Tag: Solon R. Rust

No. 688,969 – Plane (Solon R. Rust And Arthur E. Rust) (1901)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SOLON R. RUST AND ARTHUR E. RUST,
OF PINE MEADOW, CONNECTICUT.

PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,969, dated December 17, 1901.
Application filed June 25, 1900. Serial No. 21,440. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SOLON R. RUST and ARTHUR E. RUST, of Pine Meadow, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Planes; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in —

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a plane constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 1a, a view thereof in transverse section on the line a b of the preceding figure; Fig. 2, a view of the plane in vertical central longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a plan view of the body of the plane stripped of all other parts; Fig. 4, a reverse plan view thereof; Fig. 5, a plan view of the removable sectional wooden face, the sections of which are separated from each other; Fig. 6, a view in transverse section on the line c d of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a plan view of the removable sectional metal face of the plane with the sections drawn apart; Fig. 8, a view in transverse section on the line e f of the preceding figure.

Our invention relates to an improvement in that class of bench-planes designed for smoothing as distinguished from beading or rabbeting, and more particularly to smoothing-planes having metal bodies, the object being to produce at a low cost for manufacture a simple and strong plane constructed with particular reference to its adaptation to have a metal or a wooden face applied to it interchangeably, so as to readily adapt it to be used in situations requiring wooden faces as well as in situations requiring metal faces.

With these ends in view our invention consists in a plane having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out our invention as herein shown the metal body A of the plane has cast integral with it an inclined cutter-supporting bed B, the opposite edges of which are supported or trussed by longitudinal flanges A’, rising from the opposite edges of I the upper face of the body. As shown, these flanges extend throughout the length of the body for increasing the strength thereof; but this is not essential. These flanges A’, as shown, are raised at points opposite the bed B, but elsewhere are straight and uniform in height. The said bed is provided for supporting the cutter, (not shown,) which may be of the usual construction and which is secured in place and adjusted in any desired manner. For the purpose of casting the said integral cutter-supporting bed without the use of cores a large casting-opening A2, which is located directly below the bed, is formed. This opening performs no function in the completed plane, but, as aforesaid, permits the body A to be cast without the use of a core, whereby the expense of producing the plane is greatly reduced. The body. A is also formed with a throat-opening A2, located directly in front of the casting-opening aforesaid and permitting the shavings removed by the cutter to escape upward through the plane.

To adapt the plane to be used in situations requiring wooden as well as metal faces, we design to provide each plane-body with interchangeable faces made of wood and of metal, respectively, these faces being constructed to correspond in size to the lower face of the body, so as to completely cover the casting-opening A2, formed therein.
These removable faces of wood and metal may be formed in one piece or in sections, as desired. As an illustration of their construction we have shown a sectional wooden face composed of a long rear section C and a short forward section C’. The said wooden section C is secured in place by screws D passing downward into it through the body of the plane, which for that purpose is formed with screw-holes D’, while the forward section is adjustably secured in place by means of a handle E, having a threaded stud F passing downward through an elongated slot G, formed in the forward portion of the body. The stud F is entered into the said forward section C’, which by turning the handle E is clamped against the forward end of the lower face of the body, so as to be held firmly in place; but as the adjacent ends of the two sections wear so as to unduly increase the opening H, Fig. 2, between them below the throat-opening A3 the forward section is moved rearwardly, so as to take up this wear by loosening the handle E.

As shown in Fig. 1a of the drawings, the lower face of the body is provided with two parallel centering-flanges I I, the inner faces of which are beveled and which insure the centering of the removable face when it is applied to the body; but these flanges are not necessarily employed, although we prefer to use them. To coact with the beveled inner faces of the flanges I I, the upper corners of the sections C and C’ are beveled, as shown at c in Figs. 1a and 6. When the removable face is made in sections, we preferably form the forward sections with two rearwardly-extending fingers J J, Fig. 5, which extend across the ends of the throat-opening A3, so as to prevent the shavings from clogging.

The removable metal face of the plane shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings comprises a long rear section K and a short forward section K These sections are reinforced and strengthened by the formation upon their upper faces of longitudinal side ribs L L and a longitudinal central rib L’. The rib L’ is enlarged near its ends to form posts L2 L2, which are internally threaded for the reception of the screws which hold it in place by passing down through the body of the plane, while the rib L’ of the forward section K is formed with a corresponding post L3 for the reception of the threaded stud F of the handle E. As shown in Fig. 8, the upper outer corners of the side ribs L of the sections K K’ are beveled, as at k, for coaction with the beveled inner faces of the centering-flanges I of the body of the plane.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. In a bench-plane, the combination with a metal body having an integral cutter-supporting bed both edges of which are supported or trussed by the body which is formed with a casting-opening located directly beneath the said bed, of a removable face adapted to be applied to the lower face of the said body to which it corresponds, and extending entirely over the said casting-opening.

2. In a bench-plane, the combination with a metal body having an integral cutter-supporting bed, both edges of which are supported or trussed by the body which is formed with a casting-opening located directly beneath the said bed, of a removable sectional face adapted to be applied to the lower face of the said body to which it corresponds in size, and extending entirely over the said casting-opening.

3. In a bench-plane, the combination with a metal body having an integral cutter-supporting bed both edges of which are supported or trussed by the body which is formed with a casting-opening located directly beneath the said bed, and with a throat-opening located in front of the said casting-opening, of a removable sectional face adapted to be applied to the lower face of the body so as to entirely cover the said casting-opening, and comprising a forward section which is longitudinally adjustable for taking up wear at the said throat-opening.

4. In a bench-plane, the combination with a metal body having an integral cutter-supporting bed both edges of which are supported or trussed by the body which is formed with a casting-opening located directly beneath the bed, of removable interchangeable metal and wooden faces adapted to be applied to the lower face of the body to which they correspond in size and the said casting-opening in which they entirely close.

5. In a bench-plane, the combination with a metal body having an integral cutter-supporting bed both edges of which are supported or trussed by the body which is formed with a casting-opening located directly beneath the bed and with a throat-opening located in front of the said casting-opening, of a removable sectional face adapted to be applied to the lower face of the body to which it corresponds in size, and the said casting-opening in which it entirely closes, the forward section of the said face being made longitudinally adjustable for taking up wear at the said throat-opening, and formed at its rear end with rearwardly~extending lugs which extend across the said throat-opening.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SOLON R. RUST.
ARTHUR E. RUST.

Witnesses:
WILLIAM McALPINE,
E. L. MORLEY.

No. 413,329 – Plane (Solon R. Rust) (1889)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SOLON R. RUST, OF NEW HARTFORD, ASSIGNOR TO THE BIRMINGHAM
PLANE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,329, dated October 22, 1889.
Application filed June 25, 1888. Serial No. 315,458. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLON R. RUST, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Hartford, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes; and I do hereby 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.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in planes, and has for its object to provide a construction which shall be simple and easy of operation, and whereby a limited adjustment of the cutting-bit relative to the mouth of the plane may be readily effected; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully and in detail explained, and then recited in the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may fully understand its construction and operation, I will describe the same in detail, reference being had io the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which —

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section through a plane constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a detail perspective showing the method of grooving the under surface of the plane-bit; Fig. 3, a detail plan view showing the adusting-lever mounted in its fulcrum-block; Fig. 4, a detail vertical section through the forward end of the lever and the opening through which the pivot passes.

Like numerals denote the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 is the plane-stock, having at its rear end a divided post 2, which supports the bit and serves as the frog. At its rear side this post has a pair of inward projections 3, whose edges are somewhat beveled. (See Fig. 3.) Between the parts of the divided post is secured a lever 4, fulcrumed upon a pin or rivet 5 passed through said post. The hole in the lever is slightly larger than the rivet, and is countersunk from either end thereof, (see detail, Fig. 4,) so that the lever may have an easy movement lengthwise of the pin without binding upon the latter. At the top surface of its forward end the lever is provided with a series of teeth 6 — say three or four in number — arranged on an arc struck from the center of the fulcrum-pin.

7 is the bit, which, upon its back and for a portion of its length, is provided with a series of square-edged transverse grooves 8, spaced to correspond with the spacing of the teeth 6 upon the lever. 9 is a square-edged groove cut lengthwise of the back of the bit and centrally intersecting the transverse grooves heretofore referred to at right angles. The depth of this groove is about half that of the transverse groove, so that a sort of rack is left at the bottom of said longitudinal groove, while at the same time square abutments are left at its sides for the purpose presently explained.

10 is the wedge, having a binding-screw 11 and a flat spring 12 at its under side, against which the end of the screw abuts, so that it may not mar the upper surface of the bit when turned downward to secure it. The wedge binds the bit to the post by the ordinary rneans of a transverse rod 13, extended between the sides of the stock, and underneath which the wedge lies.

When the parts are assembled, as shown at Fig. 1, the operation of my invention is as follows: The teeth upon the lever lie in the longitudinal groove and engage with the transverse grooves which form the rack at the bottom of said groove. It will be readily understood that a limited longitudinal movement either forward or backward may be imparted to the bit by raising or lowering the handle end of the lever, the teeth of which actuate the bit by their engagement with the rack. When a lateral adjustment is desired for the purpose of squaring the cutting-edge of the bit with the plane-mouth, said adjustment may be obtained by a lateral movement of the handle end of the lever. When this is done, the sides of the teeth engage with the square abutments at sides of the longitudinal groove, and, as the lever is pivoted loosely on its pin and may move lengthwise thereon, said lever, for the purpose of this sidewise movement, fulcrums between the edges of the inward projections at the rear of the divided post and slides longitudinally upon the pin.

I claim —

1. In a plane, the combination, with the stock and the doubly-fulcrumed lever, of the cutting-bit having at its rear side the transversely-extended grooves and the shallow longitudinal groove intersecting the transverse grooves at right angles, substantially as set forth.

2. In a plane, the combination, with the cutting-bit, the same having the transverse grooves and the longitudinal groove, whereby a bearing is afforded for its actuation longitudinally and laterally, of the lever having thereon the operating-teeth and two fulcrum-points, one for the operation of the bit longitudinally and the other for its adjustment laterally, substantially as specified.

3. In a plane, the combination, with the bit, the same having the transverse and longitudinal grooves in its rear side, of the divided post, upon which said bit rests, the toothed lever loosely pivoted on a pin within said divided post, and adapted, in addition to its movement upon said pin as a center, to have a movement longitudinally thereof, substantially as set forth.

4. In a plane, the combination, with the bit, having at its rear side the transverse grooves and the shallower longitudinal groove intersecting said transverse grooves at right angles, of the divided post having the beveled inward projections at its rear side, the lever provided with operating-teeth and having a countersunk pivot-hole, and the pin secured in said post and passing loosely through the hole in the lever, substantially as specified.

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

SOLON R. RUST.

Witnesses:
WM. H. WILLIAMS,
MARGARET G. TORRANCE.