To accomplish this end we prefer to at the top aswell as thebottom of the stick at make our frame-work in the following manthe same time and-at an adjustable distance .ner: 1 y from each other. We make the frame-work of our machine 0 A fourth object is to actuate relatively the of supports B B'B B, upon which we place a tools and stick-carrying mechanism in such a frame A A A A, atone end of which we place mannerithat the active stroke or movement a stationary bed-plate A and out upon the whereby the cutis made in the stick is made top of the longitudinal pieces of the frame A in such a manner that it will be spring conprojecting ways a, a Upon this part of the 5 trolled or yielding, and the fifth object is to frame A we place a sliding bed-plate (1 cut 8 5 t regulate the range of this stroke or movein its under surface to fit upon the projecting ment' by stop devices which may be, if deways a a and movable horizontally thereon. sired, adjustable, and may also be adapted to On cross-pieces B2 B2, extending between the impinge directly upon the stick. supportsBB,wemountonbearings the shaft 0,

40 Among the other objects are to cuta square and supported upon standards 6 secured to 0 slot-a-thing not previously done inumbrellathe stationary bed-plate A and standard e, se-

* making, except by.handto remove the stick cured to the movable bed-plate a5, is the shaft automatically from the stick-carrier after its K. Upon the shaft 0 we place a keyway 1 revolution,and to cutoff at the same time with and a sleeve 0,, fitted on the keyway so as to 5 making the slots the end of the stick. move freely,longitudinallyon the shaft G,but 5 Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the macompelled to rotate with it. Upon thissleeve chine on the side occupied by the operator. we place a collar c,in which is fitted'a hanger Eig, 2 shows a plan view of same, the bar a,,, extendingdownward from the movable H and its appendices being removed. Fig. 3 bed-plate 01,. Upon the shaft K is placed the 5c is an end eleyation showing the means of rosleeve e secured to the standard .e. On the 100 upper part of the hanger a, is placed a female screw (1,, in which works a male screw (12, which terminates in a shaft which works in the frame A and is attached to a wheel a, by the rotation of which the movable bed-plate a and the sleeves C and e; are moved along the ways a and shaft C and K, respectively.

To hold the sticks while being operated upon by the tools, we place upon the shaft K the stick-carriers R R, which revolve therewith, the stick-carrier R being keyed thereon and the stick-carrier B being attached to the sleeve 62 by a loose-fitting collar Z and moving on a keywayon the shaftK, whereby, as is plain to any mechanic, the portion R of the stick-carrying mechanism will be enabled to revolve with the revolution of the shaft K and will be adjustable longitudinally thereon with the sleeve 6 \Ve consider the best mechanical construction of this stick-carrying mechanism to consist of a sleeve r having projections 1', and 0",, respectively, set at equal angles with each other. (\Ve'make them right angles.) To the sides of each one of these projections are screwed plates r cut out to contain the sliding blocks 1', r2. On each end of the side of these blocks, away from the sleeve T 2 are jaws 43 44, extending outward from the body of the block and bent over toward the other block, the jaws 44 falling beneath the jaws 43 and having their ends sliding toward the block r These blocks slide also toward the bottom against the sides of the projections from the sleeve 03 and are thus held in sliding contact. In each of these pieces (see Fig. 8) is cut a slit 47, and between these pieces when they are placed in position we place a rocker r having projections 49 49, which fit into'the slits 47 47, and a square perforation 48, through which is placed the square spindle r turned round at the ends 41, which penetrate the side plates 7', and are secured by nuts or other suitable devices. The motion of the two blocks 1', and T is by this means made reciprocal. The motion downward'of one by pressing down the projection 49 in its own slit 47 produces an upward motion of the other projection 49 of the rocker r which actsas a lever fulerumed on the line of the end 41 of the spindle r On the inncr side of the jaw 43 we cut to center the stick exactly a V-shaped notch 46 and opposite it on the outside of the jaw 44 a similar V-shaped notch 45.

To clamp the jaws upon the stick automatically and to release them when the stick is to be removed, we consider the following a preferable form of mechanism: On the outside of one of the plates we place a piece 1",, which we secure immovably to an' end 41 of the spindle, so that it moves with it and the corresponding motion of the rocker T and the blocks T 7 and we place at its end toward the lower blOCkTz a socket, in which is placed astud 0' the extremity of which rests on an immovable cam 10, attached to an immovable sleeve t" on the shaft K, attached to the standard a A corresponding stud r',,is placed in a socket W attached to the plate 7",, and is connected with the same by the spring r and has its extremity resting on the cam w, attached to the sleeve e By means of these devices the

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44 and 43 are forced toward each other when the stud r, rests upon the part of the cams having a large radius. These studs are attached to the sockets of the piece by means of a spring 91,, so as to enable sticks of different sizes to be held by the stick-carrier and to prevent the sticks from being bruised.

We prefer to mount the cutting-tools with reference to the stick-carrying mechanismin the following manner: On the bed-plate A opposite the arms of the stick-carrier R and similarly on the sliding bed-plate a we place the various boring and slotting mechanisms, each being placed so that it will be in front of an arm of the stick-carrier when they are locked in their various positions, as will hereinafter be described. We make the set to operate upon the slot near the handle usually to consist of a saw, a mortising device to square out the kerf of the saw, and a pair of drills cutting the holes for the wires to retain the springs, and the set to operate upon the upper slot of a saw to cut the slot, and adrill to cut the hole for the runner-stop, a mortising device, and a pair of drills to cut the holes to retain the top spring. We place them in this order to avoid the risk of destroying the saws and the mortising devices by broken pieces of the drills that might be left in the stick.

Describing the best way which we know of arranging the tools in a machine cutting both slots simultaneously in the ordinary type of umbrella, beginning with the tools operating near the handle, a very good way to mount the saw designed to cut the slot is as follows: Upon the bed-plate A we place the upright E having sliding in ways on its top the carriage'h, at the end of which toward the shaft K are the uprights 70, to which are secured the bearings o o, in which revolves the spindle. On this spindle is placed near the top a small circular saw 0 and farther down the pulley-wheel 0 by means of which the rotation is given by the belt 0, passing round the two idlers O2, placed on the extension is, of the carriage 7a; to the shafting of the mill. This upright E is placed on the side of the bed-plate A toward which the stick-carrier moves the stick last inserted and is of sufficient height to bring the saw to a level with the stick when it is locked in its first position, as will be described, and of a longitudinal distance on the table sufiicient to bring the saw to the center of the space between the jaws 44 44 43 43 of the stickcarrier.

After the sawkerf has been made we prefer that the stiek should be presented to a mortising device, by means of which the rounded edges of the kerf may be squared out. In practice this device is mounted as follows: Upon the bed-plate A,, by means of plate t,, we place an upright t, to which are secured bearings 71,, containing a spindle, on the end of which is a pulley-wheel n and having sliding in ways T (see Fig. 6) the mor- *through .which are passed the bolts 25 t,,., having a hole bored through them in the end toward the center. and a screw and nut on the other side. Through the holes in the bolts i are passed the chisels 15 which are secured to the holder by turning the nuts t the chisels thus being adjustable to any desiredleng'th and easily replaceable when Worn, out or broken. These chisels pass through guides 2 which. allow of motion only in the direction of their length. To the middle arm of thevibrating lever 25 which extends upwardbetween the chisels t we rivet. the. T-headed chisel 15 having the extremities @15 of its head sharpened. Pivoted to the I chisel 25 we attach the link 71 to an adjustthe device.

able crank-platen within a slide n so that bearings n, and which carries the .pulleywheel n, by which motion is communicated to We place the upright t upon the bed-plate A, on a line with the standard E at a sufficient distance from the sides and ends of the bed-plate A to bring the points 25,, t when the plate 25 is pushed upward into contact withthe rounded kerf left by the saw when the stick-carrier has removed a stick from the saw and locked it in the second position, as will hereinafter be explained.

We prefer to mount and drive the drills which cut the holes for the wires used. to retain the springs in the slots in the ordinary type of umbrellas, and which consequently should cut the stick at right angles with the direction of the saw-cut in the following man? ner: Upon the bed-plate A on a-line with these other devices we place a frame E, most conveniently made four-sided, in which is placed (see Fig. 11) an interior frame, which We usually make to consist of side pieces secured to each other by pieces m and Sliding in ways in thetop of this frame is a carriage 111, on which is. erected a standard 111. which contains two spindles on which are placed the pulleys m and m, and chucks m m in which are screwed drills m m These spindles are placed parallel, and they have their centers as far apartfrom each other as it is desired the holes for the wires set to hold the springs should be cut in the stick. On the carriage m are placed spindles on which rotate the pulleys by means of which and of the pulleys m m the rotary motion is given to: the drills. The frame E is placed on the bed-plate A on a line with. the other operative devices. We communicate motion to the mortising and boring mechanism by means of a beltN which passes around the shafting of the mill and beneath two coaxial idlers N N which are supported from the bed-plate A by the standard N, and around the pulleyN .Upon the same shaft as thepulleys N2 we place a pulley N around which and the pulley n we place a belt N by means of which the mortising device is driven, and around the pulley N and a pulley M placed on a shaft M' Which is supported between the curved uprights M and the bed-plate, we pass the belt M. On the shaft M are also placed two pulleys M around which are passed two belts M M each of which passes around the idlers m m and m 'm respectively upon the carriage m and which intermediately passing, the one around the pulley m the other around the pulley m communicate motion to the drills. It can readily be seen that a mechanic of ordinary skill can make many changes in these devices for procuring motion, it being merely necessary that the plane of the belt connecting the stationary with the moving pulley run at right angles to the planeof motion of the latter, and that the two pulleys be farenough apart to enable the belt not to be stretched or slackened too much by the motionof the movable pulley.

On the movable bed-plate a opposite the arms of the stick-carrier R, as heretoforedescribed, we place the set of tools designed to operate upon the upper slot and to make the hole for the stop. We make this set to con- IIO sist, when the stick of an umbrella of the ordinary type is to be cut, of asaw and a drill that cuts a hole above the slot to admit the runner-stop, a mortising device, and a pair of drills similar in their operation to the mortising device and drills that operate on the lower slot. An excellent Way to mount these various devices is as follows: Upon the movable and also place upon .it the pulley-wheel 0' by which motion is communicated to the detance of the stop from the top spring-slot of an umbrella a drill, which is secured by means of a chuck 0' to the bottom of a spindle 0' contained in bearings 0' attached to an upright 0' erected on the bearings 0' and being perpendicular to the bed-plate u Attached to the upright o we place an elbowpiece 0' which is suitably supported from the bearings 0' and which bears two coaxial idlerso 0' Around these idlers and the pulley 0' and the pulley 0' we place a belt 0'1 by which the motion of the spindle 0 is communicated to the drill. The upright E is placed longitudinally on the movable bedplate a so as to bring the spindle 0., and consequently the saw, at a convenient position between the jaws of the pieces r, r, of the stick-carrier R high enough to let the carfi riage move upward enough to let the saw easily clear the stick.

Upon the movable bedplate a by means of uprights or supports 25' we place a horizontalbed-piece t, in which are out ways in which slides a mortising device 1", made of the same parts and in the same manner as the mortising device '1, placed on the bed-plate A The bed-piece t rests on its supports t,, which are high enough to bring the chisels of the mortise on a level with the stick when held in the second position by the stick-carrier, and is placed so as to bring them into the kerf left by the saw 0' On a line with these two devices on the movable bedplate a we place a two-sided frame 1 2, in the top of which we cut lugs 66 66, in which slides a carriage 1' having at one end an upright projection 1' in vertical ways in which slides a carriage with a horizontal projection m' Upon this horizontal projection we place in bearings the spindles m 'm' on which are placed the chucks m 41 to hold the drills m' and the pulleys m, m Upon the vertical portion of the carriage are placed the coaxial idlers m, m, and 777/2 'IILz to aid in conveying the power to the drills.

.It will be noticed that the saw 0' the mortising device T, and the drills are all moved in their ways in planes at the same angle with the planes of motion in their ways of the saw 0 mortising device T, and drills m 971 respectively, which angle is the angle (which we make a right angle) between the direction of the upper slot and the lower.

To give motion to the cutting and boring tools on the sliding bed-plate a we place a shaft l revolving in bearings placed upon the standards J, I, placed thereon. On this shaft we place a pulley J',,, on which runs a belt I, communicating with the shafting of the mill. Upon this shaft we place a pulley J and in a line with it and the pulley 0' on the spindle 0 we place on a standard erected on the bed-plate a and sufliciently high to bring them on a level with the spindle 0 the pulleys J, J Around all these pulleys we place the belt J by which the spindle o is rotated. Upon the shaft I, we place pulleys I around which pass belts (1 which pass over pulleys d d placed upon a standard d, which is high enough to raise the belts to a level with the idlers 112/ 011 beneath these pulleys and around, respectively, the pulleys 921/ m upon the drill-spindles.

We sometimes, to cutthe sticks off eitherto a suitablelength or. to insure them from catching in the machine, place an automatically-operated saw where it will come into contact with the ferrule end of the stick. A good way of managing it with respect to the other parts is as follows: Nearer the end of the movable bedplate a we pivot on a stud a vibrating arm S2, in which runs in bearings on the top a shaft 8,, bearing a circular saw 8, and a pulley, around which is passed a belt S, communicating with the shafting overhead. This arm is placed beneath the place at which the stick will be held by a horizontal arm of the stickcarrier at a distance long enough to bring the saw to the level of the stick so held and is pivoted so that the saw moves in a plane perpendicular to the stick. Opposite the saw to hold the stick we place an arm u, having a slit 110 out therein, into which the saw can pass when the end of the stick is cutoff. XVe find it 0011- venient to attach the arm u to the standard e, and to the arm S; we generally attach a spring S which holds the stick firmly against the arm a.

The relative motion of the cutting-tools with reference to the stick upon which they are adapted to operate while it is held in the carrier is now to be considered. While it is indifferent, so far as the action of the tools upon the stick is concerned, in what manner the withdrawal stroke of the toolis 1nade,.it is for many reasons greatly advantageous that the active stroke or movement-the movement, that is, that brings the tools into operative contact with the sticks-should be yielding that is, the mechanism controlling this stroke should be such as does not compel a certain and fixed range or velocity of stroke. If this active stroke should be positive-that is, should pass absolutely toa certain range and with a certain velocitythe tools would be forced into the much larger and more difi'i cult cut that would be made by such a device in a thick hard stick, or a stick offering some obstruction to the passage of the tool'- for instance, a small knotas rapidly as through a stick presenting none of these obstructions, whereby a splintering or breaking of the stick and breaking of the tools would often occur unless power was wasted in driving their cutting motions at an excessive speed. Besides, unlike most other fiber-cutting, the slots in an umbrella-stick penetrating a fixed distance below the surface, the active stroke should bring the tool into action upon the stick until the tool has penetrated to a certain depth and no farther, and

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, not until the tool has cut down the material operatedupon to a fixed size. To accomplish this result ,the active stroke is preferably regulated by stop devices, which can be either adjustable 'by a set screw impinging on some part of the machine or automatically ad justable by being adapted. to impinge on the 7 stick in the stick-carrying mechanism.

What we consider the best mechanisms by which to actuate relativelythe tools and stick-carrying mechanism to give the active stroke its yielding motionand to regulate the range of this stroke will now be described. We find it most convenient to make the withdrawal strokepositive, and in practice use the following mechanism for this purpose: To get the best effect of the slotting and bor- -ing tools upon the stick,we generally cause the cams to be shaped in such a way that the tools willbe brought into action upon thestick, then slightlywithdrawn in the out (though this Withdrawal need'not extend to more than thereon, we place a series of cams k Z19 is Z 0p 3, which revolve with theshaft and sleeve.

easing them in said cuts) and then allowed to'go into action a second time before being finally Withdrawn. The manner in which we preferto accomplish scribe below.

Upon the shaft 0 and the sleeve 0 keyed To give a yielding stroke, wepreferably employ the levers 7a,, Z 19,, k' Z p,, and S each of'which has one end resting onits respective cam, and to the opposite ends of the levers or to arms attached or connected thereto, except the lever k' are hung weights F F,, F, F F and F These cams are all soshaped and placed on the shaft C and sleeve 0 that the levers will be raised and lowered syn-.

chronously. In practice itis found, also, that if, instead of a single uniformly-moving act ive stroke or'movement being employed to complete the cut-in the stick, such stroke be interrupted and resumed one or more times, the tool being either withdrawn or eased up more or less from the cut at each interruption,

' a much better and more'satisfactory out can be obtained. To perform this a reciprocating device of any usual or convenient form or of any form that would be devised by a. skillful mechanic'can be employed. Preferably, however, we usea revolving cam operating to give a lever engaging therewith a double backward-and-forward' motion during the time the stick is held motionless in theemployed to accomplish this result will be given for convenience with that of the rest of this result we will describe it in connection with each tool employed.

V e fulcrum the lever k bywhich motion to and from the stick is given to the saw 0 to the pivot .K inthe hanger 7%, attached to the bottom of the bed-plate A \Ve attachthe vertical arm of this lever to the bottom of the carriage, on which the saw and auxiliary mechanism are placed, as has been described, and to make it always touch the cam is on nearly the same point We make .on the horizontal-arm a projection 81. Ne find thebest shape of the cam to be to make it gradually to decrease after passing its point of greatest radius St to a point of much less radius, thence to swell slightly withanother decrease to point 85 and a rapid increase to 84 again.

To stop the forward motion of the saw 0 under the pressure of the weight F ,we place a stop 0 having two arms projecting inthe plane of and to each side of the saw 0 leaving a portion of the saw corresponding to the ing beyond them. \Ve secure this top by means of the screw-bolt 0 to the arm 0 which we bolt to the rear of the upright This stop can be made adjustable by cutting a longitudinal slot either in the stop or in the arm 0 for the bolt 0 To bring the mortising device '1 into contact with the stick, we attach to an arm of the lever 19,, which is also pivoted by the pivot K tothe hanger 70 and has the arm pressing against the cam p held in contact therewith by the weight F on the branch arm a a rod pgattached to the bottom of the mortising device. We make the cam 19 with a very decided double swell in order to present the mortising device twice to the stick, and we use the projections as a stop, though the cut 'of the mortise will not as a rule run appreciably below the saw-cut.

It will be noticed that the holes bored to contain the wires for holding in place the springs run at right angles, or nearly so, with the slot for the springs, and that as the holes are bored to pass acrossthe bottom of the slot and extend completely through the stick they must be regulated to strike the stick at a con-V stant distance from the plane of the side in which the slot is cut, and ordinarily-need not be limited in their forward motion. To do this we placein the frameE aninterior frame consisting of two side pieces m and connects ing-pieces m m On top of this interior frame slides in guides the drill-bearing carriage m which is actuated toward the stickcarrier R by the spring m which is placed between the piece m and the piece m at-. tached to the bottom of the carriage m To the bottom of this carriage m we attach alink Z pivoted at the bottom to an arm of the lever 1,, pivoted to the hanger at R andhaving its other arm resting against the cam Z and pressed against it by the weight F attached to the auxiliary arm Z2. This cam Z has double depressions 83 83 and parts of greater radius 82- 82, one of them being sufiicient to withdraw the drills completely out of the way of the stick, the other serving to move the drill backward to clear the holes. To the side of the drills 071 111 we erect at a distance from them equal to the distance back in the slot it is intended the holes bored by them shall lie a stop m This stop must extend a short distance beyond the points of the drills. To one side of the frame E we secure a vertical bar 10, having just above the top of the side piece of the frame a portion sloping upward greater than the distance from the stick to the top of the stop 1%,, but less than to the top of the drills and continuing upward vertically as high as the upward motion of the carriage. Upon the carriage m we place a projection 9, sliding on the vertical guide 10, which when the interior framework is raised by sliding upward on the inclined edge of the rod allows the side ofthe the stop 772 to come into contact with the side of the stick, and thus to guide the drills to a constant distance from the side of the stick.

To bring the saw 0 and the drill 0' into operation upon the stick, we attach to the bottom of the carriage 0' a link attached at its other end to the lever p',, which we pivot to the hanger 1' and on which we make a project-ion 87 where it rests on the cam 19,. It is moved downward by the weight F To regulate the cut of the saw 0' we use a stop o similar to the stop 0 which also regulates the depth of penetration of the drill 0' The motion of the mortising device T to and from the stick is regulated by the lever 75,, having its lower arm resting on a cam is, which is shaped, as is the cam p, to give a double motion of the tool. The lever is pressed against the cam and the tool moved forward by the spring F The drills used to drill the holes in which to place the wires to hold the top spring are moved under nearly the same conditions as those used to drill similar holes at the lower springslot. To the bottom of the sliding carriage l we attach an arm of the lever Z',, the other arm resting upon the cam Z and impelled into contact by the weight F To the top of the carriage 1' is secured a spring 67, pressing upward against the bottom of the vertically-moving carriage 'm To the side piece of the frame we attach a vertical bar having a horizontal guide 10', having a portion sloping upward not shorter than the greatest distance between the stick held in position by the stick-carrier and the end of the stop and a horizontal portion extending beyond the inclined portion, and on the carriage we place a projection 9, sliding against the lower side of the cross-piece 10, so that when the carriage 1' is moved forward the carriage-m, is allowed to rise until the stop touches the lower side of the stick and guides the drills into the stick. It will be noticed that the motions of the frames bearing the tools, as above described, are in planes perpendicular to the axis of the stick-carrying mechanism, and that the motions of each set of tools adapted to operate at each end of the stick are in the same plane, whereby these cuts at each end are made at the same distance from the handle or from the ferrule end, and that the directions of the motions of the active strokes or movements of the different tools of each set are arranged at suitable angles with each other, whereby the tools are adapted to make these cuts into the said stick in the direction desired. In practice we have found this more convenient than to adjust the stick-carrying mechanism to present the stick, so that the motions of the active strokes of all the tools can be made in one direction. To move the saw against the stick, we continue the arm S below the sliding bed-plate a and bend it over a cam s, placed on the sleeve 0, and attach to its extremity a weight F This cam S is shaped and placed on the sleeve 0 to allow the arm extending over it to fall and allow the weight F to bring the saw 8,, in contact with the stick at the same time the other cutting-tools are moved forward and to retract it synchronously with their withdrawal from action upon the stick.

To make the saw adjustable, we can attach it to a sleeve placed on the spindle S and place in the sleeve a set-screw by means of which the saw can be set at any desired dis tance from the stick-carrier R, and the arm 1!, can have cut therein a slot in which a bolt can be placed by which an adjustment of the arm can be made, so that the slit will lie opposite the saw S We give motion to the shaft 0 rotating these cams by means of a wheel D, moved by the belt D, set loosely on a shaft D which is journaled in one of the uprights B. On the other end of this shaft is a pinion L, meshing into a pinion L on the shaft 0. Upon the shaft D; we place aclutch 31, fittingagainstthe shoulder 30 of the wheel. In the collar of this clutch fits the upper part of an arm V which is secured at its lower end to a shaft c which is journaled in bearings v on standards 0 at each side of the machine. To the end of this shaft on the side of the operator we secure a lever '0 convenient to his foot and held up by a spring 1: To lold this lever after being pressed down by the operator, we secure an arm '0 which rests against the side of the frame A when the lever is up, but slips beneath it when the lever is pressed down. It is seen that by means of this clutch the operator can by a single movement of his foot stop almost instantly all the motions caused by the shaft 0, which are generally slow, leaving in motioni, the other more rapidly-moving parts, which these mechanisms are withdrawn and to hold over the beveledv sides when the arm g is, moved in the opposite direction, leaving the" wheel meantime stationary. To give this alternating motion to the arm 9 we pivot to; its extremity a compound link composed of] the two links g, g screwed into the sleeve 9 them motionless and in proper position during the time they are moved forward, we make use of the following devices: Upon the shaft K, at its extremity, we attach a disk i, having on one face notches 7 7, having their sides in the direction of the motion cut down at right' angles with the surface of the diski and beveled gradually upward on the other sides.

These notches are placed at an angular dis tance from each other equal to the angular distance moved by an arm of the stick-carrier at each motion.

Ooncentrically with the disk 2, fitting loosely around the shaft K, we place an arm g having a spring g on its side springing into the notches and turning the disk 2'- and shaft K when pressed against the.

perpendicular side of the notches by the motion of the arm g5 and sliding out of them by which means the link may be lengthened or shortened. The link 9 is pivoted at its lower end to the end of the lever g,, which rests at the point 21 upon the cam g, which is keyed to the end of the shaft 0, and the circumference of which is composed of an arc of equal radius 20 20 2O and'two arcs of varying radius 19 18, the cam .9 being keyed on the shaft 0, so that the lever 9 will be held up by the are 20 when the levers 71: 1,, 10,, 10,, Z 19,, and S are allowed to fall by coming into coincidence with the smaller part of their cams k, 1,10, 7c, hp, and S and will fall on the are 19 and rise on the are 18, moving down and up the arm g and moving the disk 2', while the levers 1,, &c., are supported on the larger parts of their respective cams and the boring, mortising, and cutting tools held awayfrom the stick.

To prevent the chance of the disk-wheel moving after being turned by the action of the arm 9 and spring g to hold it firmly in one position and to center the stick in the stick-carrier, we cut in the rim of the disk 2' the trlangular notches 2', i i i each two neighboring notches being placed at an angle with each other equal to the angle the disk 2" 22, and a screwsleeve 72,, regulating the length of the compound link. \Ve place upon the link 72:, to prevent the link h falling below the box 7%, a shoulder 7L which rests upon the'top of box in, andbetween the sleeve h and the box h a spring h, which presses the link down and frees the disk 2' when the lever 92 falls. We make the point 22 of the lever g to rest upon the cam 9 some degrees of an arc in the direction of the cams motion from the point 21 of the lever y so that the lever 93 will both rise and fall before the lever' g and consequently the motion backward'of the arm g will have begun before the disk-wheel is released, (which, however,

is not necessary,) and the disk-wheel will have I been moved forward to the extent of its motion before the lever q raises the triangular point of the link 71,, into its corresponding notch in the disk 11. The disk 1) is placed on the shaft C, so that when it is held and steadied by the triangular end of the link h coming into one of the V-shaped notches the armsof the stick-carriers R and R will be opposite the various boring and cutting mechanisms, and, as the motion of the disk is through an angle equal to the angular distance between each of those cutting devices referred to on the shaft K, it is evident that an arm of the stick-carriers containing a stick will be presented to each mechanism in turn and locked and centered in position before it, so that the tool is sure to strike every stick ICC slot has been cut and holes bored, we make the greater diameter of the cams w and w to be where the studs 1", 0",, will move while the corresponding arms of the stick-carriers R R arevmoving from one cutting or boring tool to another, or stopping before one of them, and the lesser diameter tobegin where the corresponding arm has passed the tool that finishes the work upon the stick and has not yet passed in front of the tool which performs the first operation, during, which time the jaws 43 44 may be pushed apart and the finished stick removed and a fresh one inserted. To facilitate this insertion and removal, we place about on alevelwith the jaws of the arm of the stick-carriers where the pressure of the jaws together is released, as above-described, and most conveniently at the point where the empty arm is standing stationary during one of the operations of the cutting and boring tools upon the stick, other arms q q, having an S curve, in the concave part of whichrest the sticks intended to be cut and the downposition with relation to the stick-carrying mechanism R R.

To automatically remove and collect the sticks from the carrying mechanism. we construct a collecting device on which the completed sticks are collected and means for antomatically removing the sticks from the carrying mechanism. \Ve place between the arms q q and the cutting-tool last acting on the stick two arms shaped and adapted to receive the finished sticks and support the one q from the movable bedplate (1 by the support q; and the other, which we have desig nated by q, by the supports q q, to the bedplate A,. As one of the arms is the counterpart of the other, one only of them is shown in side View in Fig. 5. The arm q, .is made to terminate at a distance from the shaft K a little greater than the distance which the carrying mechanism holds the sticks from the shaft K. This arm terminates in a spring (1 which crosses the path described by the stick in its revolution. \Vhen the stick has passed the spring g the studs which operate to close the jaws of the clamps 43 44 come upon the portion of the cam w of smaller radius. The pressure of the jaws upon the stick is therefore removed. At or about the time the pressure of the jaws of the clamps on the stick is released the stick strikes an incline 60. The stick is pulled outward and the jaws thereby separated and the stick removed from them by the incline. The same operation is simultaneously performed upon the other end of the stick, the studs r, working on the cam 20. In the meanwhile the springs have sprung back again, and the stick, when released from the clamps, rolls down over the springs to the receiving-arms, from which they can be removed from time to time.

Neither gages to determine the place where the slots are to be cut or the holes bored nor marking of the places are necessary, because the slots both at top and bottom and the end of the stick are cut at the same time, and the boring is done while the stick is held in the same position in the stick-carriers as when it was presented to the cutting mechanisms, so that the length between the slots and between the top slot and the end of the stick is constant under all circumstances, the length of the stick being the only thing that can vary, and that beingcapable of sufliciently accurate determination by the eye of the workman. To secure this length accurately, we sometimes place above the machine a rod ll, extending horizontally above the shaft K and supported on vertical rods H H and place on this rod gages, as 1-1,, only one of which is shown, and which we make to slide on the bar and secure them at any desired point by screws, as H by means of which the length of the stick and the position of the slots with reference to the lower end can be accurately determined. This mechanical construction can be greatly changed without changing our invention.

The operation of the machine is as follows: If the machine is made so that the size of the slots is adjustable, the stops 0, o, are set so as to leave a sufficient segment of the saws to project to cute. kerf of the size desired. The stops regulating the drills are then set so as to bring the drills to the requisite depth in the slots. The distance between the slots is then determined upon and the wheel is retated, moving the bed-plate 1 until the cutting mechanisms are shown to be a distance apart equal to the distance desired by referring to the scale 3, the saw S, if adjustable, set at desired distance, a number of sticks to be cut placed on the arms q q, and the machine is started. While the stick-carrier is stationary the operator presses apart the

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43 and 44 of the stick-carriers and inserts a stick, the revolution of the shaft 0 meanwhile moving the cutting and boring mechanisms toward and away from the stick-carriers, which, however, do not touch anything, in their motion. The cam g then brings lts smaller part 19 into contact with the lever g which falls, drawing the spring g, back out of one of the notches 7 in the inner surface of the stick-carrier and into another, the lever 92, supporting the index-bearing link h,,, to be withdrawn from its notch in the disk 71. The part of increasing radius 18 of the cam 9 then comes into contact with the lever raising it, the spring g meanwhile acting on the perpendicular side of the notch 7, into which it has slipped, and turning the disk 2, so as to bring the arm of the stick-carrier containing the stick in front of the saw 0 the saw 0' and the drill cutting the hole for the runner-stop. The cutting and boring devices are again moved forward by the weights and spring,the sawsanddrill above mentioned penetrating into the stick until their further progress is stopped by the stops 0,, 0' coming into contact therewith, and the saw S being brought into contact with the stick and cutting ed the end thereof, the operator meanwhile inserting a fresh stick and the other tools moving idly forward, as before. The cams then withdraw the tools from the stick, the disk 1' is rotated as before, and the new stick comes in front of the saw 0 the saw 0' and the drill, and the first stick is brought before the mortising-tools T T. The cams then allow the weights to move the operating devices forward. The saws 0 0, S and the drill operate as before in a direction at right angles to the slot and make holes through it at a constant depth. At the same time the carriage 1' in which slides vertically the drill bearing carriage m,,, is pressed upward by the spring 67, making it, in connection with the cross-piece 10' and the pro jection 9', describe a motion in the direction of the incline on the cross'piece until the stop regulating the cut touches the side of the stick, when the motion becomes horizontal and holes are drilled of the same kind and in the same manner as in the lower slot. The

" tools are then withdrawn, as before, the shaft K is rotated, the now finished 'stick held in the stick-carriers pushes aside thespring g and its corresponding spring, the studs of the arms containing it pass onto the parts of the cams w w' of smaller radius, the jaws 43' 4a are separated, and the stick extracted by the'action of the slope 60, the completed stick falling back upon the arms g g, and the arm of the stick-carrier into which the new stick is to be placed coming into the position in which the stick is inserted with the jaws 4:3

44 separated ready for the insertion of the fresh stick, and the mortising devices are pressed forward into the kerf left by the saws 0' 'in the first stick, the points t t striking perpendicularly to the stick against therounded portions of the kerfs and thepoints 25 t cutting out the portions cut into by the chisel-points thus making the slot square instead of a segment of a circle. The cams then withdraw the tools, the operator having inserted a fresh stick, as before, the disk t is rotated, and the first stick is brought before the drills. The cams then allow the weights to move forward, as before, the saws, 0 0' S I and'the runner stop-drill and the mortisingtools T and T upon the fresh stick in the same manner as has been described, and the drills are brought into action upon the first stick. The frame-work in which slides the carriage bearing the drills is raised by the spring M Which presses it in the direction of the stick-carrier R and in connection with the projection 9 and the inclined vertical piece 10 makes it describe a motion in the direction of theincline of the piece 10 until the stop m touches the side of the stick.

We do not limit'ourselves to the precise instrumentalities we have shown in our drawings and described minutely in the foregoing portions of our specification, as many welladvantageous on account of the smaller cost of the machine in mills where the output is small.

In place of the devices shown many wellknown mechanisms adapted to give an intermittent or stop motion can be used without departing from the spirit of our invention.

In the matter of omission the particular stop adapted'to stop the motion of the parts toward thestick-carrier can be omitted and the ordinary stop substituted,and indeed the entire mechanism adapted to give the positive away and yielding toward motion of the tools can be left out where other novel features of my invention are retained, and any mechanism adapted to bring the'tools and the stickcarrier together employed. The same remark may be made as in the case of the substitu tion, as many other parts can be omitted Without destroying totally the practicability of our machine.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Fhe combination, in an umbrella-stickfashioning machine, of stick-carrying mechanism, a'cutting-tool mounted with its cut ting portions in operative relation to the position of the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and a stop device in the path of movement of said mechanism, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in an umbrella-stickfashioning machine, of stick-carrying mechanism, a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the position of the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions acting during said active stroke imparted by said mechanism, and an adjustable stop device in the path of movement of said mechanism,substantially as described.

- 3. The combination, in an umbrella-stickfashioning machine, of stick-carrying mechanism, a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative Ielationsto the position of the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and cuttingtool toward and away from each other'arid containing yielding provisions operatingduring the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and a stop device impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in an umbrella-stick- IIO fashioningmachine, of stick-carrying mechanism, a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the position of the stick as held in said carrying mechanism, automatic mechanism moving saidi cutting-tool and stick-carrier toward and away,

from each other and containing yielding provisions acting during the active stroke imparted by said mechanism, and an adjustable stop device in the path of movement of said mechanism and impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with an intermittentlymoving revolving stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the stick as stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and cutting-tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operatingduringthcactivc strokeimpai-ted bysaid automatic mechanism, and a stop device situated in the path of movement of said mechanism, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a revolving stickcarrying mechanism andaeutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the positions of rest of said stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving the said stick-carrying mechanism and cutting-tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operatin g during said active stroke imparted by said mechanism, and an adjustable stop de-' vice situated in the path of movement of said mechanism, substantially as described.

7. ,The combination, with an intermittentlyrevolving stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portion in operative relation to the positions of rest of said stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and cutting-tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and a stop device situated in the path of movement of said mechanism and impinging directly upon said stick to be cut, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with an intermittentlyrevolving stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the position of rest of said mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and cutting-tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and an adjustable stop device situated in the path of movement of said mechanism and impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

9. The combination, in a stick-fashioning machine, with stick-carrying mechanism provided with arms set at an equal angle with each other, stop-motion mechanism revolving said stick-carrying mechanism, and cuttingtools mounted with their cutting portions in operative relation with the positions of rest of the sticks as held in said stick-carrying mechanism and having a free motion toward and away from said stick-carrying mechanism at right angles with the length ot.the stic kto be cut, of automatic mechanism moving said stick-carrying mechanism and cutting-tool toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said antomatic mechanism, and a stop device in the path of said. mechanism, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portion in operative relation thereto, of automatic mechanism moving said outting-tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and containing reciprocation devices acting upon one of said elements during the movement of the same toward each other and automatically interrupting and resuming the said movement, and a stop in the line of motion of said automatic mechanism, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving the said stick-carrying mechanism and cuttingtool toward and away from each other andcontaining tool-reciprocating devices operating during the active stroke, yielding provisions acting also during the active stroke, and a stop device, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stickas held in the stick-carrying mechanism to be cut, of I automatic mechanism moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and con taining tool-reciprocating devices and yielding provisions, both operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and an adjust-able stop device, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stick as held in its position to be cut, of automatic mechanism moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said mechanism and containing also tool-reciprocating devices also operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and a stop device in the path of movement of said mechanisms and impinging directly upon said stick to be cut, substantially as described.

14. The combinatiomwith a revolving stickcarrying mechanism, stop-motion mechanism, cutting-tools mounted with their cutting portions in operative relations to the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, synchronousl y-actin g automatic mechanism moving said tools and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and containing tool-reciprocating devices acting upon said tools during the movement of same under the impulse of said automatic mechanism toward the sticks as held in the stick-carrying mechanism and interruping and resuming this movement, and a stop device in the line of movement of said automatic mechanism, substantially as described.

15. The con1bination,with a revolving stick- ITO ' carrying mechanism, stop-motion mechanism matic mechanism containing tool-reciprocating devices operating during the active stroke 1m parted by said automatic mechanism and also containing yielding provisions also oper ating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, said automatic mechanism movingsaid tools and stick'carrying mechanism toward and away from each other, substantially as described.

16. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism, a circular saw mounted with the blade parallel to thelength of the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism and in operative relation thereto, and drilling-tools mounted with their spindles substantially at right angles with the saw-kerf in the stick when said stick is held in position to be operated upon by said drills, of automatic mechanism moving said saw and said drills toward and away from said stickcarryin g mechanism and containing yielding provisions act vin'g during the active stroke imparted to said saw by said mechanism, and a stop device in the line of motion of said mechanism, substantially as described.

17. The combination, with an intermittently-moving stick-carryin' g mechanism provided with stick-holdin g devices set at equal angles with each other, of a circular saw mounted with the blade thereof parallel to the length of the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, drills mountedvwith their spindles substantially at right angleswith the saw-kerf in the stick when said stick is held in position to be operated upon by saiddrills, and

automatic mechanism moving said saw and drills toward and away from said stick-carrying mechanism and containing yielding provisions acting during the active stroke imparted to said saw, and a stop device in the line of motion of said mechanism, substantially as described.

18. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and automatic stop-motion mechanism rotating the same, of a saw mounted with its cutting parts in operative relation with said stick as held in said stick-carryingmeclr anism and with its blade parallel to the length of the said stick, a mortising device mounted with its cutting parts in operative relation with said stick and adapted to square out said saw-kerf, and drills mounted with their points in operative relation to said stick and with their spindles at right angles with said saw-kerf in saidstick, and automatic mechanism' moving said tools toward and away from said stick-carrying mechanism, and a stop device in the line of motion imparted by said mechanisms, substantially as described.

19. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and automatic stop-motion mechanism rotating the same, of acircular saw set its cutting portions in operative relation to the stick as held in said stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other, consisting of camoperated devices positively moving said tool and stickcarrying mechanism away from each other, and mechanism moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward each other and containing yielding provisions act-v ing during the active stroke or rnovement of said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward each other, and a stop device in the line of motion of said automatic mechanism, substantially as described.

21. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism, of a cutting-toolmounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, automatic mechanism moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other, consisting of cam devices, levers provided with arms resting against said cam devices and fulcrumed to convert the positive stroke or movement imparted thereto into awithdrawal stroke separating said tool and carrying mechanism, and yielding provisions acting upon said levers to produce the active stroke or movement moving said tool and stick-carrying mechanism toward each other, and a stop device in the line of motion of said automatic mechanism substantially as described. I

22. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and acutting-tool mounted with its cutting-edges in operative relation to the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism moving said cuttingtool and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other, consisting of cam devices, levers provided with arms resting against said cam devices and fulcrumed to convert the positive movement imparted to said cam devices to a movement of said tool and carrying mechanism away from each other, and yielding provisions acting upon said lever to effect the stroke moving said tool and carrying mechanism toward each other, and a stop device impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

23. The combination, with stickcarrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the stick to be cut and movable. toward and away from the said mechanism, of a lever, operative connections connecting an arm of said lever with one of said tools, said lever having an arm resting against a cam and being fulcrumed to convert the positive movement imparted to it by said cam into a movement moving said tool away from the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, and a weight holding the arm against said cam and moving said tool yieldingly toward the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism, and a stop situated in the path of movement of said mechanism,substantially as described.

24. The combination of stick-carrying mechanism, a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stick as held in the stick-carrying mechanism and movable toward and awayfrom said stickcarrying mechanism, a lever provided with operative connections connecting an arm of said lever with said tool and having an arm resting against a cam, said lever being fulcrumed to convert the movement of said lever into a movement of said tool away from said carrying mechanism, and a Weight holding the lever-arm resting against said cam against the same and imparting a yielding movement of said tool toward the stick-carrying mechanism, and a stop device impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described 25. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism, of a circular saw mounted with its cutting portion in operative relation to the stick to be cut as held in the stick-carrying mechanism and having its blade parallel to the stick thus held, a drill situated parallel to said saw-blade and at a distance above the same corresponding to the distance between the slot for the top spring and the runnerstop, automatic mechanism moving said tools and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and containing yield ing provisions acting during the active stroke, and a stop device impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

26. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism, of a circular saw mounted with its cutting. portions in operative relation to the stick as held in said stick-carrying mechanism and having its blade parallel to the length of the stick to be cut as held in said stick-carrying mcchanisnna drill situated parallel to said saw-blade and at a distance between the slot for the top spring and the runner-stop, automatic mechanism moving said tools and stick-carrying mechanism toward and away from each other and containing yielding provisions operating during the active stroke imparted by said automatic mechanism, and a stop device in the line of motion of said mechanism and impinging directly upon the stick to be cut, substantially as described.

27. The combination, with revolving stickcarrying mechanism, of stop-motion mechanism giving an intermittent movement to said carrying mechanism, and a stationary rod parallel to the length of the stick as held in said stick-carrying mechanism and secured to the immovable portion of its frame and provided with a gage movable thereon in the direction of the length of the rod, substantially as described.

28. The combination, with stick-carrying mechanism and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation to the stick as held in said stick-carrying mechanism, of automatic mechanism for moving said toolandstick-carrying mechanismtoward and away from each other, and a stop in the line of movement of said mechanism and i1npinging directly upon the stick to be out, substantially as described.

29. The combination, with a revolving stickcarrier provided with arms set at equal angles with each other and provided with clasps in which the sticks are held, a circular saw, a separate and independentlyanoving frame on which said saw is placed, drills, and a separate and independently-moving frame on which said drills are placed, the motion of said frames being in the same plane and the direction of motion of each frame being at an angle with the direction of motion of the other frames and being each provided with guiding mechanism, of mechanism bringing said tools into contact with the sticks as held in the stick-carrier at substantially the same distance from their ends, stop-motion mechanism moving said stick-carrier, and mechanism moving said tools away from said stickcarrier, substantially as described.

30. The combination, with the frame-work of a machine for fashioning umbrella-sticks, of a frame bearing cutting-tools operating on the stick at one end thereof and having fixed positions on said frame relatively to each other in the direction of the length of the stick, a frame bearing cutting-too1s that operate .on the other end of the stick and have fixed positions on the frame relatively to each other in the direction of the length of the stick, and mechanism moving said frames toward and away from each other in the direction of the length of the stick on the framework of the machine, substantially as scribed.

31. The combination of a frame bearing an intermittently-moving and a continuouslymovingshaft, a movable bed-plate on which are placed cutting and boring tools, a sleeve to which is attached a stick-carrier fitting loosely on the intermittently-moving shaft, a sleeve on which are placed cams giving the positi e motion to the tools from the stick-carrier moving on a keyway on the continuouslymoving shaft, and arms connecting the bedplate to the sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The combination, with the framework of a machine for fashioning umbrella-sticks, of a frame bearing cutting-tools operating on the stick at one end thereofandhaving'fixedpositions on the frame relatively to each other in stantially-constant radius-levers resting upon.

said cam, the point of contact of the one with the cam being fartherin the direction of the cams motion than the point of contact of the other, an index, and a vibrating arm, and mechanism connecting the first lever with the vibrating arm, substantially as described.

34. In a machine for slotting and boring umbrellasticks, having an intermittentlymoving stick-carrier holding two or more sticks an equal distance apart and moving an equal distance in each interval of movement, the combination of the following tools: a saw, a mortising tool, and drills, all said tools having a positive backward and yielding forward motion and stops, substantially as described Y a p 35. A stick carrier or carriers havingarms to which are attached clamps and mechanism for tightening and relaxing'said clamps according to the'position of the arms of the stickcarrier, in combination with arms having an outward incline thereon intersecting the line of motion of the stick held in the stick-carrier, and a receptacle to receive the sticks, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

36. The combination of a stick-carrier or stick-carriers having clamps, mechanism adapted to bring the jaws of said clamps tosticks in the stick-carrier at a point prior to the relaxing of the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

37. In a machine for fashioning umbrellasticks, provided with a stick-carrier and cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with said stick as held in said stick-carrier, the combination, with .an arm of said stick-carrier, of a clamp consisting of the-following instrumentalities: reciprocally moving clamp jaws, guiding devlces regulating the movement of said clampjaws, reciprocating mechanism giving the movement of reciprocation to said clamp- .jaws, an arm operatively connected tosaid reciprocating mechanism and reciprocating the same, a cam on which the arm rests, and mechanism moving said arm along said cam, substantially as described.

38. In a machine for fashioning umbrellasticks, provided with a stick-carrier and a cutting-tool mounted with its cutting portions in operative relation with the stick as held in said stick-carrier, the combination, with an arm of said carrier, of a clamp consisting of .the following instrumentalities: a pair of reciprocally-moving blocks provided with two jaws set at the upper corners thereof and having the intermediate portions of the said blocks cut away, guiding devices regulating the movement of said blocks, reciprocating mechanism giving a movement of reciprocation to said blocks, and an arm attached to and operating said reciprocatingmechanism, a cam on which said arm rests, and mechanism moving said arm along said cam, substantially as described.

39. The combination, with a stick-carrier and a tool mounted with its cutting-edges'in operative relation thereto, of a clamp consisting of the following instrumentalities: a' pair of plates between which move two blocks havingprojecting jaws at the upper corners of said blocks, slits cut in said blocks, a lever fulcrumed between said blocks and provided with tongues fitting into said slits, and a lever attached to said tongued lever and working on a cam, substantially as described.

40. In a machine for slotting and boring umbrella-sticks, a device consisting of the following instrumentalities: a sidewise reciprocally vibrating T- headed chisel provided with two cutting-edges opposite to each other, a pair of lengthwise-vibrating chisels, and mechanism giving simultaneously their said movements to the said T-headed chisels and to the lengthwise-vibrating chisels and withdrawing the one of the latter toward which the T-headed chisel is moving before the latter reaches the end of its stroke, sub- 7 stantially as described. 1

41. In a machine for slotting and boring umbrella-sticks, a mortising device consisting of the following instrumentalities: asidewise reciprocally vibrating T-headed chisel provided with two cutting-edges opposite each other, a pair of reciprocally alternately len gthwise-vibrating chisels, operative connections connecting said vibrating chisels and said T- headed chisel and independently giving their motions to the same and withdrawing the lengthwise-vibrating chisel toward which the- T- headed chisel is moving, substantially as described. Y

42. In a mortising device to square out the I 3 round kerfs left by the saw, the combination of a three-armed lever having secured to the center arm thereof a T- headed chisel and connected to each side arm a clamp in which is adj ustablycontained an in-a'nd-out vibrat-