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No. 1,059,137 – Plane (John P. Gage) (1913)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOHN P. GAGE, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

PLANE.

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1,059,137. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 15, 1913.
Application filed July 25, 1912. Serial No. 711,586.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. GAGE, a citizen of the United States, resident of Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Planes; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the plane stock. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the cutting plate and the guide clamp. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the cap iron.

The invention is designed to simplify and improve the carpenters’ plane, and particularly the block plane, in such wise as to provide advantages relating to its durability and useful facilities; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings the numeral 2 indicates a plane stock; 3 a cap iron; 4 a cutting plate or bit, and 5 a guide clamp which is secured to the bit.

The plane stock is provided with integral inclined bearings 6 on the upper or inner surface of its bottom, in rear of the transverse slot 7 through which the cutting bit is designed to protrude, these bearings coinciding in their inclination with the beveled bearing 8 of the bottom, which extends to the acute rear margin of the slot. The front margin of this slot is formed by a transverse rib 9 which connects the side walls 12, 12, which are substantially parallel and form guides for the movement of the cap iron and bit. Connecting these walls, in the throat of the stock, above and in rear of the slot, is a cross bar or bearing 14, which is perforated and threaded for the passage of a strong set screw 15, the axial direction of which is designed to be substantially in line with that portion of the bottom which is adjacent to the acute edge of the transverse slot. The cutting plate or bit 4 is designed to rest on the bearings 6 and 8, and as the setting and securing devices are located above it, this cutting plate can be disposed at a very low angle, suitable for a plane of the character indicated.

The cutting plate or bit is provided with the usual series of adjustment slots, and on the upper surface of this plate is adjusted and secured the holding or guiding clamp 5, which consists of a longitudinal base portion 16 and an upward projection or lug 17 which is provided with a bearing recess 18, open at its upper end and provided with an open-top slot bearing in rear to receive the neck of an adjusting screw 19. The base of the holding clamp is provided with a threaded aperture for a clamp screw, extending through a slot of the cutter plate. The base of this clamp 5 has parallel sides, and it is designed to engage and slide in a parallel-side recess 20 in the bottom of the cap iron 3. The bottom of the cap iron is plane to lit neatly the top of the bit, at the sides of the clamp lug. The top of the cap iron is made with a beveled front wall 21, a sloping angular bearing 22 in rear of the top of this front wall and lateral bearings or lugs 13 in line with each other and designed to engage the transverse bar 14 of the plane stock when the cap iron is forced into position. The cap iron is provided with a middle opening or slot 23 for the reception of the clamp lug, and in rear of this opening is provided a transverse bearing 24 in which is made a threaded opening for engagement with the adjusting screw 19. The shouldered end of this adjusting screw engages neatly the bearing recess 18 of the clamp lug 5, so that the adjustment of this screw moves the clamp and cutter plate backward or forward with reference to the cap iron, which therefore forms the principal or purchase element for this adjustment.

In a plane of this character the cap iron is designed to be provided with a bowed handle portion or push bearing 25 of sufficient height and span to protect the adjusting screw and allow removal of the cutter and clamp.

The front of the cap iron is of proper height to pass easily under the transverse bar or bearing 14 of the stock. And when the cutting plate, properly and securely fastened to its guide clamp, is provided with its cap iron in engagement with the adjusting screw, a combination of parts is formed which is designed to be placed on the bottom inclines of the stock and, if the set screw 15 is raised, will easily slide forward to position. In normal position the bearings 13 of the cap iron abut against the bar 14 of the stock, and the sloping bearing 22 lies under this bar. The screw 15 being now set down firmly against this sloping bearing, operates to drive the cap iron forcibly home against the transverse bar or bearing 14, and to clamp the cap iron firmly in place on the cutter plate. Adjustment of the bit is easily effected by means of the adjusting screw of the cap iron.

This plane is designed to be in a manner self-setting as its cap iron and plane iron fit together accurately beforehand, and when simply laid in place will slide forward to true position. When the cutting plate is properly secured to its guide clamp, no adjustment of the holding or setting parts is required, except in regard to the operation of the set screw and the adjusting screw. The simple devices of this plane can be taken apart and put together exactly as they were in a few seconds.

The setting and holding devices of the plane are placed above the cutting plate, in such wise that the latter may be arranged at as low an angle as may be required. The cap and plane iron are forced to accurate position and held therein by a single set screw, and without other care and attention than is required to turn the screw forcibly home.

In taking out the bit and cap iron no movement of the adjusting screw is required. The set screw being loosened up sufficiently, the cap iron, guide clamp and cutting plate will slide back and, without moving the adjusting screw, the cap-iron can be lifted from the cutter plate. Upon replacing the parts without adjustment of the screw of the cap iron, the bit takes its former position with relation to the cap iron accurately, so that when placed in the stock the cap iron will take normal position therein and there will be no change in its shaving adjustment. It is designed to provide in this plane practical operating parts which will when once adjusted always go together in accurate and true position with relation to each other to secure the same thickness of shaving without further operation of means of adjustment.

Having described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a plane, a stock having a threaded bearing, a cutter plate, a slotted cap iron on said plate having a threaded bearing, a guide clamp for said plate having an upward projecting bearing lug engaging the slot of the cap iron, an adjusting screw in the threaded bearing of the cap iron engaging said bearing lug, and a set screw in the threaded bearing of the stock engaging the cap iron.

2. In a plane, a stock having bottom inclines extending to its cutter slot, a cutter plate, a slotted cap iron provided with an adjusting screw, a guide clamp secured to the upper face of said plate and engaging the slot of the cap iron and having a bearing engaging said adjusting screw, and a set screw for the cap iron engaging a bearing of the stock.

3. In a plane, the combination with a stock having lateral parallel guide walls, bottom inclines and a threaded bearing over said bottom inclincs and a cutting plate engaging said inclines, of a cap iron engaging said guide walls and said cutting plate, a guide clamp for the cutting plate and engaging the cap iron, a set screw engaging the threaded bearing of the stock, and means in connection with said cap iron for adjusting said guide clamp and its plate to said cap iron.

4. In a plane, a stock having bearing and a threaded bearing in its throat, a cap iron having a front sloping bearing and lateral lugs to engage said transverse bearing, a cutter plate, means for adjustably connecting the cutter plate and cap iron and a set screw engaging the threaded bearing of the stock and the sloping bearing of the cap iron.

5. In a plane, a stock having bottom inclines and a threaded transverse bar over the same, a cap iron having a sloping front bearing and lugs to engage said bar, a guiding clamp for the cutter plate having sliding engagement with said cap iron, and means in connection with the latter for adjusting the guiding clamp and its cutter plate.

6. In a plane, the combination with a plane stock having bottom inclines, a threaded bearing over the same and a set screw therein, of a cutter plate on said inclines, a guiding clamp secured to the top of the cutter plate, a cap iron engaging the top of the cutter plate, and an adjusting screw engaging the cutter plate, and an adjusting screw engaging the guide clamp and the cap iron.

7. In a plane, the combination with a plane stock having bottom inclines and a set screw engaging a bearing of said stock above said inclines, of a cutter plate on said inclines, a guiding clamp secured to said cutter plate, an adjusting screw engaging said guiding clamp, and a normally stationary cap iron engaging the stock, the cutter plate, the guiding clamp, the set screw and the adjusting screw.

8. In a plane, a stock having bottom inclines, a set screw engaging a bearing of said stock above said inclines, a cutter plate on said inclines, a guiding clamp secured to the top of said plate, a normally stationary cap iron clamped on top of said plate by the set screw, and an adjusting screw connecting the cap iron and the guiding clamp.

9. A plane having a parallel-wall stock, low bottom inclines, and a bearing of said stock substantially over the cutter slot, a cutter plate on said inclines, a guiding clamp secured to the top of the cutter plate, a normally stationary cap iron on top of said cutter plate, an adjusting screw connecting the cap iron and the guiding clamp, and a set screw in a bearing of said stock engaging said cap iron.

10. In a plane, a parallel-wall stock having a transverse bearing, a cutter plate, a cap iron normally abutting against said bearing, a guiding clamp on top of said cutter plate, an adjusting screw, a set screw, and means in connection with said cap iron and set screw for forcing the cap iron to normal position against said bearing.

11. In a plane, a parallel-wall stock having a threaded transverse bearing in its throat, a cutter plate, a guiding clamp secured to its top, a cap iron engaging said clamp and abutting against the transverse bearing and having a push handle, an adjusting screw connecting said cap iron and guiding clamp, and a set screw engaging said transverse bearing and the cap iron.

12. In a plane, the combination with a parallel-wall stock, a transverse threaded bearing bar in its throat and a set screw in said bar, of a cutter plate, an adjustable clamping guide secured thereon, and a cap iron having normal position abutting said bar and engaged by said set screw.

13. In a plane, the combination with a stock and a threaded transverse bar in its throat, of a cutter plate, a guiding clamp above the cutter plate, a cap iron, means of adjustment connecting the guiding clamp and its cutter plate to the cap iron, and a set screw engaging said threaded transverse bar.

14. A cap iron of a plane having a central guide slot to engage a projection of a clamp for the bit, a threaded bearing in rear of said slot for an adjusting screw to engage said clamp, lateral lugs controlling its normal position in the stock, and a sloping angular bearing adapted to operate under the pressure of a set screw of the stock to force the cap iron to normal position.

15. A plane having in its throat a transverse bearing bar, a cutter plate, movable guiding means for clamping said cutter plate, movable means for adjusting and holding the clamping means, and means in connection withsaid transverse bearing bar for forcing the adjusting and holding means to normal fixed position against said transverse bar.

16. The combination with a parallel-wall stock having a transverse bar and bottom inclines, of a sliding cutter plate, a guide clamp carried thereby, a cap iron engaging said guide clamp, means of adjustment connecting the guide clamp and cap iron, and means for securing the cap iron in its lowest position against the transverse bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. GAGE.

Witnesses:
SADIE HOFFMAN,
H. D. STANNARD.

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Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the “Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.”
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No. 485,923 – Truing Device For Bench-Planes (John Porcius Gage) (1892)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOHN PORCIUS GAGE, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

TRUING DEVICE FOR BENCH-PLANES.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,923, dated November 8, 1892.
Application filed March 31, 1892. Serial No. 427,209. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PORCIUS GAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Truing Devices for Bench-Planes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of the device and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same.

This invention relates to certain novel devices for truing up or facing off the working or face side of carpenters’ bench-planes; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter specified.

The invention more particularly consists in providing an abrasive surface held upon a suitable support in such a manner that all parts thereof will in so far as possible lie in the same plane, so that by rubbing the working face of the plane over such surface said face will be left perfectly true and smooth, which is a necessary qualification for a tool of this character. For truing up wooden planes this abrasive surface consists in a strip of ordinary sandpaper arranged in the manner above specified, while with metal planes emery-paper is employed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a convenient and effective manner of arranging the abrasive material, which consists in providing an elongated frame or table A, formed from a heavy metal casting having the horizontal portion B, the surface of which is in so far as possible a true plane, and is supported by the integral vertical depending flanges J, reinforced at intervals by the transverse portions K. Along the lateral outer faces of the flanges J are projecting lugs k, located at intervals, by means of which the table may be rigidly held in a stationary position in a suitable block or support. Over the upper surface of the horizontal portion B is tightly stretched a strip of sand or emery paper C, which is made secure at its ends in such a manner as to insure against an endwise or lateral displacement. In the drawings I have shown this as effected by bringing the ends of the paper over the ends of the frame or table and under depending flanges c, between which flanges and the ends D of the table are driven wedges P. Tapered wedges P are also driven under the paper from opposite sides against the flanges c. Should the paper become slack, these wedges may be driven in a greater distance. The heavy casting forming the table or support forms an effective means for the purpose, in that it is free from any vibration and renders the operation of the device very satisfactory. It will be understood, however, that I do not desire to limit myself to any especial devices for holding the paper in place, as such devices may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

The herein-described device for truing up the working faces of bench-planes and other articles, said device comprising a heavy oblong rectangular metal casting having a true upper horizontal surface and formed at its ends with the under transverse lugs and a strip or piece of material provided with an abrasive surface stretched tightly over the true surface of said casting, the ends of said strip or piece being extended over the ends of the casting and clamped in said under transverse lugs, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PORCIUS GAGE.

Witnesses:
JOHN S. GAGE,
W. W. BENTHALL.

No. 421,407 – Molding-Plane (Richard Kreinberg) (1890)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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RICHARD KREINBERG, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MOLDING-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,407, dated February 18, 1890.
Application filed April 24, 1889. Serial No. 308,398. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD KREINBERG, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molding-Planes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved molding tool or plane which is intended for usein molding all kinds of straight or circular work, the tool being also adapted for preparatory work — such as advance cutting and plowing — and finishing work, such as scraping the molded parts.

The invention consists of a molding-tool the stock of which is provided at one end with a stirrup, between which and the end of the stock is introduced the molding or other tool, said stirrup being rigidly applied to the tool by a transverse cross-piece that passes through slots of the stock and engages the slotted inner ends of the stirrup and by a screw-bolt that extends longitudinally through the stock and is provided with a thumb-nut at the outer threaded end. The side of the stock is provided with longitudinal grooves, in which is guided a correspondingly-shaped slide-piece, so as to serve as a guide for the molding-tool, according as the same is used on the straight or curved work.

The invention consists, further, of certain details of construction and combination of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved molding tool or plane. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a face view of the end plate of the stock. Figs. 5 to 8 are face and edge views of different cutters that can be used with my improved molding-plane and the blade-stock for the same. Figs. 9 to 12 are detail views showing different blades that can be used with my improved molding-plane.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the stock of my improved molding-plane, which is preferably made of hard wood and provided in each side with a longitudinal groove a, and below the same with a narrow part A’, having a convex under side, along which is guided a slide-piece B, which is recessed in such a manner as to correspond to the bottom piece A’ of the stock A and engage the grooves a of the same. The slide-piece B is adjusted on the stock A by a set-screw b, which presses against a plate B’ in the slide and resting on the convex bottom of the surface of the stock A, so as to secure the slide-piece in any desired position on the stock. One face of the slide-piece B is made straight, while the op-
posite face is made convex, so that the slide-piece can be used for guiding the plane along a straight or curved edge, accordingly as straight or curved work has to be done.

To one end of the stock A is applied a U-shaped sliding stirrup C, which stirrup is connected at its inner longitudinally-open end by a cross-piece C’, provided with end lugs d’, said lugs engaging the slotted ends of the stirrup, so as to permit the adjustment of the stirrup toward or away from the end of the stock A.

The adjustment of the stirrup C is accomplished by a longitudinal screw-rod D, which is connected to the transverse piece C’ and provided with a thumb-nut D’ at its threaded end, the screw-bolt passing through a longitudinal opening in the stock A.

Between the thumb-nut D’ and the end of the stock A a washer D2 is provided for protecting the stock A.

The transverse piece C’ is passed through longitudinal side slots d of the stock A, the length of the slots defining the distance at which the outer end of the stirrup C can be adjusted from the end of the stock A.

The end of the stock A is provided with an end plate l, having grooves e e’, the outer grooves being wider than the central groove, said grooves, with the grooves e2 e3 in the end piece of the stirrup, serving for the purpose of holding the different single-shanked cutters, saws, or blades shown in Figs. 9 to 12.

For molding any one of the molding-cutters is used, which are formed of a blade-stock E’, that is recessed for the shanks of the U-shaped blade E, said shanks being beveled and secured to the recessed edges of the stock E’ by a fastening-plate E2, that is firmly secured by fastening-screws.

For planing the U-shaped blade is sharpened at the inner edge and made tapering toward the outer edge, so as to pass readily through the groove to be cut thereby.

The preparatory work — such as advance cutting and plowing — is done by the advance cutters and plows E3, as shown in Figs. 10 to 12, said tools being respectively inserted into the grooves e’ e3 e’ e3 in the end plate l of the stock and in the inner face of the stirrup.

The advance cutting and plowing facilitates the work of the grooving or molding tool.

When the cutting of the groove or molding is accomplished, the scraping of the same is done by a suitable scraping-cutter, which is inserted between the end of the stock and the inner face of the stirrup.

When sawing has to be done, a small saw E4, Fig. 9, is inserted in the grooves e e2 of the stirrup C and the stock A, all the blades being firmly held by tightly applying the stirrup to the blade or tool and holding it rigidly in position by adjusting the thumb-nut of the stirrup-adjusting screw-rod D.

The U-shaped cutting-blades used in connection with my molding-plane have shanks beveled at the rear edges, which fit into corresponding recesses of the stock E’, so as to be firmly held in position by the fastening-plate attached to the end of the blade-stock E’.

Small grooving-tools are provided with but one shank, in order that they may be sharpened with greater facility, as shown in Fig. 7. In some cases the grooving-tool may be provided with a suitable scratch or advance cutter E5, which is retained in position by side plates E6 and a set-screw E7, as shown in Fig. 8.

My improved plane is adapted for grooving the hand-rails of stair-balustrades and for doing all other grooved or molded work, which heretofore had to be carved out by means of a number of different tools, so that the work is greatly simplified and facilitated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent —

1. A planing-tool composed of a stock having an adjustable guide-piece at its lower part, an adjustable stirrup at one end of the stock, a cutting or other tool interposed between the end of the stock and the head of the stirrup, and a screw-rod for adjusting the stirrup on the stock, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a stock having a transverse slot at its middle part, a U~shaped stirrup applied to one end of the stock, a transverse plate engaging the free ends of the stirrup, a longitudinal screw-rod connected to said transverse piece, and a thumb-nut on the outer threaded end of the screw-rod, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a grooved stock having a grooved end or head, a stirrup applied to the grooved end of the stock and being provided with a grooved inner face, a transverse piece that engages slots of the stirrup, a longitudinal screw-bolt in the stock for locking the transverse piece to the stirrup, and grooving or other tools inserted between the grooved ends of the stock and the grooved face of the stirrup, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD KREINBERG.

Witnesses:
PAUL GOEPEL,
CARL KARP.

No. 339,872 – Bench-Plane (John Porcius Gage) (1886)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOHN PORCIUS GAGE, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,872, dated April 13, 1886.
Application filed January 16, 1886. Serial No. 188,770. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PORCIUS GAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bench-Planes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the clamping-plates. Fig. 3 is another view of the same plate. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tool, and shows the clamp upon the upper side or front. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the tool, and shows the clamp upon the rear or under side.

This invention has relation to improvements in bench-planes; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a bench-plane in which the bit or cutting-tool may be properly adjusted both laterally and longitudinally, and when adjusted laterally the longitudinal movement will be in a straight line, and with its edge parallel to the lower surface of the plane-stock.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the plane-stock, of rectangular shape, and provided with the handles a a’, firmly secured by screws or otherwise to its upper surface, and respectively near its front and rear ends.

a2 is the slot for the tool-holder in the plane-stock.

B is the holder for the bit or cutting-tool, secured in the slot a2. The holder B is provided with the inclined rear plate, b, secured in the slot a2 by means of the slots b’ and screws b2 and the parallel side plates, b3 b3, which lie against the side of the slot a2, and are connected by the transverse rod b4, as shown.

b5 is a larger longitudinal slot in the plate D, serving a purpose hereinafter explained, and b6 is an adjusting-screw, which engages a threaded opening in a stud, b7, on the rear surface of the top of said plate. The screw b6 has a suitable milled head on its upper end, and a circular or disk-like enlargement, b8 its lower end.

The tool-holder B is at its lower end flush with the lower surface of the stock, and has the usual transverse tool-opening in the said lower end.

If desired, the tool holder may be so made as not to extend through the stock.

C is the bit or cutting-tool, provided with the series of transverse slots c c and a proper cutting-edge at its lower end.

C’ is a clamping-plate, through a central opening in which the screw c’ passes. The said screw also passes through any one of the slots c of the tool, upon the front surface of which the clamp rests. The end of the screw c’ engages in one of the threaded openings d d in the guide-clamp D, which lies upon the rear surface of the tool C.

The clamp D consists of a rectangular plate, d’, and a guide-block, d2, on the rear surface of said plate. The block d2 has at its upper end the semicircular recess d3, open at top. Into this recess the disk b8 enters and turns freely therein, the block d2 passing through the slot b5 of the tool-holder. The sides of the block are squared, and made of proper dimensions to fit snugly within the slot.

It is evident from the foregoing that by turning the screw b6 up or down the cutting-tool C may be raised or lowered, and that the slot b5 will form a guide for the block d2 and for the tool clamped thereto by the means described, so that the edge of the tool, being made parallel to the lower surface of the stock, will always remain so, either when raised or lowered. Should the edge be not parallel to the bottom, the tool can be partially rotated between the clamps C’ and D’ by hand-pressure or by a light blow from a hammer, the screw c’ being loose enough to permit this. The slots c allow the position of the clamps C’ and D’ on the cutting-tool to be varied when necessary. Each slot c also allows the tool to be adjusted laterally between the clamps.

E is a clamping-plate of rectangular shape, and fitting into the tool-holder B between the side plates, b3. The plate E lies upon the tool C, and has a recess, e, on its inside surface for the reception of the clamping-plate C’.

e’ is a transverse shoulder on the outer surface of the plate E, which shoulder, when the plate is in position, rests upon the under side of the bar or rod b4.

e2 is a set-screw passing through a threaded opening in the plate E near its upper edge, and impinging upon the surface of the clamping-plate C’. The said screw does not possess sufficient hold on the plate to prevent the adjustment of the cutting tool.

By the construction described the necessity of setting the cutting-edge of the tool parallel with the bottom of the stock every time the said tool is moved or taken out is avoided, as the tool will keep permanently parallel therewith if the adjusting-clamp is not changed nor the cutting-edge worn unevenly.

Should the plate E be removed, the tool may at any time be taken out of the stock and replaced without altering the adjustment, as all the other parts must hold their relative positions to each other without the adjusting-screw b6 has its position changed.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. In a bench-plane, the combination, with the plane-stock, the tool-holder, slotted as described, and the adjusting-screw b, moving in a threaded opening in said tool-holder, of the tool C, the clamping-plate C’ on the outer side of the tool, and the clamp D on the under side thereof, the said clamp being provided with the block d2, passing through the slot b5 of the tool-holder and having the recess d3, which engages the disk b8 of the screw b, and the screw holding the clamp to the tool, substantially as specified.

2. In a bench-plane, the combination, with the plane stock and tool-holder, constructed as described, of the clamps C’ and D, the tool C, arranged between the said clamps and having the transverse slots c, and the screw c’, for securing the clamps to the tool, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

JOHN PORCIUS GAGE.

Witnesses:
LEVERETT NEWCOMB,
LOUIS H. LEE,
ASAHEL GAGE.

No. 323,804 – Bench-Plane (John P. Gage) (1885)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOHN P. GAGE , OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,804, dated August 4, 1885.
Application filed April 23, 1885. (Model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. GAGE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bench-Planes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the cutter and the pivoted finger-lever removed from the plane. Fig. 3 is a view of the adjusting-screw and cutter-bearing removed. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the bearing-plate, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the fellow plate and cup-plate with the bearing-screw and casting applied.

This invention has relation to improvements in carpenters’ planes; and it consists in certain novel devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body of the plane, which is formed with an oblique transverse slot, B, for the cutter and its. adjusting devices. C is the handle.

D is a metal bearing, which is set into the oblique slot B, and is secured therein. The lower face of this bearing is flush with the bearing-face of the plane-body, and may be made a little concave in its middle portions, or between its front and rear bearing-edges. This metal bearing is provided with an extension, E, backward and upward, which is slotted at F, and has a threaded bearing at G for the adjusting-screw H. It is also provided with lateral stops K.

L L are the elongated openings or slots through which the fastening-screws pass. A transverse bearing, m, is provided, usually in rounded or rod form, which is located upward and forward from the main face of the casting, on which the cutter rests.

N is the cutter, slotted at P, and provided with an under bearing, R, which is designed to engage the enlarged end a of the adjusting-screw. This bearing descends into the opening B of the casting D when the cutter is applied in position.

S is a lever having its fulcrum-bearing c in the slot of the cutter, and engaging a stud, d, of the bearing B, or of its fellow plate T, which is firmly secured to said bearing B, usually by a screw, e. The handle of the lever S projects backward and upward within easy reach of the fingers. The object of this lever movement is to enable the operator to adjust the cutter laterally, so that when its cutting-edge is inclined or out of trim a single movement of the lever to the right or left, as the case may require, will correct the deviation and bring the cutting-edge into true relation with the bearing-face of the plane. Other forms of lever-connections may be employed with the cutter, or the adjustment may be made by means of lateral screws, or a screw may be employed, extending downward and forward, to operate an eccentric in connection with the cutter. Many devices to effect this lateral adjustment of the cutter-plate will occur to those skilled in the art.

V is the cap-plate, which is adjustable by means of screws g g passing through siots h h, in the fastening-piece or top casting, V, which carries the bearing-screw Z. This top V is formed with a concave rounded bearing, k, adapted to engage the transverse rod an and hold the fastening-piece or cap-plate firmly in position.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. In a plane, the combination of the slotted cutter, the under bearing, B, having a stud, d, and operated by means of the adjusting-screw, the fellow plate, screw connecting the fellow plate and bearing R, lever S, and its fulcrum-bearing c, arranged in the slot of the cutter, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the slotted cutter, a bearing arranged beneath the same, with a stud passing through the slot of the said cutter, a fellow plate connected with the said under bearing, the finger-lever, and its fulcrum-bearing, as c, arranged in the slot, wherby lateral deviations of the cutting-edge may be corrected, substantially as specified.

3. A plane having an lever adapted to correct deviations in the edge of the cutter, which lever has its lower end pivoted in a longitudinal slot of the cutter, and provided with a stud to engage and move laterally a fulcrum-bearing in the said slot, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. GAGE.

Witnesses:
THEO. MUNGEN,
PHILIP C. MASI.

No. 271,569 – Bench-Plane (David A. Bridges) (1883)

No. 271,569 – Bench-Plane (David A. Bridges) (1883)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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DAVID A. BRIDGES, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO JOHN GAGE, OF SAME PLACE.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,569, dated January 30, 1883.
Application filed April 17, 1882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID A. BRIDGES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vineland, Cumberland county, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Bench-Planes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an efficient bench-plane which can be adjusted with perfect ease to its work; and the invention consists mainly in providing fixed bearings in the stock or throat-iron for the cap-plate, and adjusting the bit independently thereof, in the construction and novel arrangement of the parallel-sided throat-iron or bit-holder having the wear-face, in the construction and novel arrangement of the transverse bit-clamp forming the bearing which engages the adjusting-screw, in the combination of the adjusting-screw with the bit-holder and wear-plate, these being formed entire, and in the construction and novel arrangement of the base-plate of the handle let into a recessed and depressed seat in the rear of the stock, all as hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a section; Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are details.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a plane-stock, preferably made of wood.

Through the stock is formed an oblique mortise or throat-opening at B, the walls of which are parallel. In this mortise or opening is seated the inclined parallel-sided throat-iron or bit-holder G, which extends entirely through the stock, so that its lower surface, D, is flush with the base of the stock and forms the wear-plate.

Through the lower portion of the bit-holder C is made the throat-slot a, which extends from one side wall, b, to the other of the iron bit-holder. In front of the slot a extends upward and forward the bevel guide-wall c, and in rear of said slot extends upward and rearward the inclined wall d, against which the bit-plate E bears. In the rear wall, d,are formed the slots c, through which the screws e’ are driven into the stock, serving to secure the bit-holding iron in position after adjustment. On each lateral wall of this throat-iron or bit-holding iron C is formed a lug or bearing, g, which overhangs the bearing-wall d of the throat-iron at its side.

F is a slot made in the upper portion of the inclined wall d, above and in rear of which a threaded bearing, h, is provided to receive an adjusting-screw, G, the axis of which is parallel to said inclined wall d. This screw is provided with a cylindrical stem, k, having upper and lower collars or stops, l.

The bit-plate E is single and of ordinary shape, being made without perforation usually, as it is not designed to attach a cap-iron to it, the principle of the present invention involving the employment of an independent cap-iron not attached to the bit-plate or adjustable therewith.

F is a transverse clamp, consisting of two sections, m m, which are connected and drawn together by means of a transverse screw, s, which passes through downwardly-extended lugs it of said sections. These lugs are made of proper length to fit between the collars or stops l of the adjusting-screw on its stem k when the bit-plate is in position on the inclined bearing-wall d of the throat-iron.

The adjusting-screw G is provided with a milled head, by turning which the bit-plate can be raised or lowered, according to the set required. By means of this adjusting device the bit can be set to remove coarse shavings or those of the finest character.

H indicates the cap-iron, which is placed on the upper surface of the bit-plate, extending under the lateral lugs or bearings g of the throat-iron, which it engages by means of edge-recesses or catch-bearings t, so that its position in the throat-opening is fixed, its lower edge being nearly flush with the wear-face D of the throat-iron. This cap-iron is provided with a set-screw, L, which passes through the upper portion of said cap-iron and bears on the face of the bit-plate. When the cap-iron is in place the lower portion or edge thereof is brought to bear forcibly on the bit-plate near its cutting-edge by turning this set-screw, this operation raising the rear and upper portion of the cap-iron and forcing its lower edge downward. In this manner both cap-iron and bit-plate are secured in position, and when adjustment is needed it is accomplished by turning the adjusting-screw G and moving the bit-plate without altering the position of the cap-iron, which remains stationary and in the same position for every position of the bit-plate. The cap-plate, being of metal (usually iron) and of moderate thickness, possesses sufficient elastic or yielding properties to permit the bit to slide along the point of the set-screw I, when operated by the adjusting-screw, as described.

The handle N is provided with a base-plate, P, which is let into a seat, v, in the rear portion of the stock, this seat being recessed in the stock for this purpose. Usually the rear end of the stock is cut away or depressed, as indicated at w, and in the depressed surface the recess-seat in is formed. The position of the handle is such that when it is grasped the milled head of the adjusting-screw G will be within easy reach of the fingers, so that the position of the bit plate can be adjusted while the plane is in operation. The bit-plate need never be removed from this plane except for repairs or sharpening, all required adjustments being accomplished with the greatest ease while the bit is in place.

Having described this invention what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. In a bench-plane having fixed bearings in its throat for the cap-iron, the combination, with a cap-iron having lateral notches to engage said fixed bearings of the independently-adjustable bit-plate E, adapted to be moved in the direction of its length without moving the cap-iron, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the oblique throat-iron and its adjusting-screw G, of the bit-plate E, its clamp sections having lugs n, and the transverse connecting-screw, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the oblique throat-iron and adjusting-screw G, seated therein, of the bit-plate E, having lugs n, engaging the said adjusting-screw, and the stationary cap-iron and its adjusting-screw, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. BRIDGES.

Witnesses:
CHARLES F. KELLOGG,
ALBRO S. BROWN.

No. 149,026 – Improvement In Grooving And Tonguing Planes (Richard Brown) (1874)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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RICHARD BROWN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN GROOVING AND TONGUlNG PLANES.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,026, dated March 31, 1874; application filed December 27, 1873.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BROWN, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Grooving and Tonguing Planes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a match-plane adapted for cutting both tongues and grooves. The invention consists in the combination, with such plane, of a central guide, arranged between the two soles and stocks of the plane, and made capable of lateral adjustment in either direction, so as to adapt the plane to cut the tongue and groove in the edge of the lumber at a greater or less distance from the plane of one of the sides thereof, as may be required.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved plane. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof with one-half of the stock removed. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are cross-sections, respectively, in lines x x, y y, and z z, Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

A A’ represent the two stocks of the plane; B, the tonguing-iron, and B’ the grooving-iron, arranged in the stocks A A’, respectively, in the ordinary manner. C is the guide or fence, arranged centrally between the lower portions of the stocks A A’. It consists of a straight metallic bar or plate, of equal length with the stocks, having an upper and thinner portion, c, fitting in recesses formed in the adjacent sides of the two stocks, and a lower and wider portion, c’, projecting below the soles of the stocks, and resting against the same by means of rectangular shoulders or offsets, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The two stocks are connected with the guide C, so as to be capable of lateral adjustment, each independent of the other, in the following manner: D D represent two horizontal set-screws, arranged transversely in the stock A, near its ends, and working in threaded holes d in the portion c of the guide C. These set-screws are retained against lengthwise movement in the stock A by their heads turning in contact with the outer face of metallic washers E, secured in the side of the stock A, and a pin, f, passing through each set-screw in contact with the inner surface of said washers, or by equivalent means. D’ D’ represent two similar set-screws for connecting the stock A’ with the guide C. They are arranged in the same horizontal plane with the set-screws D D, but not so as to coincide therewith, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. G is a horizontal screw-bolt, arranged transversely and centrally in the guide C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, so that its ends project from either side of the guide into the two stocks A and A’, respectively, which latter are provided with suitable recesses for that purpose. The threaded bolt G is secured in the guide G by a pin or otherwise, to prevent it from turning in its seat. H H’ represent two tubular screws, or countersunk screw-nuts, engaging with the projecting ends of the screw-bolt G, and bearing, with their heads, against the sides of the stocks A and A’, respectively, which are, preferably, provided with countersunk metallic washers i as bearing-surfaces.

In Fig. 3 the two stocks A and A’ are shown in close contact with the central guide C, in which condition of the implement the groove and tongue are cut closer to the guide C, resting against the side of the board which is being operated upon.

In order to increase the distance at which the tongue or groove, or both, are cut from the guide C, the respective tubular screw is first sufficiently loosened, when the set-screws of the stock requiring adjustment are gradually turned, so as to screw out of the guide C, until the required distance is obtained, when the tubular screw is tightened, and the stock thereby firmly secured in this position.

The set-screws D D’ and bolt G are, preferably, arranged in the same horizontal plane, to prevent bending of the set-screws by the tightening of the nuts H H’.

Irons of different widths may be used in the implement, in order to adapt the same to lumber of different thicknesses.

The stocks are adjusted in the opposite direction, in an obvious manner, by the reversal of the above-described operation.

What I claim as my invention is —

The combination and arrangement, with the two stocks A A’, of the central adjustable guide C, set-screws D D’, bolt G, and screw-nut H H’, adapted to operate as and for the purposes set forth.

RICHARD BROWN.

Witnesses:
CHAS. E. HILL,
FREDERICK H. WOOLFALL.

No. 135,341 – Improvement In Planes For Scraping (Joseph Jones) (1873)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOSEPH JONES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO
WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLANES FOR SCRAPING.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,341, dated January 28, 1873.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH JONES, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Scraping-Planes, of Which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to that class of implements used in smoothing the surface of hard wood and other hard material, known as scraping-planes; and it consists in the combination, with the holder which carries the scraping-tool and with suitable slotted supports arranged at the sides of the stock, of a transverse bolt and a locking-nut, in such manner that the scraping-tool may be adjusted at any angle required in the work to which the implement is applied.

Figure 1 is a side view of an implement made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

A is the stock, made of metal, and, in the main, in the ordinary manner, and provided with the handle B, whereby the requisite reciprocating movement is given to the implement when in use, and also with the upwardly-projecting cheeks m at the sides. At a, is the throat through which project the lower or scraping edges of the plane-iron C, this iron C being confined in the holder D. The holder is composed of two parts, b c, the former of which is pivoted by the lateral bearings at its lower end in close proximity to the throat a, as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1, and also shown in Fig. 2. The part c is attached by lugs b’ and pivots c’ to the part b, and carries at its upper end the screw d. By placing the iron C between the two parts and tightening the screw d, the iron is, of course, firmly clamped in place in the said holder. At each lateral edge of the part b of the holder is a lug or ear, g, and arranged in due relation thereto is a bar or support, F, pivoted, as shown at e’, to that end of the stock opposite the handle, and formed at its upper part with a longitudinal slot, a’, of a curvature which, when the supports are in position, as herein presently described, is on an arc more or less concentric with the pivoted point near the throat a of the holder. A transverse bolt, G, having a head, r, at one end and a nut, r’, at the other, is passed through the slots a’ of the supports just mentioned, and also through holes formed in the lugs g of the holder, in such manner that, by tightening the nut r’, the frictional hold of the head and nut of the bolt G upon the supports F will rigidly retain the same in a fixed position, and thereby insure the retention of the holder and its contained scraping-tool at any angle to which it may be adjusted. The degree of adjustment is, of course, limited only by the length of the slots in the supports F, Which latter serve to brace and sustain the tool against the strain exerted when the same is in use. Instead of having the supports pivoted, as hereinbefore described, the same may be constituted in one with the cheeks m — the latter being extended upvvard to a sufficient height, and provided With arc-shaped slots answering to those of the pivoted supports F, and for the same purpose.

What I claim as my invention is —

The combination, With the holder D having lugs g, of the slotted supports F pivoted to the stock A and the tightening-bolt G, the whole arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSEPH JONES.

Witnesses:
HERBERT COTTRELL,
I. M. TAYLOR.

No. 110,765 – Improvement In Carpenters Shooting-Boards (Joseph Jones) (1871)

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United States Patent Office.

JOSEPH JONES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 110,765, dated January 3, 1871.
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IMPROVEMENT IN CARPENTERS’ SHOOTING-BOARDS.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

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I, JOSEPH JONES, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in the Carpenter’s Shooting-Board secured to me by Letters Patent, No. 52,719, issued February 20, 1866, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The first improvement relates to the bed-piece upon which the piece of wood lies to be planed;
The second relates to the stop and to its adjustment ; and
The third to an addition to the stop.

Figure 1 is a plan of the bed-piece, showing the improvements in both bed-piece and stop;
Figure 2 is an end view of the same;
Figure 3 is the additional attachment to the stop;
Figure 4 is a top view; and
Figure 5 is an end view of the same.

A is the bed-piece, which, from the end y to the stop, is a separate piece from the main frame;
B is the main frame;
C is the base-board; and
D, the stop.

In providing for the elevation of the bed-piece A, it is essential that its upper edge, next to the face of the plane, should be the center of motion, remaining close to the face of the plane, while the lower edge recedes therefrom, as the bed-piece is turned up to a required angle. To this end two rods, X, each a segment of a circle, whose center is at z on the upper edge-line of the bed-piece, are attached to and form part of the bed-piece A, and move in guides in the main frame B.

Upon the edge of the base-board C is a hinged screw-bolt, V; and to the back edge of the bed-piece there is attached a slotted bar, W.

The hinged bolt V goes through the slot in the bar W, and the bar is held in position by the thumb-nut n, securing the bed-piece A at any required angle of inclination.

The frame B has, from the end of the bed-piece A, at z, its upper face level with the bed-piece, when that bed-piece lies flat on the frame, upon which level face the stop D is secured.

t and u (the latter shown by dotted lines in fig. 1) show two slots in the level face, placed at right angles to each other.

A pin, r, passes through the slot u and the foot-piece q of the stop D, and a bolt, with a thumb-screw or nut, s, also passes through the foot-piece q and through a slot, t, in the frame, by which the stop is made easily adjustable to any required angle, and is held securely in place on the frame.

As an additional support to long stuff when having a bevel planed on its end, the frame, fig. 3, is made conveniently attachable to and detachable from the stop D.

In the outer bar of that frame is a semicircular slot, which is a segment of a circle, whose center is z on the main frame.

A projecting support, k, held by a thumb-screw, is by those means adjustable, as may be required, to any desired inclination.

Thus, having described my improvements, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

The bed-plate B and adjustable table A, in combination with the stop D, all the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating in the manner and for the purpose as shown and described.

JOSEPH JONES.

Witnesses:
WM. M. GOODING,
EDWARD COLLVER.

No. 52,719 – Improvement In Carpenter’s Shooting Boards (Joseph Jones) (1866)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOSEPH JONES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPENTERS’ SHOOTING-BOARDS.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,719, dated February 20, 1866.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH JONES, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in the Implement technically termed by workers in wood a “Shooting-Board” and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being herein had to the drawings accompanying this specification, making part of the same.

The nature of my improvement consists in attachments which adapt the board to the shooting or planing at any required angle in the direction required by the grain of the wood, and in securing the plane to the board in a way to ease its motion, at the same time rendering it more stable or solid at its work.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the board and the plane as when ready for use. Fig. 2 represents the end of the plane with the peculiarly – formed attachment thereto. Fig. 3 shows the bed-piece to which the plane is connected, with the providings for holding the plane securely thereto; also is shown an end view of the bed-piece and an end view of the shooting – board, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows the various parts used in the construction of the stop against which the piece to be planed is held.

The base-board, as is usual, has the part A elevated above the part B, the difference being increased in my improvement to admit under the plane C the bed-piece D, Fig. 3, the edge z of the bed-piece D being fitted to and sliding in the groove y in the edge of the elevated part A of the base-board.

The groove is shown in the end view of the base-board, Fig. 3.

The edge x has a projection, u, on the under side, as shown in the end view in Fig. 3, which slides in the V-shaped groove t. (Seen in the end view of the base-board at Fig. 3.)

On each end of the plane C is affixed a projecting piece, s, Fig. 2, which, when the plane is placed in the bed-piece D, is between the ends of the set-screws r, by which the plane is held down firmly to the bed-piece. The piece s being wider at the bottom than at the top, every turn of the screws r tends to pressing the plane close down to the bed-piece D, the set-screws being attached to the bed-piece by their nuts being formed in the projections p on the bed-piece D.

When necessary varied inclinations of the face of the plane C can be had by inclined bed-pieces, and the same result is attainable by the use of beveled pieces laid on the base-board under the piece to be planed.

The stop against which the board is placed to be planed has a face-piece, o, Fig. 4, has on its back a projecting plate, n, said plate having a flange in which are two slots, through which the two screws on pass into the face-piece o, by which means are provided for the adjustment ofthe face-piece required when planing at different angles.

The under side of the projecting plate it is formed as a groove of the required width to admit the piece k, Fig. 4, upon which the projecting plate n is movable.

The edge view of the piece k shows on the under side a pin, j, which fits the holes i on the base-board, Fig. 1, to keep the stop in the desired place required by various angles, the whole combined stop being secured to the base-board by the thumb-screw E, Fig. 4, which passes through the slots h, (seen in the base-board,) the projecting piece n, and the slide k, the head being below and the nut on the upper side.

In the provisions above described for the adjustment of the parts of a shooting-board necessary for angular planing and tor the steadiness and security of the plane, I do not confine myself to either metal or wood in any of the parts, using the one or the other as the worlrman chooses.

For convenience a projection, g, is attached to the end of the stop face-piece o, to form a support when the piece being planed is of an inconvenient length to be held steady by the hand of the operator.
The placing of a handle upon the side of the plane that is uppermost when performing the operation of shooting joints on the board gives the workman important advantage over the ordinary manner of grasping the body of the plane in the hand.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

The shooting – board constructed and arranged substantially as hereinabove specified, as an improved implement or tool.

JOSEPH JONES.

Witnesses:
CHAS. H. SKINNER,
WILLIAM MARTIN.

No. 11,635 – Multiform Molding Plane (Thomas Worrall) (1854)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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THOMAS WORRALL, OF MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO MIFFLIN PAUL.

MULTIFORM MOLDING-PLANE.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,635, dated August 29, 1854.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WORRALL, of Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, have invented an Improveinent in Carpenters’ Molding and Grooving Planes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the application of slides, by means of plates and screws) to the plane which will render that plane capable of working all kinds of moldings rabbets and grooves.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I make a dovetail and groove in the face of a plane, then screw or pivot a plate to the side of that plane, with holes through which screws may pass to secure the slide, I now make a slide of any pattern and put into the groove and dovetail which I secure by means of the screws which pass through the plate.

Figure 1 in the drawing is the end of the plate. Fig. 2, shows the end of the plane dovetailed and groove on the face. Fig. 1 is securely screwed or riveted to Fig. 2, at a, which forms Fig. 3, and thus forming the opening for the slide as seen on Fig. 3, at b–b. C, D, E, F are slides made to fit into this opening. Fig. 5 is the guide to a common plow, or sash filleter. Fig. 4, is the side of a plane, showing the brass, or iron plate.

g, g, on Fig. 5, should pass through the holes g, g, on Fig. 4. Now take slide C, and put it into the plane at b, b, as seen on Fig. 3 and you have a sash filleter complete; then take out slide C, and put in slide D, and you have a plow plane complete.

The stop on the side of the plane marked, h, is to regulate the depth of groove by the plow, or of the rabbet by the filleter. The two planes thus formed, are the only two requiring either the guide Fig. 5, or the stop, h. Let these be taken off, and in the place of slide D, put in slide E, and you have a common bead plane, remove that slide, and put in slide F, and you have a molding plane, and so on with every conceivable kind of plane. The only thing required to make as great a variety of moldings &c. as you please, are a new slide and a new iron to each.

The slides are made firm to the bed of the plane, by screws as seen on the plate on Fig. 4, and marked i, i, i. These pass through the plate into another plate on each of the slides, (which plate is denoted by the thick black mark on the drawings at j) and are thus screwed firmly to the plane, and if additional firmness should be required, which may be the case when the plane is required to make very wide moldings, it may be obtained by passing a, screw through the plane at k, as seen on Fig. 3, into a plate denoted on the drawings by the thick black mark at l in slide C and thus screwing the slide more firmly against the base of the plane at m, on Fig. 3.

What therefore I claim as my invention, and for which I desire security by Letters Patent, is —

The slide attached to a plane, by means of plates and screws, which will make that plane capable of working all kinds of grooves fillets and moldings.

THOS. WORRALL.

Witnesses:
R. B. NAYLER,
JOHN S. PEAK.