Improvements in Combination Pocket Knives and Forks.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combination Pocket Knives and Forks.
We, JOSEPH MANSELL Moss of Vincent Avenue Chorlton-cum-Hardy near
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Engineer, and WILLIAM SMITH of
Ventnor Street Harpurhey Manchester aforesaid, Salesman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to combined pocket or folding knives and forks which are
capable of being separated into two implements and is designed to provide for the
locking of these two parts securely when the blades are folded so as to prevent
them separating or coming asunder when carried in the pocket.
The two parts are constructed the one with a blade forming a knife and the
other with a blade forming a fork each of which are secured by a pin or rivet and
the ordinary knife spring.
On the side of one part are provided one two or more preferably two projecting
studs or pins with suitably shaped heads and in the side of the other part are a
corresponding number of keyhole slots through which the headed studs pass to
secure the two parts together.
In the shank of the fork blade is a notch projection or shoulder which when the
blade is folded embraces engages or comes in contact with the head of one or both
of the studs and locks the two parts together preventing the sliding movement
between them that would release the studs from the slots.
Instead of keyhole slots the studs may be sufficiently long to pass beyond the
fork blade and the notch or projection would then pass over the shank of the stud
behind the head and lock it in position.
In another modification edge bolts or studs or staples or the like may be attached
to and project from the side of one part and pass through holes or slots in the other
parts and pins or the like may project from the fork shauk to enter same when the
fork blade is closed.
Dated this 30th day of March 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combination Pocket Knives and Forks.
We, JOSEPH MANSELL Moss, of Vincent Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and WILLIAM SMITH, of
Ventnor Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, aforesaid, Salesman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to combined pocket or folding knives and forks which are
capable of being separated into two implements and is designed to provide for the
locking of these two parts securely when the blades are folded so as to prevent
them separating or coming asunder when carried in the pocket.

page_text: It consists essentially in constructing one part with projecting pins which fit
into key hole slots in the outer part so that they require a sliding movement to
release them and a shoulder or projection in the interior which engages with the
pins when the fork blade is closed thus locking the two parts together so that they
can only be separated when the fork blade is open or partly open.
Fig. 1. Side view of the combined instrument with knife blade open.
Fig. 2. Inside view of the part A with knife blade open.
Fig. 3. Inside view of the part B with fork blade open.
Fig. 4. Side view partly in section with fork blade shut.
Fig. 5. Front view of both parts in position together both blades being open.
Fig. 6. Front view of the part A with the knife blade closed.
Fig. 7. Front view of the part B with the fork open.
Fig. 8. Inside view of part B with fork blade open showing a modification.
Fig. 9. Side view of same partly in section with knife blade shut.
The instrument is constructed of two parts A and B capable of being detached
the part A with a folding knife blade C, forming a knife and the part B with a
blade D forming a fork each of which are secured in position by a pin or rivet e
and the ordinary knife spring E.
To the side A of the part A are attached one two or more preferably two
projecting studs or pins a with suitably shaped beads and in the side B of the
part B are formed a corresponding number of keyhole slots & through which the
headed studs a pass to secure the two parts together.
Inside the part B is placed a movable projection or its equivalent which engages
with one of the pins a when the fork blade D is closed an 1 locks the parts together
by preventing a sliding movement of the pins a in the slots b.
This is preferably constructed upon the shank blade in the form of a notch d
with a shoulder d which when the blade is folded embraces engages or comes in
contact with the head of one of the studs a and locks the two parts together
preventing the sliding movement between them that would release the studs from
the slots.
The shoulder or projection d may be formed without a notch as shown in Figs. 8
and 9 or it may be otherwise placed, or may be independent of any of the operative
parts of the appliance.
Instead of keyhole slots the studs may be sufficiently long to pass beyond the
fork blade and the notch or projection would then pass over the shank of the stud
bebind the head and lock it in position.
The two parts A and B are brought together when the fork blade is open and
the studs a introduced to the large end of the slot band then slid down to the
small end the fork blade D is then closed and the notch d'engages with the head
of the stud a thereby preventing any sluding movement taking place and the
unlocking of the two parts so long as the fork blade D remains closed.
In another modification eye bolts or studs or staples or the like may be attached
to and project from the side of one part and pass through holes or slots in the
other part and pins or the like may project from the fork shank to enter same
when the fork blade is closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A combination pocket knife and fork constructed in two parts one part being
provided with projecting pins and the other with keyhole slots into which the pins
fit requiring a sliding movement to release them and in which the said pins are
locked by a shoulder or projection in the interior which engages with them when
the fork blade is closed thus locking the parts together so that they can only be
separated when the fork blade is open or partly open substantially as described.
2. A combination pocket knife and fork constructed in two parts A and B
provided with folding blades C and D one a knife and the other a fork the part A

page_text: baving on the inside projecting studs a and the part B keyhole slots b into which
the studs project and a shoulder d on the fork blade D which engages with one of
the pins a to prevent any sliding movement thereby locking the two parts A and B
together when the blades are closed substantially as described and illustrated.
3. A combination pocket knife and fork constructed and arranged substantially
as described and shown.
Dated this 18th day of August 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.