Agricultural forks.
Year: 1886

page_text: 1015, kʊs, anu Agricultural forks.
I, JOHN HATTON, of Main Works, Washing Pool, Stourbridge, Worcestershire,
Spade and Shovel Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My Invention has reference to those spades, shovels, peculiar kind of spades
called draining tools, rakes and agricultural forks (commonly known as. " cup
spades, shovels, etc) as are provided with a socket in which is fixed a centre strap
or plate of wrought iron or steel for the purpose of securing the handle thereto
such centre strap or plate lying in a plane at right angles to the blade of the spade,
shovel or draining tool or to the row of prongs in a rake or fork.
The ordinary method of fixing the centre strap or plate in the socket of such
'tools is by means of welding the centre strap and the socket together.
The object of my Invention is to improve the means of attaching the centro
strap to the socket so as to dispense with the comparatively expensive process of
welding.
In carrying out my Invention I provide at the edge of that part of the centre
strap or plate of metal which fits in the socket a projection or projections which,
when the former has been inserted in the latter, passes or pass through corre-
sponding holes in the socket and projects or project for a short distance therethrough,
By rivetting. over the projecting end or ends of the side projection or projections
the centre strap or plate is firmly attached to the socket. The said centre strap or
plate with its lateral projection or projections can readily be inserted in the socket
before the latter is closed or welded up. In order to make the centre strap
additionally secure I prefer to provide an inclined shoulder on the centre strap or
plate against which the end of the socket tightly abuts when it is rivetted to the
centre strap as above described.
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Two centre straps or plates can be fixed in a socket a short distance apart side
by side (as for instance in a langet spade) similarly as above described with reference
to a single centre strap or plate.
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page_text: Tools, Rakes, and Agricultural Forks.
I, JOHN HATTON, of Main Works, Washing Pool, Stourbridge, Worcestershire,
Spade and Shovel Manufacturer, 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 :—
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My Invention has reference to those spades, shovels, peculiar kind of spades
called draining tools, rakes and agricultural forks (commonly known as cup'
spades, shovels eto) as are provided with a socket in which is fixed a centre strap
or plate of wrought iron or steel for the purpose. of.,securing the handle thereto
such centre strap or plate lying in a plane at right angles to the blade of the spade,
shovel or draining tool or to the row of prongs in a rake or fork.
The ordinary method of fixing the centre strap or plate in the socket of such
tools is by means of welding the centre strap and the socket together.
The object of my Invention is to improve the means of attaching the centre
strap to the socket so as to dispense with the comparatively expensive process of
.welding.
In carrying out my Invention I provide at the edge of that part of the centre
strap or plate of metal which fits in the socket a projection or projections which,
when the former has been inserted in the latter, passes or pass through corre-
sponding holes in the socket and projects or project for a short distance therethrough.
By rivetting over the projecting end or ends of the side projection or projections
the centre strap or plate is firmly attached to the socket. The said centre strap or
plate with its lateral projection or projections can readily be inserted in the socket
,before the latter is closed or welded up. In order to make the centre strap
additionally secure I prefer to provide an inclined shoulder on the centre strap
or plate against which the end of the socket tightly abuts when it is rivetted to
the centre strap as above described.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 is a side
elevation, partly in section, of a socket spade with a centre strap attached thereto
according to my Invention; Fig. 3 is a part sectional side elevation, Fig. 4 a back
elevation and Fig. 5 a part sectional plan of the spade illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2
separately and Fig. 6 represents in side and front elevations the centre strap for
the same separately; Figs. 7 and 8 represent in cross-sectional plan on 'an enlarged
scale the socket and centre strap of the same the socket being open in Fig. 7 and
closed in Fig. 8 as hereinafter described; Fig. 9 is a sectional side elevation and
Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a short socketted spade having a centre strap (of
sufficient length to extend to the top of the handle) attached to the socket
according to my Invention; Fig. 11 is a side elevation partly in section and
Fig. 12 is a front elevation of a shovel having the centre strap attached to the
socket according to my Invention and Fig. 13 represents in front and side
elevations the centre strap of the same separately.
The same letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several
Figures,

page_text: Referring firstly to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, A is the blade of the spade and a is
the socket into which the centre strap or plate of metal b is required to be secured.
At the edge of the centre strap b is a projection d and in the socket is a corre-
sponding hole c into which the projection & fits when the centre strap has been
inserted in the socket. The end of the projection d projects a short distance
through the hole c and is there rivetted over thus firmly attaching the centre
strap b and the socket a together (see Figs. 1 and 2). The centre strap b can
readily be inserted in and rivetted to the socket a while the latter is open (see
Fig. 7) which can afterwards be closed up (see Fig. 8) and welded if required.
The centre strap b is preferably provided with an inclined shoulder e against which
the end of the socket a tightly abuts when it is rivetted to the centre strap as
above described (see Figs. 1 and 2). f, f, f, are the ordinary rivet holes through
which rivets pass for attaching the handle to the spade in the ordinary manner.
In order to add additional security to the fixing of the centre strap b' to the
socket a two or more projections d may be provided on the centre strap, instead of
a single projection, to pass through corresponding holes in the socket, as shewn in
Figs. 9 and 10, in which a long centre strap is employed to pass up to the top of
the handle, and as in the shovel illustrated by Figs. 11, 12 and 13.
The centre straps of spades and shovels (other than those illustrated by my
drawing) draining tools (which tools are peculiar kinds of spades) rakes, and
agricultural forks can be secured to their respective sockets similarly as herein-*
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
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:
Fixing a centre strap of wrought iron or steel to the socket part of a spade,
shovel, draining tool, rake or agricultural fork by means of a projection or pro-
jections on the said centre strap which passes or pass through a hole or holes in
the said socket part and is or are there rivetted over substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
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