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"1*" MACHINE isoitCUTTING` WooDiNTo sHREDs AND oniiviriive :i To all whom `t mag/concern.; y

UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1.. EDWIN K. nRowNiNG; oEUTioA, `NEW YORK.

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THEM Eon MATTRESS f spcicaiienbf Letters Parent NQ. s,a `17 ,`dafedquiy 15, 1851.

Be known "thatl, `IlnwiNfli. BiiowNiNG, of the city of` Utica, county of Oneida, and

State' ofV NewYorlr, fhave invented a new and useful `machine and improvements [for making from soliidlpieces of wood anarticle suitable for stuffing or filling cushions, mat` tresses, &c., `to be used as` a substitutefor` hair and other substances heretofore used A4for that purpose. f

`This machine and improvements are described `as follows, reference being hadvto the annexed drawings `ofit and of its differ-` ent` parts making part of thisspecification-`` Figure l, is a front endview of,` the ma-`` i chinefready `for operation, representing `the splitters and plane :drawn up ready `to `descend upon the edge ofthe board from which the split shaving `is to-be taken,also show-` f l. ing the positionof the balance wheel I and of theloose and driving pulleys K K', and

showing on the sideof the machine the cam and eccentric wheelL, the feeding rod M and `primary feeding `wheel O` and on the back ofthe machines, three geared `feeding 'wheels 'Q,R, R'i and the feeding block T.

Fig. 2, is a side View of the machine representing that part of the framewhich conl tains the `board tohbe operated upon andthe block T to "drive "it up to the splitters and plane, this iscalled the feeding block, this figure alsorepresents the shaft P,.which connectsthe `prima-ry, feeding wheel O with the rst `gearedwheel` on the back `of the .-inachine, and it `also represents the two screws S S' which are worked by twogeared wheels 'which are most fully representedin Fig.8."m"

Fig. 43` is a representation lof the lower part of the back of the frame ofthe mai' chineshowingtwogeared wheels R, R' on thefeeding screws S, S', ,and theiriconnection through the intermediate geared `wheel Q with the primaryfeeding wheel O` and feeding rod M, and also showing the feeding block Tte-which are attached the screws 1 l lletter` A, is upright and 1s placed upon a.`

S, Si.` y The cam'and eccentric wheel L, the rod M, the wheel O, the geared wheelsQ,R, R', the screws S,"S, and-the block Tare` all contrived and adjusted tobring the board upto the splitterspand plane at the proper moment and the properdistance, hence they are termed feeding.

and afterward permitsitto spring upinto theshoulder n, whereby the primary feeding wheel() is caused to move slightly, which motion is communicated to the geared wheels Q., R, R', which turn the screws S, S', and

thus the feeding bloclrT forces forward the `board to be split and planed, a distance equal to the thickness of the neXt cutting.

ing iron d.

to prevent` strips from passing out ofthe fcrimpingfbox in between the edge of the plane and the edge of the board which is to `be split and a planed. 1` i made of iron, steel, or any other suitablema-y terial of suitable size and strength, and `ci `any number ofsplitters, depending lupon the length and breadth of fto be split andplaned.

combinations and arrangements of mechanifboX and from thence discharged by their iownpressureina state `it tobe used as a" Stuiiing for` mattresses, `cushions and other. articles, the strips being flat, and can be `@taken from the hardest of "wood land are linore `thin andelastic than the round shred.

1or shavingfand may `be made narrow` or 3w1de as desired.

i `Similar let-tersare usedin the several,

lfigures to designate the same parts.

The frame of the machine,`see Fig. l,

stand A', `raised suificiently `from the floor .to` prevent the stuiiing from accumulating" `around the splitters and plane. To the front y 1g. `.'is'a side view of the frame or stock 1E containing the spliters a and the plan-M `the edgeof theplane ironand the holder `a n Fig. is a top viewofthe stoel:` E show!V ,mg the ends of the splitters and` of the plane` `The nature of my invention and improve` ments consists in certain new and ,useful4 the edge of the boardedge of `this upright frame A, Fig. 1,- are" `fastened two waysB, B, on which the cross head C and carriage Dwork, on thelower `side of this `cross head and forming part of it, is; acastiron carriage D on to whichE fastened the 'stock E, this stock E isI well represented in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 and to these I will now refer. In this stock E are the splitters a, the number and size of which depend upon the breadth of the edge of the board to be split and the size of the stuff desired. The ends of these splitters a and the place for their insert-ion in the stock E are seen in Figs. and 7 and the points of the splitters a are seen pro-jecting through the bottom of the frame in Fig. 6, these split-ters are made of separate pieces of steel, blunt at one end and sharpened at the other.

A separate aperture is made in stock E for vthem in which they are fastened by the screw e so that they can be taken out at pleasure to be sharpened or replaced by others, Without destroying the end of the machine. Immediately behind these splitvters (see Fig. 5) is placed the planing iron d which is a simple planing iron, andV its position and firmness are regulated by the screw e. Directly in front of this planing iron (see Fig. 7 ),fis an opening in frame E provided with a lid f hung on centers g, g, this lid is made suiiiciently heavy to retain the strips which are cut from the edge of the board until it is full, thus giving that degree of resistance or pressure on each strip that it is curled or crimped by the weight of the lid as fast and as soon as it is cut olf from the board, to force all these strips into this box, two guards are placed on each side of the edge of the plane l1. h` (see Fig. 6,) and to prevent any strips from forcing their way back between the edge of the plane and the edge of the board while the plane is passing up, 'at which time the board is not quite against the edge of the plane, a holder is provided which is marked i and has an arm marked y' the holder lies directly in front of the plaining iron and while the plane is takingv off the strip from the edge of the board, does not touch it, but when the plane is pressing up and back preparatory to ann other cutting, this cut off is thrown up and on to the edge o-f the planing iron, thus cutting off all opening between the edge of the planing iron and frame, until the splitters and planing iron begin to descend and then it is thrown down and oif the plane by means of two pieces which are seen in Fig. l, and to which ligure we will now refer for the residue Iof the description, thus in Fig. 1 will be seen a long strip of iron passing from the upper part of the carriage to the lower part of the carriage; this is marked k, and is provided with two notches 761 ylf2 to hold the arm j of the cut olf z'. On the left side of the frame, are two projecting points or pins markedFl, F2.

We will now suppose the carriage, with the frame, splitters and plane up and ready to descend to take off that part of the edge of the board which shall be split by the precomes in contact with the projecting point F and is thrown up and on to the planing iron, and is held firmly in that position by the catch is on the iron 7c and there retained while the carriage, splitters and plane ascend, carrying with them arm y', but just as they reach the eXtreme point of ascent, the arm j comes in contact with the projecting point or pin F and is thrown down and off the planing iron, the arm j'being thrown into notch k2 and held firmly there until it descends as far as the projecting point F2 when it is again drawn back on to the plane and into notch 7c. To the cross head C on. the upper side is attached the pitman G which is moved by the crank H at one end of which is attached the balance wheel' I and at the other end on shaft J, is the driving pulley K, and loose pulley K; it is from this driving pulley that motion is communicated to the entire machine; be-

tween the driving pulley K and the frame which is represented in the annexed draw-A ing by the letter m; the cam to which we have referred, is represented detached from the shaft by Fig. 4C; it will be observed that this cam wheel is also an eccentric having its greatest diameter just at the shoulder n; when the cam and rod are both in place on the starting of the machine, the end of the rod is up on the shoulder n-as the splitters and plane pass down over the edge of the board, the cam revolves gradually bringing its greatest diameter to bear upon the end of the rod and then pushing it down so that just before the splitters and plane reach the eXtreme point of their ascent, the rod is thrust down` as far as the eccentric cam wheel will drive it. Now on looking at the lower end of the feeding rod M, it will be seen that it has attached to it, friction jaws N, which hold the primary feeding wheel O, these jaws, it will be seen, open as the rod M is thrust down, but close tightly when the rod is elevated, so that when the eccentric cam wheel L, thrusts down the rod M, the jaws open and pass down and take hold of the circumference of wheel O lower down, at this moment the splitters and plane have reached the eXtreme point of their ascent, the cam wheel has revolved so far that the rod has reached the shoulder n, and when the spring m on the rod forces it up into the shoulder, the upward motion of the rod causes the jaws N to close tightly on to wheel O `and make that wheel move a distance equal to the depth of the shoulder n in the cam and eccentric wheel L. Now wheel O is fastenedto the shaft 'P which is seen most clearly in Fig.` 2, which is also the shaft of the geared, intermediate feeding wheel Q which is seen best in Fig. 3, and the wheelQ gears into two geared wheels R, R bot-h of which revolve' on and work forward and backward' the screws S, S, these screws are fastened to the top and bottom of the back of the feeding block T, to this feeding block, the board to be split and planed `is fastened edgewise `by means of two `arms and screws 1f` t', the bottom of the feeding blocks moves forward o-r backward in a` groove at the bottom of the frame `marked U, see Figs. 1 and 2, while'the top moves in the space formed bythe frame A as seen in Fig. 3, this feeding block moves forward until the board is all cut into materials for stuffing and then moves backward to receive another board. Now when motion :is given to wheel O, see Fig. 3, it is communicated by shaft P to wheel Q and thence to the two wheels R, R', which turns the screws S, S and thus push forward the feeding block T and with it the board, a distance equal to the thickness of the next split to be taken off. Inasmuch as it `would dull the splitters and plane to have the board fed up upon them while they are being drawn up, the machine is so arranged, that the top of rod M does not reach the shoulder of the cam wheel L until both plane and splitters are drawn up high enough to cleave` the board-thcn the rod reaches the shoulder n, and by the force of springs m is forced upward closing the jaws N on to wheel O and causing therevolution which we have just described as causing the feeding screws to ush forward the feeding block T. Wheel O 1s preferred to a ratchet wheel, because if anything shouldoccurby means of which ducing the article herein described.

and cutyin this way, it makes a diderent ar-` ticle from anything heretofore used, and

muchvmore light, elastic and `durable-the i crimping is done as soon and as fast'asthe.

strip leaves the timber or board from which it is taken, by pressure against the throat of the plane, this pressure may be caused by various ways-as placing a` bar across the throat, butjthe weighted, movable lid f, `is

preferred because` it has sufficient weight to crimp andgat the same time does not 'choke up and is self-discharging.

I do not claim the combination of fluted cutters with smooth cutters for the purpose of makin this article, nor do I claim or use the lflute i cutters at all, norv do I out the wood into` round threads, but, into flat strips which are light and more elastic. Nor do I j `claimthe arrangement of fluted and smooth cutters in the plane stock, nor the apparatus for holding timber and feeding it 'up to the plane as it has heretofore been used and p'atented, but j W'hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj The use of the "splitters with the plane iron, and the holder i, and the movable weighted lid` f or anything which is substantially the same combined and arrangedy in the plane stock E for the purpose of pro- EDWIN K. BRowNING.

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C. A. JOHNSON, i H. S. DANIELS.

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