A NOVEL METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING PICKS AND OTHER EYED TOOLS TO CREAM OR HANDLES
Year: 1874

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to Charles Atwood Hardy, of Philadelphia, United
States of America, but at present of. Sheffield, in the County of
York, and Augustus Edward Stayner, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but
at present of Sheffield aforesaid, for the Invention of "A NOVEL
METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING PICKS AND OTHER EYED TOOLS TO
CREAM OR HANDLES
"
Sealed the 5th February 1875, and dated the 21st August 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Atwood Hardy.
and Augustus Edward Stayner at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 21st August 1874.
We, CHARLES ATWOOD HARDY, of Philadelphia, United States of
America, but at present of Sheffield, in the County of York, and
AUGUSTUS EDWARD STAYNER, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but at present of
Sheffield aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NOVEL METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING PICKS AND OTHER
EYED TOOLS TO THEIR SHAFTS OR HANDLES," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to a novel method of attaching picks and other
eyed tools to their shafts or handles. For this purpose the pick or other

page_text: tool is first passed over the outer end of the shaft or handle to a short
distance down. From such end one or more loose metallic pieces is or
are then placed on the outer end of the shaft or handle, and the pick or
other tool is passed over such piece or pieces and driven firmly thereon,
thereby securely fixing the pick or other tool and the moveable piece. or
picces on the end of the shaft or handle. The moveable piece or pieces
are preferably so formed as to guard the shaft or handle at the outer end
from injury when in use.
.
In carrying the Invention into effect according to one arrangement we
fix on the end of the shaft or handle a ferrule driven firmly thereon and
wedged up as may be required; this ferrule we make flush with the
surface of the shaft or handle. By these means we secure uniformity
in the size and shape of every pick at this part and give solidity
thereto.
In combination with the shaft or handle so protected we employ
removable straps or guards, which may be separate from each other or
connected together. Or the outer end of the shaft or handle may have
the strap or guards permanently fixed thereon, in which case the ferrule
would be dispensed with, and one of the straps would be provided with
a loose wedge-shaped piece in the outer edge thereof, which loose piece
would be removed to permit the pick or other tool to be passed over the
outer end of the shaft or handle and then replaced in position previous
to driving the tool outwards to fix it in position for use, when the loose
piece is wedged firmly in position by the tool and secures the tool firmly
on the end of the shaft or handle.
Or the loose piece may consist of the straps or guards before mentioned
connected together by a cross piece or webb preferably passing diagonally
from one edge of one strap to the opposite edge of the other strap, and
fitting into a diagonal cut in the end of the shaft or handle. This loose
piece is formed of sheet metal tapering from edge to edge, thereby
causing it to bind very firmly on the shaft or handle when the tool is
driven thereon, and when the tool is driven back off such looso piece it
is readily removed from the shaft or handle.
The loose pieces are so formed in each case that when removed from
the shaft or handle the pick or other tool can be readily passed over the
outer end of the shaft or handle for fixing it in position or removing it
therefrom,

page_text: In some cases we drive a pin through the shaft or handle leaving the
ends to project on each side the thickness of the straps. The straps
are provided with holes or indents to fit the ends of the pins in order that
when the straps are passed over the outer end of the shaft or handle they
may be held in position to prevent the straps slipping; or instead of
employing a pin we may let a small plate into the shaft or handle on each
side, each plate having a pin projecting therefrom, or the holes or indents
may be in the plates and the pins on the straps.
By the aid of this Invention facility is afforded for using a pick or
other tool with an eye so narrow that it will not pass over that part of
the shaft or handle grasped by the hand of the operator, whilst the straps
or guards are in some cases capable of being readily removed from the
shaft or handle if required either for the purpose of readjusting the tool
or replacing it by a new one, or for use with a new shaft or handle in
case of breakage.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Charles Atwood Hardy and Augustus Edward
Stayner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th February
1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
ATWOOD HARDY, of Philadelphia, United States of America, but at
present of Sheffield, in the County of York, and AUGUSTUS EDWARD
STAYNER, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but at present of Sheffield aforesaid,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Twenty-first day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in
the thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto we, the said Charles Atwood Hardy
and Augustus Edward Stayner, Her special license that we, the said
Charles Atwood Hardy and Augustus Edward Stayner, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Charles
Atwood Hardy and Augustus Edward Stayner, our executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein

page_text: expressed; should and lawfully might make, use; exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
İslands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NOVEL METHOD OF AND
APPLIANCES FOR ATTACHING PICKS AND OTHER EYED TOOLS TO THEIR SHAFTS OR
HANDLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Charles
Atwood Hardy and Augustus Edward Stayner, our executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under our or their hands
and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or them, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar.
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Atwood Hardy, on behalf of
myself and the said Augustus Edward Stayner, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
say:
The Invention relates to a novel method of attaching picks and other
eyed tools to their shafts or handles. For this purpose the pick or other
tool is first passed over the outer end of the shaft or handle, that is to
say, over that end to which the tool is to be fixed to a short distanco
down from such end. One or more loose metallic pieces is or are then
placed on the outer end of the shaft or handle, and the pick or other
tool is passed over such piece or picces and driven firmly thereon, thereby
securely fixing the pick or other tool and the moveable piece or pieces
on the end of the shaft or handle. The moveable piece or pieces are
preferably so formed as to guard the shaft or handle at the outer end
from injury when in use.
In carrying the Invention into effect according to the arrangements
shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, we fix on the end of the shaft
or handle a a ferrule driven firmly thercon and wedged up as may be
required. This ferrule we make flush with the surface of the shaft or
handle, or let it rest upon the original surface of the shaft, in which case
a broader ferrule or two or more ferrules may be used. By these means
we secure uniformity in the size and shape of every pick shaft at this

page_text: And in order to prevent the loss of the loose piece c³ when striking
the shaft or handle a, to loosen the pick or tool preparatory to its removal,
we form such loose piece c³ with a projection c*, as shown at Figure 9,
to enter a corresponding recess formed in the strap or guard; or when
formed as a simple wedge, as shown at Figures 10 and 11, we magnetisc
the surface of the loose piece c or of the recess in which it fits to assist
in holding it in position, and thereby prevent its flying away when the
handle end of the shaft is struck.
At Figure 11 the straps or guards c are shown without the extensions
shown in the other Figures so as more to resemble the common pick..
Or the loose piece may consist of the straps or guards c, before men-
tioned, connected together, as shown at Figures 12 and 13, by a cross
piece or web c³ preferably passing diagonally from one edge of one strap
to the opposite edge of the other strap, and fitting into a diagonal cut in
the end of the shaft or handle a. This loose piece is preferably formed
of sheet metal tapering in thickness from edge to edge, thereby causing
it to bind very firmly on the shaft or handle when the tool is driven
thereon, and when the tool is driven back off such loose piece the latter
is readily removed from the shaft or handle.
The loose pieces are so formed in each case that when removed from
the shaft or handle the pick or other tool can be readily passed over the
outer end of the shaft or handle for fixing it in position or removing it
therefrom.
In some cases we drive a pin through the shaft or handle leaving the
ends to project on each side the thickness of the straps. The straps are
provided with holes or indents to fit the ends of the pins in order that
when the straps are passed over the outer end of the shaft or handle they
may be held in position to prevent the straps slipping.
Or instead of employing a pin, as above described, we may let a small
plate into the shaft or handle on each side, each plate having a pin
projecting therefrom, or the holes or indents may be in the plates, and
the pins may be on the straps, or the pins may be carried by a ferrule.
If desired the pins may be formed with heads to take into corresponding
longitudinal grooves, slots, or recesses formed in or near the ends of the
straps, and either within the thickness or entirely through the straps, in
which case the pins or studs also tend to bind the lower ends of tho
straps to the sides of the shaft or handle.

page_text: If desired the studs or pins may be caused to turn on their axes,
in which case the heads would be so formed as when in one position to
pass readily through the slots, and then be turned so as to hold the
straps or guards in position. We have not however thought it necessary
to show these arrangements, as such will be readily understood from the
above description by a competent mechanic.
By the aid of this Invention facility is afforded for using a pick or
other tool with an eye so narrow that it will not pass over that part of
the shaft or handle grasped by the hand of the operator, whilst the straps
or guards arc, according to the arrangements shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, and 8, and 12 and 13, capable of being readily removed from the
shaft or handle if required, either for the purpose of readjusting the tool
or replacing it by a new one, or for use with a new or different shaft or
handle in case of breakage or otherwise.
We would here remark that the arrangements herein shown and
described for securing the pick or other tool to its shaft or handle are
also applicable to cases where the eye of the tool is sufficiently large to
permit of the tool passing over that end of the shaft which is held by
the workman.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the mode
in which we carry the same into effect, we would have it understood that
we do not confine ourselves to the precise details herein shown and
described, but what we do claim is,―
Firstly. The method of attaching picks and other eyed tools to their
shafts or handles by first passing them over the outer end of the shaft or
handle, and then securing them in position by means of one or more
loose or readily detachable metallic bearing pieces placed in position in
manner and for the purposes substantially as herein shown and
described.
Secondly. We claim the employment of one or more loose or readily
detachable metallic bearing pieces to secure the pick or other tool to its
shaft or handle in manner and for the purposes substantially as herein
shown and described.
And, Thirdly. We claim the employment of pins or studs acting in
connection with holes, slots, or recesses in combination with the removable

page_text: straps or guards in manner and for the purpose substantially as herein
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Attwood Hardy, on behalf
of myself and the said Augustus Edward Stayner, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of February, in the t
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five
CHARLES ATWOOD HARDY. (L.S.)