IMPROVEMENTS IN GARDEN RAKES
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY DANIEL CHILD of 30 King Street Twickenham in the county of
Middlesex Shorthand Writer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN GARDEN RAKES to be as follows :-
I take a piece of iron rod about ten inches long and about half an inch in
diameter or of any convenient length and diameter. I shape one end to receive a
wooden handle as in the ordinary rake.
I then take another piece of iron rod of similar or of any suitable dimensions.
I call this the cross-piece. I unite these two pieces together in such a manner that
when united they form the letter T as in an ordinary rake.
To the cross-piece I fix several teeth or prongs of any desired length and I place
them about an inch apart or any convenient distance apart. These teeth or prongs
are so fixed as to project forward in lines running parallel to the handle of the
rake in the same manner as the teeth or prongs of an ordinary toasting fork.
I then fix a similar or any desired number of teeth or prongs to the aforesaid
cross piece in such a manner that this second set of teeth or prongs stand at right
angles to the handle as in an ordinary rake and they also stand at right angles to
the first mentioned set of teeth or prongs-thus:-if this rake is laid down flat
upon a horizontal board one set of teeth or prongs will project forward in a hori-
zontal direction and in lines running parallel to the handle in the same manner as
the teeth or prongs of an ordinary toasting fork, and the other set of teeth or
prongs will point upwards in a vertical direction.
I do not bind myself to any of the above measurements. The handle, the cross-
piece, and the two sets of teeth or prongs may be of any desired length and..
thickness, and they may be united together by welding or by rivets or screws or
by any suitable or convenient method.
This rake may be made of iron, steel, wood or of any suitable material.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY DANIEL CHILD of 30 King Street Twickenham in the county of
Middlesex Shorthand writer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN GARDEN RAKES and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
I take a suitable piece of iron and shape one-end to receive a wooden handle as
in the ordinary rake.
I then take another piece of iron of suitable dimensions (which I call the cross
piece) and unite these two pieces together in such a manner that when united they
form the letter T as in an ordinary rake.
To the aforesaid cross piece I fix several teeth or prongs of any desired length
and I place them about an inch apart or any convenient distance apart. These
teeth or prongs are so fixed as to project forward in lines running parallel to the
.handle of the rake in the same manner as the teeth or prongs of an ordinary
toasting fork.
I then fix a similar or any desired number of teeth or prongs to the aforesaid
cross piece in such a manner that this second set of teeth or prongs stand at right
angles to the handle as in an ordinary rake and they also stand at right angles to
the first mentioned set of teeth or prongs:-thus, if this rake is laid down flat
upon a horizontal board one set of teeth or prongs will project forward in a
horizontal direction and in lines running parallel to the handle in the same manner
as the teeth or prongs of an ordinary toasting fork, and the other set of teeth or
prongs will point upwards in a vertical direction.
All the parts of this rake, above described, may be of any desired length and
thickness, and they may be united together by welding, or by rivets, or screws, or
by any suitable or convenient method.
This rake may be made of iron, steel, wood, or of any suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The additional set of teeth or prongs fixed to an ordinary rake so as to project
forward in lines running parellel to the handle of the rake in the same manner as
the teeth or prongs of an ordinary toasting fork.