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No. 508,427 – Spokeshave (Herbert D. Lanfair) (1893)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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HERBERT D. LANFAIR, OF ERVING, ASSIGNOR TO THE
MILLER’S FALLS COMPANY, OF MILLER’S FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOKESHAVE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,427, dated November 14, 1893.
Application filed July 3, 1893. Serial No. 479,446. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT D. LANFAIR, of Erving, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spokeshaves, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to spoke shaves, used by hand, upon a great variety of work.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The particular part of the spoke shave to which my present invention relates is the shoe, so called, and is the bearing surface upon which the face part of the shave rests while in operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a spoke shave, the face or shoe side shown upward. Fig. 2 represents asectional view on line x–x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, represents the shoe detached from the body.

A is the body of the shave; C, the handles, at either one or both ends of body A.

B is the shoe.

The body A. is preferably formed of metal in the usual manner. The blade or cutter D, is secured to the body A, by screws d or other well known means. The body, A, at points indicated by letter g, is slotted, so that the ends of shoe B, made with a tenon, at either end, indicated by b, will fit the slots, and the shoe will be held in place in the slots by set screws a a. The inner edge of the shoe B next the cutter or blade, of course is placed nearly to the edge of the blade, the opening being varied to suit the work, and the shavings or chips will pass up through this opening and be discharged in the usual manner.

The shoe B. is formed removable and it being formed alike at both ends b, b, is also reversible. The shoe B, being so made adjustable and also removable and the ends formed alike and consequently reversible, end for end, the shoe is further provided with four faces, indicated by c. c’. c2. and c3. New by reversing the shoe B. and also by simply turning it over, we will have formed four distinct bearings or surfaces for the shave, and of course, adapted to different styles of work.

Now, by referring to Fig. 3, the faces c. c’. c2. and c3. will be seen to be flat, oval, beveled and rounding, and they may be varied to best suit all ordinary work to which this class of tool is adapted.

If expedient several shoes may be provided to each shave and by this means a great variety of form of faces may be easily provided. One slice similar tothe one illustrated in Fig. 3. will cover all ordinary work. The shoe B. being adjustable in the slots at g, g, as described and the shoe being held at any point by set screws a. a. acting upon the tenons b. b. the width of the opening can be adjusted to a nicety; for instance, if the work is very hard and of fine grain, the opening can be made very small, or it can be made very large, and it also allows the use of cutters or blades of different thicknesses with equal facility and adjustment as to opening.

The principal point of novelty aside from that already named is the reversibility both as to side and ends, whereby the shoe provides four different and distinct forms of faces or surfaces.

I do not confine myself to the precise form of faces shown in Fig. 3, as the shoe may be made with concave, convex, flat, oval, round, or irregular surfaces or bearings and the removable shoe can be thus adapted to any A style or kind of work.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is —

In a spoke shave, the shoe B. provided with the tenons b. b. and two or more faces and adapted to be removably and reversibly secured to the shave body by suitable means, I substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have subscribed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 17th day of June, A. D. 1893.

HERBERT D. LANFAIR.

Witnesses:
GEO. E. ROGERS,
H. E. GOODELL.

No. 293,651 – Spokeshave (Albert D. Goodell) (1884)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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ALBERT D. GOODELL, OF MILLER’S FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR
TO THE MILLERS FALLS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPOKESHAVE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,651, dated February 19, 1884.
Application filed November 30, 1883. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. GOODELL., residing in Miller’s Falls, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spokeshaves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to improvements in spokeshaves, by which, by the use of a circular knife or cutter and other novel features, much better work can be done and a far greater variety of forms of material operated upon the by the use of any existing tool known to me.

Figure 1 represents a general view of the article, having part of the body and one handle cut away to exhibit the threaded screw in the body for holding the cutter, and also the screw by which the handles are detachably connected with the body. Fig. 2 represents the body without the handles, and shows the edge of the circular cutter and the front bevel of the body. Fig. 3 represents the knife or cutter C with beveled edge z. Fig. 4. represents a cross-section of the body, taken at y y, Fig. 2, and illustrates the manner in which the body is cut away, to form the mouth for discharge of the chips or shavings.

A is the body, preferably of metal.

B B are the handles, which are made detachable from the body by means of a screw inserted in the end of the handle, and threaded orifice formed in the end of the body, into which the threaded screw is inserted.

C is the circular knife or cutter, and is secured to the body, which is preferably made of the same circle as the cutter, by the round-headed set-screws b b. Upon the cutting-face of the shave the body is slightly beveled, preferably at a slight angle from the cutting-edge of the circular knife or cutter. This face-bevel is indicated by x’, the body under the knife or cutter being cut away, as shown in section, Fig. 4.

a is the portion of the body not cut out, and as represents the cut-away portion under the knife or cutter, and which forms the mouth for discharge of the chips.

The great difficulty heretofore experienced in tools of this kind I seek to obviate. I form my knife or cutter circular, in order to obtain a clean out instead of a scraping action, so common to most tools for the same purpose. Besides, this form of knife or cutter will not chatter, cannot get caught upon any part of the work, nor upon the clothing of the operator. The finest work can be done without danger of injury to the face of the material, and the ample opening in the body under the knife or cutter prevents clogging and facilitates the freest discharge of chips or shavings.

It will be further observed that I am enabled to securely hold the knife or cutter by the direct action of the round-headed set-screws, and no unnecessary protuberance is placed anywhere upon the tool.

The object of making the handles readily detachable is that in operating upon small work and in a limited space one or both handles can be removed and the work done with ease and facility. I deem this avaluable feature in connection with the form of the body of the tool and the absence of all annoying projections or protuberances upon any part of the surface of the body.

The present tool will work effectively in almost any position and upon either flat or round surfaces.

Having now described my invention so that any person skilled in the art may readily understand its form and mode of operation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is —

1. A spokeshave consisting of the body A, removable handles B B, and circular cutter or knife C, and the set-screws b b, adapted to secure in place the cutter or knife C by pressure of the screw-heads upon the edges of the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a spokeshave, the body A, circular knife C, arranged and secured thereto, so that the chips or shavings pass under said knife to the place of discharge, in combination with detachable handles B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In aspokeshave, the circular knife or cutter C, formed with a straight cutting-edge, and adapted to be detachably secured to the body of the shave by suitable means, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a spokeshave, the body A, straight circular kniie C, and set-screws b b, adapted to hold the said knife to the body, combined as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination of the body A with straight circular knife suitably secured thereto, and the detachable handles B B, substantially as set forth and deseribed.

6. In a spokeshare, the body A, with bevel x’, in combination with the circular knife or cutter C, substantially as and for the purposes described.

7. In a spokeshave, the body A, provided with the rear discliarge-passage, x, in combination with a circular knife or cutter having a straight cutting-edge and suitably secured to said body, substantially as and for the purposes described.

8. A spokeshave provided with a straight circular body adapted to receive a straight circular knife or cutter, and to discharge the chips or shavings under the said knife or cutter and to the rear ofthe working-face, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a spokeshave, the cornbination of the body A, provided with the discharge-opening x, formed by removing a portion of the body, and having a face-bevel, x’, and circular knife formed with a straight cutting-edge and adapted to be detachably secured to the said body, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ALBERT D. GOODELL [L. S.]

Witnesses:
F. M. THOMPSON,
L. J. GUNN.