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 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY A. FOSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
FE-C UTT N G V AC - NE

SiFCIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,218, dated June 2, 1885.
Application filed April 3, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: slide in Ways forming part of the frame B.
Beit known that I, HENRY A. Foss, a citi The other end of the leverg rests in a recess
Zen of the United States, residing in Phila formed in the back of the plunger H, which 55
delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain slides in the head E. A. chisel-holder, H, is
Improvements in File-Cutting Machines, of secured to the plunger by a set-screw, and the
which the following is a specification. chisel or cutting-tool his secured to the holder
My invention consists of certain improve by another set-screw in the usual manner.
ments in file-cutting machinery, in which the Between the plunger H and a yoke, e, on
file-blank travels under a reciprocating cut the head E, is a spring, I, in the present in
O ting-tool. stance formed of rubber and adjusted by a
The main feature of my invention is the feed set-screw, i, passing through the yoke e.
ing of the carriage, to which is attached the This spring I tends to keep the chisel down
file-blank, by a continuous friction feed while on the work, and the tappet f, acting on the
the blank is being cut. leverg, to raise the holder up, and when the
Other features of my invention relate to the lever g is released the compressed Spring
adjusting of the cutter while the machine is in drives the chisel down, thus cutting the teeth
operation, the feeding of the carriage, and also on the file. The power of the blow, or rather
the releasing of the same, as fully described the fall of the chisel, is regulated through the
hereinafter. medium of a lever, J, Fig. 3, which is pivoted
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is on a projection, i, on the frame, the opposite
a front elevation of my improved file-cutting end being provided with a handled set-screw,
machine; Fig. 2, a side elevation, looking in j', resting on an adjustable plate, K, secured
the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a to the bed A. of the machine. A pin, g, pro 75
front elevation of part of the machine, with jecting from the bar G, Fig. 4, rests on the
25 the cutter-head and feed mechanism removed; lever J, and by raising or lowering this lever
Fig. 4, a transverse section on the line 12, Fig. by the set-screw if the bar G and lever g are
1; Fig. 5, a detached section of part of the raised or lowered. This allows more or less
friction feed mechanism; Fig. 6, a perspec play between the top of the leverg and the
tive view of parts of the machine detached; top of the recess in the plunger, so that by
30 Fig. 7, a plan view of the machine; Fig. 8, a raising the bar G to the highest point the
detached perspective view of the treadle and chisel will have the full extent of throw, and
operating bars and levers, and Fig. 9 a longi by allowing the bar G to be depressed to its
tudinal section on the line 34, Fig. 7. lowest point the chisel will be hardly raised
I will first describe the mechanism for op above the work-plate. This delicate adjust
erating the cutting-tool. ment can be done while the machine is run
A is the bed of the machine, secured, in the ning, and thus it will be seen that a file hav
present instance, to a suitable base, a. At the ing a very fine brittle point can be cut and
rear of the bed A is a frame, B, also secured graduated as easily as a coarse file. , 9O
to the base and to the bed, Fig. 4. This frame The bar G may be adjusted vertically by other
carries the cutter-head E, which is attached to devices than that described above-as, for in
it by Set-screwsee, passing through concentric stance, by a handled screw, (shown by dotted
slots in the head and tapped into the frame lines in Fig. 4:) or a wedge-shaped block may
B, to allow for the adjustment of the head to be so adjusted under the bar G as to accom 95
any angle required. plish the same purpose.
45 F is the driving-shaft, which has its bear The feeding mechanism for traveling the
ings in the frame B, as shown in Fig. 4, and file-blank under the chisel is constructed as
is supplied with a fast and loose pulley, b t', follows: Adapted to suitable ways in the bed
and a hand-wheel, d. Secured to or forming A is a carriage, D, on which the blank to be OO
part of this shaft is a cam, f, having, in the cut is secured. In the present instance the
present instance, three projections, which act ways are semicircular, in order that the car
on. One end of a lever, g, hung at the top of riage, which is also semicircular, will adjust
an adjustable bar, G, which is adapted to itself to the chisel. To one end of the car
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riage D is secured a feed-plate, K, preferably the cutting-tool for cutting half-round files and
of metal, and in the present instance secured irregular shapes.
to the carriage by two clamp-plates, k l', The mechanism for starting, stopping, and
which are clamped over the head of a bolt, running the machine is constructed as follows:
l, secured to the carriage, the plate being Situated above the fast and loose pulleys b l'
grooved at the end to receive projections on is a rod, W, having its bearings in the frame
the clamp-plates k" k". (See Fig. 6.) Be B. Two arms, 0 at, are secured to this rod,
tween these clamp-plates and the carriage is projecting over the pulleys and for shifting the 75
a rubber disk, k, to take up any lost motion belt. This rod W is connected to the treadle
O and prevent backlash. This joint allows the
free adjustment of the carriage to the chisel,
S, Fig. S, through the medium of the rod X,
as described above. The feed-plate K passes
bell-crank lever Y, and link 1, which is se
cured to a collar, f', on the rod W, while a
between two friction feed-rollers, M and N, spring, ac, on the rod between the said collar SO
the roller M having its bearings in a bracket, and one of its bearings tends to keep the shaft
P, secured to the base A, and the roller N out, with the belt on the loose pulley b'. The
having its bearings in a frame, P, hinged to treadle is pivoted at 2, and has a weight, Z,
the bracket at p. Between projections in m' at the outer end of the arm 2'. Each rod T
on the bracket and frame are two Springs, and X is slotted at its lower end, and a bolt,
Q, for pressing the rollers against the plate of, passes through the slots and through the
K. The springs are in the present instance arm 2' of the treadle, for the purpose of allow
of rubber, and regulated by set-screws in ing the free movement of the treadle a certain
the usual manner. A lever, R, pivoted to distance, which will be fully described here
the frame B at q, and, having two arms, ' ', in after. - 9O
is operated from a treadle, S, through the me The operation of the machine is as follows:
25 dium of a rod, T, secured to the arm . A A file-blank is placed on the carriage D, which
shaft, n, Fig. 5, has its bearings in the frame is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the presser
P', and has an arm, n, Figs. 1 and 7, and cam foots bearing on the blank. When thema
n" at the opposite end, Fig. 5, acting on a rod, chine is at rest, the attendant presses the arm 95
n", resting on a projection secured to the 2 of the treadle down, the belt being on the
bracket P. The arm n' is acted upon by the loose pulley. A file-blank is placed in posi
arm of the lever R, a set-screw, *, being pro tion on the carriage D. The treadle is then re
vided on the arm n to determine the amount leased sufficiently to allow the presser-foot to
of lift to be imparted to the frame P. Se press on the blank, and the feed-rollers to IOO
cured to a projection on the lever R is the clamp the feed-plate. Then the machine is
35 presser-foots, which can be adjusted by the ready to be started, and by releasing the treadle
set-screw s. This presser-foot holds the file the weight Z shifts the driving-belt onto the
blank down while the chisel is cutting. The fast pulley, and the rolls are set in motion
rollers are geared to the driving shaft in the simultaneously with the plunger. When the
following manner: t is a belt-wheel, over which blank is cut, the treadle S is pressed down,
. O passes a belt, t, to a wheel, t, on a shaft, U, first shifting the belt, and then releasing the
having its bearings in a projection on the feed-plate and file-blank. The cut file-blank
bracket P. The belt is tightened or loosened is then renoved and another blank inserted
by an adjustable idler, i, on a stud project in its stead. IIO
ing from a bracket secured to the frame. Owing to the use of friction feed-rollers,
The wheels t t are removable, and wheels of which have a continuous motion to draw the
different diameters may be placed on the shaft carriage forward with the file-blank under the
in their stead, in order to change the speed of reciprocating cutter, in place of the usual in
the feed-rollers. On the shaft U is a worm, termittent feed motion, the teeth of the file II5
'u', gearing with a worm-wheel, u", attached to will be cut more truly and in more correct
the shaft of the lower feed-roll, M, which is shape, for, when the chisel comes in contact
geared to the upper feed-roller, N, by spur with the face of the file-blank, the latter will
gears at at the opposite ends of the rollers. A be momentarily retained thereby, but allowed
weight, W, is attached by a cord, , to the to move forward again the instant the chisel
Outer end of the feed-plate K, the cord passing rises, this momentary retention being permit
53 over a roller, v', secured to the bracket P. ted by the slight slip of the feed-plate K be
This weight returns the carriage to its original tween the continuously-rotating friction-roll
position as soon as the feed-rollers M and N e.S.
are separated by the lever R, thus freeing the I claim as my invention I 25
feed-plate K. An adjustable stop, , secured 1. The combination of the frame and chisel
to the feed-plate K, regulates the return travel of a file-cutting machine with a feed-plate and
of the carriage. The file-blank is secured to continuously-revolving frictional feed-rollers,
the carriage D by inserting the tang of the substantially as described.
blank in a recess in a plate, d, secured to the 2. The combination of the frame and chisel
carriage, the shoulders resting against pins d' of a file-cutting machine with a carriage and
on the carriage, as shown in Fig. 7. A han feed-plate secured to the carriage by a swivel
dle, d, at the rear of the carriage D is for the joint, as set forth.
purpose of turning the carriage at an angle to 3. The combination of the frame and chisel
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of a file-cutting machine with a feed-plate and for raising the frame P, substantially as de
scribed.
feed-rolls, one being adjustable, as and for the 12. The combination of the frame and cutter 4O
4. The combination of the frame and chisel of a file-cutting machine witl feed-rollers and
purpose set forth.
feed-plate
5 of a file-cutting machine with a feed-plate and d, substantially secured to the carriage, and handle
feed-rolls, one of which is adjustable, and a 13. The combination as described.
of the frame and shaft
weight, V, substantially as desuit di. F of a file-cutting machine with a tool-car- 45
5. The feed-plate of a file-cutting machine rier, an adjustable bar, G, lever
having an adjustable stop, w, as set forth. which is operated on by a cam on 7,the one end of
shaft F,
Io 6. The combination of the frame and cutter the other end adapted to lift the tool-carrier,
of a file-cutting machine, the feed-plate, fric substantially as described.
tion-rolls and frame P, shaft n, having eccen 14. The combination of the frame and shaft 5o
tric n, and mechanism for operating the shaft F of a file-machine with a vertically-adjust
in to raise and lower the frameP, substantially able bar, G, lever g, a cam, f, on the shaft,
The combination of the frame and cutter the
I5 as7.described.
the
plunger H, recessed to receive an arm of
leverg, as set forth.of the frame and shaft 55
of a file-cutting machine, the feed-plate, feed 15. The combination
rolls, frame P, shaft n, eccentric n, arm n, le F of a file-cutting machine with a bar, G,
ver R, rod T, and treadle S, as set forth.
2O 8. The combination of the levers R and in having a lever, g, one end of which is operated
by a cam, f, the other end acting on the tool
and set-screws r, as set forth.
9. The combination, in a file-cuting machine, carrier
and
H, a lever, J, pivoted to the frame,
adjusting-screw j', as set forth. 6O
of the driving-shaft F, pulleyt, shaft U, pulley 16. The combination of the driving and feed
t, connecting-belt it, worm w, worm-wheel it, mechanism of a file-cutting machine,thetreadle
25 lower and upper feed-rolls, MN, and gears at S, rods TX, slotted, substantially as described,
u, as set forth. and
10. In a file-cutting machine, the frame A, N and levers RandY, for raising thefriction-wheel
having a bracket, P, carrying the lower feed and operated shifting the driving-belt, all arranged 65
roll, M, the frame P', hinged to the bracket P In testimonysubstantially as described.
whereof Ihave signed my name
3o and carrying the upper feed-i I, N, an mech to this specification in the presence of two sub
anism for raising and lowering said frame P', as scribing witnesses.
set forth. IENRY A. FOSS.
11. In a file-cutting machine, the frame A
having a bracket, P, carrying a feed-roll, M,
35 the frameP, pivoted to the bracket and carry Witnesses: HARRY SMITH,
ing a feed-roll, N, armsm n' on the brackct and HENRY OWSON.
frame, and spring or springs Q, and mechanism