Tag: Shoulder Planes

No. 277,556 – Bench-Plane (Daniel M. Fielding) (1883)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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DANIEL M. FIELDING, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,556, dated May 15, 1883.
Application filed January 31, 1883. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. FIELDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bench-Planes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a plane which is adapted to be applied to shoulders or rabbets for the purpose of squaring, cutting, and truing the same, and this in such directions as is required by the grain of the material of either or both faces of the rabbet or shoulder, in order to properly proportion it for the reception of other structures intended to be seated therein, such as doors, windows, and inset box-covers and the like.

With this object in view my invention consists in a plane having certain characteristics hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section, of a plane constructed in accordance with my invention.

Like letters refer to like parts in both figures.

A represents the plane-stock, having a perfectly flat bottom, a, throughout its entire length. It may be of wood or of metal, and from the top of this stock projects the push and guide handle a2, the forward end of the stock being in this instance thinner than the rear end. Two separate detached independent plane-iron seats, a3 a4, are formed one upon each side of the stock, and between these seats a rib or partition, a5, remains, the lower surface of which lies in the same plane with the bottom surface of the stock, while the upper surface of said rib is in this instance inclined from the thick rear end to the front end of said stock.

B B represent the plane-irons, secured in their seats in this instance by screws b and washers b1. Any of the well-known means for securing and adjusting the irons in their seats may be substituted for the screw and washer, if desired. Each of the irons may have one or two cutting-edges, as b2 b3; but forthe purpose above set forth a single cutting-edge, b2, is preferable.

The plane is used in the following manner: Suppose, for an instance, that the edge of a door fits too snugly against the adjacent face of the casing, and that the side of the door stands od at points along the adjacent face of the casing. Instead of removing portions of the edge and face of the door, which is supposed to be true and square, the face and edge surfaces of the rabbet or shoulder of the casing is dressed down by the plane. Now, if the grain of these surfaces run contrary to each other, in which case a neat finish of both with the ordinary rabbet-plane could not be easily accomplished, all that is necessary with my improved plane is to turn it bodily to the left or right and use the desired separate plane-iron, making the cutting-strokes in the direction required by the grain of each surface, and it will be seen that each of said surfaces may be then neatly finished and closely to its adjacent surface, so that a perfect fit of the door is accomplished.

I do not claim, broadly, a double bitted or ironed plane, as these are common in molding-planes; but

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

1. A plane comprising a flat-bottomed stock provided with parallel plane-iron seats on opposite sides thereof, separated by a rib, the bottom of which is in a common plane with said bottom, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a plane having a flat uniform bottom surface, and separate independent irons arranged in seats formed in opposite edges thereof, and adapted to operate in conjunction with said bottom surface, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the stock A, having a flat bottom, a, and separate seats a3 a4, of the separate independent plane-irons B B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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

DANIEL M. FIELDING.

Witnesses:
CHARLES P. HOUSUM,
JOHN S. BIXBY.

No. 269,967 – Bench-Plane (Jacob Siegley) (1883)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JACOB SIEGLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,967, dated January 2, 1883.
Application filed May 22, 1882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB SIEGLEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in that class of planes known as shoulder-planes, which are also used as block and rabbet planes; and it consists of means whereby the cutting-tool is rigidly clamped to the stock of the plane, and adapted to be readily adjusted after clamping, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved plane. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are a detail bottom view and a vertical transverse section on line x x, Fig. 3, of the cutting-tool employed; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section of the plane on line y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the stock of my improved shoulder-plane, which stock is made of cast metal, and provided with a flat bottom having vertical side shoulders. A’. The side shoulders, as well as the bottom, are arranged with recesses tor the inclined cutting-tool B, the narrower upper part of which is provided with a slot, b, while the lower part has three cutting-edges, b’, one at the lower end and one at each side, as customary in shoulder-planes. The slotted upper part of the cutting-tool B is clamped to interior cheeks, a1 a2, of the bottom part of the stock A by means of a tongue, C, and a clamping-screw, d, that passes through a slot, d’, of the tongue C and the slot b of the cutting-tool B, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. At the upper end of the tongue C is arranged a second clamping-screw, d2, whereby the pressure of the tongue C upon the cutting-tool B may be increased or decreased in the usual manner. The under side of the upper | part of the cutting-tool B is provided above the slot b with transverse grooves or serrations e, which are engaged by a worm-screw, e’, of a spindle, D, that is supported in inclined position parallel to the cutting-tool B, in suitable bearings of the cheeks a1 a2, the spindle being extended in upward direction, and provided with a milled or other head, D’, for taking conveniently hold of the spindle D. By turning the spindle in one or the other direction the cutting-tool B is adjusted higher or lower in the stock, as required for the stock.

By means of the adjusting mechanism described the cutting-tool in the plane can be accurately adjusted without loss of time, so that the use of the plane as a shoulder-plane or block or rabbet plane is considerably facilitated.

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

1. In a shoulder-plane, the combination of a stock, A, having side shoulders, A’, and raised bottom cheeks, a1 a2, with a cutting-tool, B, a clamping-tongue, C, and means whereby the cutting-tool is adjusted in the stock, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a stock, A, having side shoulders, A’, and interior cheeks, a1 a2, a cutting-tool, B, having a slot, b, and transverse grooves e e at the under side, a clamping-tongue, C, and a spindle, D, supported in bearings of the cheeks a1 a2, and being provided with a worm-screw, e’, that engages the grooves of the cutting-tool B, so as to adjust the same by the turning of the spindie, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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

JACOB SIEGLEY.

Witnesses:
PAUL GOEPEL,
SIDNEY MANN.