An Implement for Scraping Paint, Varnish, and the like, from Railway Cars, Furniture, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan.,
1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Implement for Scraping Paint, Varnish, and the like, from Railway
Cars, Furniture, and the like.
I, FRANCIS H. CROCKER, of 2924, Wyandotte Street, of the City of Kansas
City, County of Jackson, and State of Missouri, United States of America,
Painter, 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:-
My invention relates to an implement for scraping paint, varnish and the
like, for railway cars, furniture and the like, and my object is to produce a
device of this character embodying as necessary elements a handle, a clamp-
rod, and a blade to be clamped in position by the rod, said blade being pro-
vided with an open slot or notch in order that it may be placed in or removed
from position with ease and dispatch.
To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of
construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed,
and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the
accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1, represents a longitudinal section of an implement for scraping
paint, varnish and the like from railway cars, furniture and the like.
Figure, 2, is a detail perspective view of the blade.
Figure 3, is a detail perspective view of the nut for clamping the blade in
position.
In the said drawings,
1 designates a cylindrical rod provided at one end with a head 2, and a
square or flattened neck 3, and at its opposite end with screw-threads 4.
5 designates the handle, of wood or other suitable material and of hollow or
tubular construction, and secured in the rear end of the handle is a nut 6,
rectangular in cross-section to prevent the handle turning thereon, and said
nut is provided with a cup-shaped flange 6", which lies flush with the rear or
butt end of the handle, so that there shall be no projecting surfaces thereon.
7 designates the sleeve or extension of the handle, preferably of metal
formed with a journal or cylindrical socket 8 to receive the end of the handle
proper and at its opposite end with an enlargement or head 9.
10 designates the scraper-blade, of the configuration shown or of any pre-
ferred form, and said blade is provided at a suitable point with an open slot
or notch 11 to receive the neck portion of the rod and be clamped in position
by and between the head 2 of the rod and the head 9 of the sleeve, being
clamped quickly in this position by simply grasping the blade 10 in one hand
and turning the handle in the proper direction with the other hand.
It is obvious that the blade can be removed from position as easily by simply
reversing the rotatable movement of the handle. By moving the handle in
one direction the nut advances toward the head of the rod, and thereby clamps
the blade reliably in position. By turning the handle in the opposite direction

page_text: it recedes from the head of the rod and thereby widening the space between
the head 2 and the head 9, releases the blade. Thus it will be seen that it is
unnecessary to withdraw the rod from the handle and sleeve to remove the
blade, a time-consuming operation as compared with that necessary in this case,
because in the former case the handle would have to be turned a sufficient
number of times to withdraw the rod entirely from the nut before the former
could be pulled out of the handle and sleeve, while in the construction described
it is only necessary to turn the handle about a quarter of a revolution to tighten
or release the blade. It will therefore be seen that the principal feature of the
invention resides in forming the blade with an open slot or notch in its shank,
it being understood that the shape of the blade outside of this construction is
immaterial.
I am aware that scrapers have been patented wherein the blades are provided
with closed slots or holes through which the clamp-rod extends; but to this
construction I make no claim, my claim residing solely in the provision of a
blade having an open slot or notch. In the aforesaid patents the blade
cannot be removed without withdrawing the rod clear through the said closed
slot or hole. With my invention the relative longitudinal movement between
the handle and rod need not equal the sixty-fourth of an inch in removing the
blade from or securing it in operative position.
From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced an
implement for scraping paint, varnish or the like off of cabinets, desks, rail-
way-cars, etc., which is positive and reliable in operation, and of simple, durable,
and cheap construction."
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
1. An implement for scraping paint, varnish and the like from railway cars,
furniture and the like, consisting of a rod having a head at one end and pro-
vided with threads at the other, a handle screwed upon said rod so that when
turned in one direction or the other, it will effect a longitudinal adjustment of
the rod, and a scraper blade having an open slot or notch adapted to be slipped
upon the rod; said blade being adapted to be clamped between the handle and
the head of the rod by the rotary movement of the former, substantially as set
forth.
2. An implement for scraping paint, varnish and the like from railway cars,
furniture and the like, consisting of a rod having a head at one and pro-
vided with threads at the other, a handle screwed upon .said rod so that when
turned in one direction or the other it will effect a longitudinal adjustment of
the rod, a sleeve fitting upon the handle and rod between the former and the
head of the latter, and a scraper blade provided wah an open slot or notch for
engagement with said rod; said blade being adapted to be clamped between
said sleeve and the head of the rod, substantially as set forth.
3. An implement for scraping paint, varnish and the like from railway cars,
furniture and the like, substantially as described and shown in the drawings..
Dated THIS 25th day of November 1899.
ISCHER & THORPE,
Patent Agents,
Junction Bldg., K.C.Mo., U.S.A.
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ISCHER & THORPE,
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