US103533A - Improvement in cutters for cutting the bodies of fruit-baskets - Google Patents

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- BAXTER D. WHITNY, OF WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .PatentNo.103,533, dated May 24, 1817.0.

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

To all whom 'it may concern.: Y

Be it known that I, BAXTER D. WHITNEY, of Winchendon, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Apparat-us for Cutting Fruit-Baskets; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of the apparatus.

Figure 2 represents a top view of the saine.

Figure 3 represents a top view of one of the cutting-tools.

Figure 4 represents an end view of the same. Figure 5 represents a side view of conical cutterhead.

Figure 6 represents a top view of cutter and key.

Figure 7 represents a section of key and regnlating-screws ou line y y of iig. 5.

Figure 8 represents a section of key on line a: a: of g. 6

the cutting-tools in their proper position, and the mechanism for adj listing the saine.

f lhe first part of my invention relates to the construction, arrangement and combination of stationary cutters or cutting-tools for cutting the bodies of fi'nitbaskets.

The second part of my invention relates to the method of holding-and adjusting the tool which cuts the ventilatingeholes in the body of the basket.

A is the stock, ou which the cutter B is secured by means of a clamping jaw, C, held firmly to the stock by set-screws a a..

The face or upper side-of the cutter is formed by planing it straight from the cutting-edge to the heel, the form or contour being such as to give the required shape tothe wood cut ii'om the round surface of a log to form the body or sidesof the fruit-basket.

The cutter'B being always ground and sharpened .from the under side, the contour of the edge remains unchanged during the whole wear of the tool, so that the form of the inside of the basket will always be precisely the same, which is absolutelynecessary fory the successful manufacture of the article.

There are also provided auxiliary cutters D and E, which are made by planing the face side to the required contour inthe same manner as the cutter B above described.

The cutter D being arranged in a suitable position Figure 9, Plate II, shows the arrangement of all of ou theI stock A, is provided with a movable support, d, clamp-jaw b, and clamp-screwA e, so that it can be nicely adjusted to cut thel wood to the exact form required to Iit the groove in the bottom of the basket.

The tool E is secured tothe stock K by the clampjaw b, which is provided with longitudinal slots m m for adjusting the tool.

The stock K has also transverse slots n n to admit of adjustment, it being secured to an elevated portion of the frame H by screws in the said slots.

The conical cutter-head G, tig. 5, is provided with a series of U-shaped cutters, li i, placed at proper intervals on its surface, for the purpose of cutting the Ventilating-holes in the basket, the head being grooved deep enough to receive the cutters it'wheu new, they being made of suiiicient width to admit of being worn up by sharpening. y The key F, which holds the cutter in place, is made with a ledge, f f, on each side, on which the cutter rests, and is provided with a screw, j, and nut t at the smaller end, for the purpose of holding it in place.

At-thc bottom of the groove, underneath the key F, are placed two screws, h h, for the purpose of rais-l ing the cutter, to compensate for the wear in sharpening.

The guide-frame H is for the purpose of steadying thc log and. supporting the cutter-stocks A and K, and also the arm L on which the head G revolves.

IThe arm L is fitted inl a groove, with guides P P at the sides, and is provided with setscrews r r" for adjust-ing the height, and a slot, 0, which admits of adjust-ing it longitmlinally, the saine-being secured by a set-screw, q, and held in position for operating.

Having thus described iny invention, vXVhat I claim, is-

l. The combination of the cutters B, D, and E, when constructed and arrangedjn the manner here` in described, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The key F, provided with the ledges f f snpporting the U-shaped cutter i, secured by the screw j and nut k, and thc set-screws h h for adjusting the cutter, to compensate for the wear, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

BAXTER D. WHITNEY. Titnesses EDWIN A. S'rnvnss, J. B. WOODRUFF.

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