US5319A - pkoto-tltho - Google Patents

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ABRAHAM VAN einen AND eAnRE'r VAN mene, or BERGEN COUNTY, New Jensen.'

SPLINT-MAGHINE .non aASKEi-S- l Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,5319, ,dated y,Qcterber 2, '1847.

To all when?, if may concern l 'Be it known that we, ABRAHAM VAN 1 Rinne and GARIgnT VAN Rinne, of the .county of Bergen, in the IState of vNew Jersey, have invented a. new and useful improvement in lcut it into boards, or plank, of such thickness yas shall be yequal to the wid-th of the spjlint that we intend to .cu-t. When the timber is perfectly green, or unseasoned, it may be cut withoutlfirst subjecting it to the process of steaming; but mest commonly it Twill be found necessary to steam -i-t before Submitting it to the action ef lthe machine. The boards., or plank, so prepared, lwe confine between horizontal rails, or check-pieces, so that its edge may be exposed to the opera'- -tien of the oblique cutting knife that V"is to be passed along it; and we so arrange the machinery by which the 'knife `is made -to traverse back and forth, as -that it shall do so while `the motive power continues to act in the same direction; the manner in Which we construct this reversing apparatus constituting a main fea-tureof our improvement. We also employ an apparatus of circular knives for thev purpose of dividingb the splints which have been cut by the lirst operation, into such widths as may be necessary to adapt them to the particular purpose to which they are to be applied; and as we generally append these circular knives, and the apparatus 'by means of which they are made to operate) to the principal machine, so that they may be driven by the same m0- tive power, we have so represented it in the l accompanying drawings, and intend tov describe it in this specification.

In the annexed drawings Figure l, is an end elevation of the machine. Fig. .2, a perspective View thereof. Fig. 3, represents the underside of the stock, or knife-holder, with l the cutting knife placed diagonally, this figure being drawn on a scale much enlarged.

' A, A, ings. 1, and a, s el@ driving an@ tou-which. the-motive power is applied, this axle 'havin on its enda 'loose pulley'b, and

a fixed pul: ey `Ab" around which'passes a belt e, -thatmay 'be shifted from one of them te the other, IWhen-it is desired to stop the malchine, or to set iti-n motion. 'G, G, is a drum or pulley on the axle A, which drum carries two belts F, andGr, that embrace the lfast and loose pulleys D D", d, d. on the axlevE. l

The pulleys l), D', '3 ing those that are fast to the axle, the belt G, is crossed so as to giye -a --Inetion the reverse of that giyen by 'the belt F. "The pulleys D, TD', are not 4to be action at the same time. Upon one end ,of the axleE, there is a pinion H, (Fig, which gears into the spur wheel fixed 'upon the axis L, L, (Figs. l, and 2') ,around Vfvvfhic'h wind two cords fm, and .m5, .one vcf lthem m, havingV its outer end fastened to one end of thestock, or knifeholder e, as seen at il, -(Fig. 2") and the other m', to its opposite end g, iser-ving to ydraw it backward and forward; .the cord mf, that is .to .dra-w it back, passes around a pulley w.

A', A', is the frame .of the machine, ,and B, iB', Fig. 2, :the rails, .or checks, "which ,embrace between them, the plank, or board (o, o, fromevhich the splints are to be cut, which :board maybe heldin lace bythe screws E', E', By reversing the motion of the i axis L, the motion .of lthe knifefca-rrier will be reversed. i

The manner iny which -we arrange and aflix the cutting knife is shown distinctly in 'Fi 3, in which A, A, show-s the ydiagonal kni e I screwed at b, and ,at ff, tothe stock, or

holder B. By means of the screws bf, bfrf'f,

` the* knife maybe .adjusted to the desired thickness of the'splint to be .cut The knife I Y L helderis Aguarded by a plate of metalic', `c, .and has 1a' l oov'e R, l, iin it to receive the edge 'of the' plank A0, @,ffFig 2;); .65 Fig.- 2',

. The belt V,fpasses over a pulley Y, which -carries the axle Y', on; which axle there-are is a throat, or opening, inthe knife holder` through which the splint is to pass as it is separated by the knife.

Theapparatus shown n part in Fig. 1, but more 4fullyinl Fig; '2, by means ofv which we divide the splints cut by the main machine into such widths as we may desire, either for the filling, in basket work, or for other purposes, we willnow describe. Upon the axis A, A, Figs. l, and 2, is fixed a drum, or pulley'u, u, which ycarries belts V, and V', the latter of which is crossed.

shown three circular knives c', c', 6"', but there may be more or fewer of these as may be desired, so as to dividethe splints into two, three, or more widths. The belt V', drives a pulley X, on a feed roller X', above` which is a similar roller R", between which rollers the splint, is to Vbe received as itis cut into strips, which strips may be passed separately through guide grooves in a guide piece S, (Fig. 2,). The feeding rollers -are geared together by pinions m, (Figs.` l and 2) a section of the feeding rollers witlrthev splint passing between them, and one of the vcutting knives is shown at Fig. 1a.

Wewill now describe the mannerin which we arrangethe apparatus for reversing the motionof the cutting knife while that of;

the driving shaft is continuous, H, Figs. 2 and 4a is astandard rising from the frame of the machine at lits outer end, and `H', Fig. 2, a similar standard rising fromthe frame in the `part represented. R, R', are two cords, one end of the cord R, being made fast to the standard H, and its other end to the lower part of the frame, as at pFig.

2. The cord R', is made fast by one endv to the standard H', and by its other to the lower part of the frame, as at X', Figs. 2

i Fig. 4a..

and 4a; the'direction of the cord R, is designated by its being colored red, while that4 marked R', is colored black. To the back edge of the stock, or knifeholder, is permanently attached a vertical bar, or stand'- ard Z,'Z, Figs. 2, 3, and 4a, which bar extends above and below said block in the manner represented in the drawing. Thisy bar carries a pulley K', at its upper end, and

which cords cross from one of themtothe other, as represented bythe dotted lines in Aff, A", in thisiast figure is a Siding piece,.('shownseparately in Fig. 4;). which is placed under the rail B', B', Fig. 2, and may be confined to said rail by means' of a screw 22"", passing through a slot a',ia, this sliding piece is to be moved back and forth `by means of the vertical bar Z, Z, attached tothe knife-holder, which as it is made to vtraverse with said holder will be brought into contact, alternately, withpins t, z5', project-ing out from theslidingpiece; the pins at, ',-may be shifted into different holes in the sliding,y piece, aecordingto` the length of the stuff to be cut. The sliding pieceis 4attachedvby means of ay joint pin p' (Fig. t)

to a vertical post C", the lowerend of which l is rounded, andy isfreeto rock in the piece 1*, which receives said end; the post C", is

connected to the vertical partD", by means ofja piece E", mortised intothe latter, and

i having on its outer end a pin e", that passes loosely through a .hole in thepost G"-,f `the `post D", turns on the pinsc", at both its ends, said pins entering corresponding holes in theframe of themachine; Into the upper end of the post D" is mortised the vpiece of timber F, and at right angles to thisis -attached the bar Gr', G', by a Joint pin at` fi;

the end S', of the bar G', slidesfreely through a inortisein the frame, and is seen at jS', Fig. l. Under this arrangement it will be manifest that the rocking of the piece C", will give a sliding. motion tothe bar G', andas this bar is to embrace the edges of the belts F,` F, and Gr, G, it may be inadefto shift them from the fast pullleys D, D', to and from thel loose `pulleys d, and el', on the axle E, (Fig. 1;) y, g, Figs. 1 and 4, is a notch in the bar G', that embraces the band F; and f,f,`are two pinsthat embrace the band Gr; and -under thisvarrangement it will be readilyseen that one of these bands will be shiftedwfrom the fast. to the loose pulley, and the other fromA the loose to the fast` pulley simultaneously, by the action of the vertical bar Z, Z,;V on the pins 2S', t'; and that the required reversing motion will be thus attained, the shaft L, L, that cai-ries the cords m, and m', which are ateffected, and the machine thereby adapted to the cutting of stuft' of different lengths as herein set forth; said combination consisting principally of the vertical bar Z,at tached to the stock or knife-carrier; Vand the slide A", operating on the vertical posts iio C, and D, so as to cause the bar G, that embraces the belts F, and G, to shift said,

belts, Aunder an arrangement of parts substantially the same With that herein fully made known. We do not claim to be the inventors of a reversing motion, such motion being common to many machines, but We limit our claim as above set forth, to ther particular combination by Which We have adapted it to our machine; not intending, however, to limit ourselves to the exact Yform of the respective parts, as represented, l

but to vary these .as We may think proper, While We attain the same end by means substantially the same.l

ABRAHAM vAN RIPER. GARRET vAN RIPER.

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