An Improved Combination Knife.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1892.
Complete Specification Left 11th Apr. 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Knife.
JOSEPH WESTBY & CHARLES SWIFT LEVICK of Congo Works Pinfold
Street Sheffield, Cutlery & Electro Plate Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A pocket knife with wire cutter and graduating cartridge extractor, of which
the handle or scale of the pocket knife forms one part, & a button hook or any
other article which open & shuts in the pocket knife, forms the other part of the
wire cutter, or cartridge extractor & when open being gripped by the hand in
the same manner as a pair of pincers, will answer for either a wire cutter or
cartridge extractor.
JOSEPH WESTBY.
CHAS. S. LEVICK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Knife,
JOSEPH WESTBY, and CHARLES SWIFT LEVICK, Congo Works, Pinfold
Street, Sheffield, Cutlery and Electro-Plate Manufacturers, 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 :—
Our invention relates to an improved construction of what are known in the
trade, as "sportman's knives," which usually contain in one handle, a number of
different tools, appliances, or implements, arranged to occupy little space & to be
always ready for instant use, and our object is to increase the number of the uses
to which such a knife may be put, without materially adding to the number of its
parts.
In carrying our invention into practice, we take one of the articles usually
forming part of such a knife, say for example, a button hook, and we extend the
upper part beyond the joint sufficiently to admit of the formation therein of a
cutting notch for wire, and also of a gripping point, suitably shaped to take a firm
hold upon the end of a cartridge case, and thereby extract the same from a rifle
or other fire-arm. We likewise extend the usual inside "scales," forming the head
of such knives, and shape them to correspond to the cutting and gripping portion
already described, using a better quality of steel to sustain extra work.
And in order that our invention may be better understood, we shall now refer
to the several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings, the same letters indicating
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1. is a front view of a combination spring knife with the improved portions
formed as an extension of a button-hook, and in position for gripping and extracting
a cartridge case.
Fig. 2. illustrates front and edge views of a detached button hook with improved
head.
Fig. 3. shows front "scale" likewise detached.
Fig. 4. front & edge formation of back spring.
On referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the hook or lever B. swings around
a pin, as a fulcrum, in the scales A. the extreme portions of both thus taking a
firm grip upon D a cartridge case base, or when required will cut a piece of wire
if inserted in the notches or openings formed by A & B.

page_text: It will be observed that the extended part on B. is only about half thickness of
the head itself and that the spring C. Fig. 4. is likewise reduced to about half
thickness at its upper extremity by which novel formation, one spring operates to
retain all the parts in proper position, and also to allow the parts to pass. by. each
other in taking up the different positions required in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.
1st. In a spring or "sportsman's knife," the extension of the inside "scales,” and
also of the head of any of the usual parts, and the combination and formation
therein of a wire cutter, and also of a cartridge extractor, substantially as described
& illustrated.
2nd. Making the head of the combination cutter and extractor, and also of the
inside jack spring; of two different thicknesses to pass each other, substantially as
described and illustrated.
ISAAC BECK, R.P.A.,
Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicants.