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1859 Article-Holt, Field & Bros., Wooden Gutter Machine |
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Scientific American, V 1 #7, 13 Aug 1859, pg. 128 |
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FIELD'S MACHINE FOR CUTTING- WOODEN GUTTERS.
The subject of our illustration is for producing wooden gutters with great economy of lumber, two gutters being got from one piece of wood, and with great rapidity and neatness. It was patented Feb. 1, 1850, (#22,792) by the inventor, Samuel T. Field, of Worcester, Mass., and its chief novelty lies in the arrangement of the saw and a rotating cutter. The saw, A, is cylindrical, and it is rotated by I a belt, B, passing over it, its bearings I, being flush with its surface, and they offer no obstruction to the passage of the gutter over if the saw after it has been cut and as it is fed along. A rotating cutter, C, cuts out he groove to make the inner gutter, G, and the saw, A, passes around it and cuts it from the stick, and at the same time makes the larger gutter, R; and a vertical cutter, D, rotated by a belt from L, shapes one side of it so that it is suitable for the exterior of a house, and with the skeleton, c, Fig. 3, enables it to form a cornice. The stick moves between guides, II, on the table, M, and the rotating cutter is moved by a belt from the wheel, L. Fig. 2 shows the gutters ready for use, a and a' being the largest gutters, and b and b' the smaller ones, placed as they come from the saw; b, is of a slightly different shape, internally, from b', each being best adapted for certain purposes. Conductors for carrying water down the sides of buildings, or to be used for drain-pipes, can be made by nailing two segments, b, together, and when protected by tar or paint will last a great length of time. The saw mandrel is rotated from the shaft, V, and a tightening pulley is placed on the frame, E, to keep the belt, B, at the proper tension.
These eve-troughs, gutters and conductors can be made of every size necessary for all kinds of buildings; when made from good spruce or pine are very enduring; they have the advantage over the ordinary ones in that their interiors are regular, and they give no opportunity for the water to lodge and prematurely rot the wood. The vertical cutter, D, can be removed, and both sides of the eave-trough left perfectly vertical, without any ornament or shaping off. The inventor has the machine in use, and makes a great number of all its various productions, and those persons who feel interested in the invention can obtain any further information upon addressing Messrs. Holt, Field & Bros., Worcester, Mass. |
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1859 Holt, Field & Bros., Wooden Gutter Machine
1859 Holt, Field & Bros., Wooden Gutters
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