US843818A - Planer. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTEDPEB. 12, 1907.

U- HOOGHOUSE. PLANER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.10, 1906.

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I q.rfivos house CORNELIUS HOOGIIOUSE, OF ODELL, ILLINOIS.

PLANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907- Application filed October 10, 1906. Serial No. 338,285.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS Hooc- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Odell, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planers; 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 new and useful im provements in planers, and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in scraping the surface of floors or the like; and my object is to provide a device of this kind whereby the same maybe propelled across the surface of the floor to remove the uneven portions thereof and render the same perfectly smooth.

A further object is to provide means for adjusting the propelling-handle on the machine.

A still further object is to so construct the body of the planer that the weight thereof will be directed against the scraping-bit to hold the same against the surface of the floor.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through one side of the planer, and Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device complete.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the body of my improved planer, which is preferably formed of cast-iron and the size of the casting being such as to lend considerable weight to the body. The rear end of the body 1 is provided with a recess 2, in which is adapted to be disposed an elongated planerbit 3, and said bit is held firmly seated within the recess by means of a plate 4, which is of substantially the same length as the bit 3 and is disposed over the bit so that the outer edge of the plate is flush with the edge of the body 1, the plate and bit being held in position upon the body by means of screw-bolts 5, which are directed through registering openings 6 and 7 in the bit and plate, respectively, and into the body 1. That portion of the body 1 adjacent the bit 3 is provided with a nose 8, which is adapted to lend rigidity to the bit and prevent the same from yielding. The opposite edge of the body 1 from that occupied by the bit 3 is provided with aforwardly-extending platform 9, on which is pivotally mounted adjusting-arms 10, said arms being two in number and have their upper ends disposed at opposite sides of a propolling-handle 11 and are secured to said handle by means of a bolt 12.

The upper ends of the adjusting-arms 10 are each provided with a plurality of openings 13 so that the handle may be readily adjusted with respect to the platform. The rearward end of the handle 10 is pivotally secured between ears 14, carried by the body 1, a pin 15 being directed through the ears and the end of the handle, so that any power applied to the handle will propel the body 1 across the floorsurface.

The body 1 is provided with an axle 16, upon which are rotatably mounted carryingwhe'els 17, said wheels being preferably of considerable width, so that they will not scar the floor in passing thereover. The aXle 16 is secured to a rib 18, extending below the platform 9, and the wheels 17 when mounted upon the axle rest in recesses 19, formed by cutting away a portion of the body 1 at each side of the rib 18.

In operation the body is drawn forward over the floor-surface, and by having the weight of the body in the rear of the wheels 17 and the bit at the rear end of the body it will be seen that the bit 3 will be held firmly against the floor by the weight of the body, and yet allow the bit to yield sufliciently to pass over any unusually hard substances, such as a nail or knot, thereby avoiding the danger of mutilating the floor-surface.

It will also be seen that by this construction a new bit can be readily placed in position in the recess 2 and, further, that the free end of the handle may be adjusted to accommodate the height of the operator. It will further be seen that by constructing the body portion of metal, such as cast-iron, that the weight of the body portion upon the bit will I be suflicient to cause the same to readily engage the floor-surface without necessitating the application of manual power to hold the bit in engagement therewith.

That I claim is- 1. A planer of the class described comprising a weighted body portion having a recess at one edge thereof, a bit, means to removably secure said bit in the recess, a de- IIO pending nose on said body, in the rear of said it, a platform on said body, propelling means secured to said body and platform, a rib on the lower side of said body-forming recess at each side thereof, an axle carried by said rib and carrying wheels on said axle disposed at one side of the center of the body and in said last-named recesses 2. A planer of the class described comprising a Weighted body having a recess at its rear edge, a bit adapted to be seated in said recess, a plate disposed over said bit, bolts disposed through openings in said plate and bit, and into the body whereby the bit and bolt will be held in position, a depending nose integral with the body and in rear of said bit, a rib on said body and forming recesses at each side thereof, an axle secured to said rib and at one side of the center of the body, carrying-wheels mounted upon said axle and resting in said recesses, a platform extending forwardly therefrom, a handle pivotally secured at one end to the body and arms pivotally secured at one end to said latform and having their opposite ends a justably secured to said handle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CORNELIUS HOOGHOUSE.

l/Vitnesses:

MERTEN E. POPE, J. CLARKE PENUT.

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