US582A

US582A - Machine-fob

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Publication number: US582A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1838-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1855-01-27

Description

Nrrin STATES PATENT orifice.

LEE WELLS, OFHARTSVILLEVNEW YORK.

4MI-SLGl-II'NI'. v'.EOR CUTTING HEADING FOR CASKS FROM SATUBQATED TIMBER.

Specification of Letters Patent-No.582, dated J anua1y27, 1838*; Antedated July 27, 1837'.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEE WELLs, of the village of Hartsville, town of Manlius, county of Onondaga, and State of New York, did in January 1837, invent a new Improvement on George Packs Patent StaveMachine, the improvement being such that the machine will cut heading for casks of all kinds; and I do declare that the following is a full and clear description.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the above machine with a knife gate with cast or wrought iron friction rollers with swivel irons rod and boxes to raise said gate perpendicular, thereby cutting the heading straight and of a suitable width contrary to what the machine would cut previous to attaching my improvement namely cutting on a curve and narrow. I

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The formation of the machine consists first of two pieces of timber 1, 2 laying on the ground horizontally with one another about 4 feet apart. In one end of those sills I set a frame upright namely 2 posts 3, 4 framed into the sills with a cross piece 5, 10 inches above the sills with a cap 6 across the top of the posts 18 inches above the other cross piece in the center. Between the posts Y I have an iron shaft 7 set upright, the foot setting in a box in the lower cross piece and passing through the caps projecting above about 4 inches with a shoe on the top. In the shoe I place lever about 10 feet long one end confined in the shoe the other to attach the projecting power on the upright shaft I attach a cast cog wheel 8 which is to mesh y in a similar wheel 9 that is on a horizontal shaft, 10.

I will next proceed to describe the remaining part that is I take two pieces 11, 12 of timber 10 by 12 inches square 12 foot long frame them together with ties so as to make them the distance apart that I want my knife gate wide one end of this frame laying on the bed sills at the opposite end from the driving power. Next I place a wooden 'shaft 15 feet long on one end being a cast cog wheel the gudgeon resting on the cross piece and directly under the spur wheel in the driving power the other end resting on the main frame with four sets of arms 1 3 in the shaft passing through theV same at right angles, 2 sets for the purpose of raising the main lever 14, the others the feeding lever 15. I next place 2 posts 16, 17 the distance of 6 feet from this shaft upright in the main frame with braces and a groove in `each post to receive the knife gate 18, the same being composed of 3 pieces of timber, 2 uprights 18, 18 and 1 cross bar 19, the uprights being made to fit in the grooves of the upright or fender posts, the knife 20kbeing confined to the gate by bolts. On the cross bar is set 3 cast iron shoes 21, 22, 23 with 2 rollers 24, n

knife gate or friction rollers, so that when V the shaft turns it raises one end of the lever and presses down the knife gate with the other. Then in order to raise the knife gate when the lever drops o' the arm, I have 2 irons 29, 30 one on each side of the lever confined to the gate with a link or swivel. On top of the lever is a rod 31 set in boxes and passing over and projecting outside of the lever to receive the 2 links or swivels which pass through eachend of the rod with screws to raise the gate up to the lever. I will next proceed to describe the feeding apparatus. On the opposite of the knife gate is a small frame 32 layingon starts set in the main frame to have it move with ease back and forward with a jaw or lip 33 and a wooden screw 34 to confine the blocks that I wish to cut. I will next proceed to de.- scribe the manner that it feeds. On the out end of the main frame is 3 uprights 35 with a roller 36 passing through the same one end projecting outside of the machine to receive the feed lever 15. In the roller is a shortv post 37 that will move back and forth as the roller moves. In that post is an iron hand 38 one end confined to the post the other *laying on a rolling iron 39 which is confined to the feed frame. I have another hand which is confined to a stationary post 35 and connected to hold the feed frame as the moving hand shoves it on the end of the roller pro- What I claim as my invention and desire' j eating place a lever one end conned to the to secure by Letters Patent isfeeding roller,` the other end reaching tothe The above described construction of the small set of arms through the shaft vas it knife gate in combination as above de- 5 the shaft turns and the lever drops off the scribed.

arms it moves the roller and the post and hand confined 'arenough for the thickness for one piece of heading While the stationary Witnesses:

hand holds it fast. For further description BEN. D. FRENCH, 10 see drawing. EDWARD L. JONES.

LEE WELLS.