Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 13th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th July, 1888
I, ROBERT ELLIOTT of 164 Rye Hill in the City and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the combination of different implements in one tool and
consists in so combining implements which act by working on a centre such for
instance as scissors or pincers or the like that the handles by which the implements
are operated can be readily brought into position and fixed in that position for working
either of the implements as desired. According to my Invention the combination tool
consists of parts joined together and working upon a centre pin common to both so
that there is one implement on one side of the centre and another implement on the
other side of the centre. Each part has an extension extending throngh around or
past the other part and to each of these projections one of the operating handles is
fixed by a pin or otherwise in such a manner that the handles can be turned over in
either direction to work either of the tools as may be desired means being provided
(such as buttons spring catches or the like) by which the handles can be readily fixed
in and released from either of their positions.
The details constituting the ways in which iny Invention may be performed such as
the place and mode of attachment of the handles and the devices for fixing the handles
in position can be greatly varied without departing from the nature of my Invention
as hereinbefore defined, for example the handles can be attached to the sides or to the
top and bottom of the parts of the tools and in the former case the top end of one half
of the tool can be joined to the bottom half of the other. Or the parts of the tools can
be joined back to back one handle and one half of the tool forming one part.
Dated the 14th day of February 1888.

page_text: I ROBERT ELLIOTT of 164 Rye Hill in the City and County of Newcastle on
Tyne Engineer 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 relates to the combination of different implements in one tool and
consists in so combining implements which act by working on a centre such for
instance as scissors or pincers or the like that the handles by which the implements
are operated can be readily brought into position and fixed in that position for
working either of the implements as desired. According to my invention the
combination tool consists of parts joined together and working upon a centre pin
common to both so that there is one implement on one side of the centre and another
implement on the other side of the centre. Each part has an extension extending
through around or past the other part and to each of these projections one of the
operating handles is fixed by a pin or otherwise in such a manner that the bandles
can be turned over or round in either direction to work either of the tools as may be
desired means being provided (such as screw nuts, spring-catches or the like) by
which the handles can be readily fixed in, and released from, either of their
positions.
The details constituting the ways in which my invention may be performed such as
the place and mode of attachment of the handles and the devices for fixing the handles
in position can be greatly varied without departing from the nature of my invention
as hereinbefore defined.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe arrangements according thereto and for that purpose
shall refer to the several figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters
of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 1, shew in plan and elevation respectively and Figure 3 in
section taken on the line XY, of Figure 2, a combination tool constructed according
to my invention. The parts A and B work on the common centre pin e cach part A
and B having a projection (marked a and b respectively) extending through a cavity
in the other part (A or B). The cavity which is shewn in the drawing viz:—that in
the part A is marked a².
The handles C and D are fastened to the outer ends of the projections a and b by
the bolts 2 and 2 which may be round or of other suitable section but are preferably
square and tapering slightly from the heads of the said bolts to the part that is rounded
and screwed to receive the nuts c³ ³.
The holes for the bolts both in the projections a, b, and the handles C, D, are of a
form corresponding to that of the bolts. The nuts ca d³ are squared or milled so that
they can be conveniently turned to firmly secure the handles C. D to tho
projections a and b. projections care formed on the handles to bear against the

page_text: projections a and b when the tool is in use. The ends and y y form distinct pairs
of tools either of which can be brought into position for use by unscrewing the
nuts c³ ³ and transferring the handles to the other side and refastening the said nuts.
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a plan and elevation of the part A or B.
Figures 6 and 7 are a plan and an elevation of the ends of the handles which are
connected to the projections a and b.
Figures 8 and 9 shew in plan and elevation and Figure 10 in section (taken on the
line XY Figure 9) respectively another form of my combination tool in which
one of the parts A (shewn separately in Figures 13 and 14) has a hole a² through it
with a projection a on each side and the part B (shewn separately in Figures 11
and 12) has a central projection with a recess b² at each side for the reception of
the projections a a.
The connecting end of the handle D is a single eye with a projection on each
side as shewn in Figures 17 and 18, this single eye being received between the
projections a. The connecting end of the handle C is bifurcated as shown in
Figures 15 and 16 for the reception of the projection b. Figures 19 and 20 shew in
plan and elevation and Figure 21 a section on the line X Y (Figure 20) another form
of my combination tool on which the handles C, and D are free to move on the
axles c d and are kept on either side of the tool by the set screws e d³ which are
screwed through the handles and into the holes c d or c d in the sideway projecting
cars from the extensions a and b of the parts A and B of the tool.
By removing the screws c³ ³ from the holes c d the handles can be turned over
so as to reverse their position and then the scrows are inserted into the other pair of
holes c d and the other tool can be used. Figures 22 and 23 shew the part B
separately and Figures 24 and 25 shew the part A separately.
Figures 26 and 27 shew respectively in plan and elevation and Figure 28 in section
(taken on the line X Y Figure 27) another form of my combination tool wherein the
projecting parts a and b aro made to fit into recesses between the projecting parts c* *
of the handles C and D and are held in position by the tapering bolts c d and their
milled nuts c³ ³ so that the different parts of the tool may be readily brought into use
by removing the milled nuts 3 and the handles C and D and replacing them in
the reverse direction and again screwing on the nuts c³ d³.
Figures 29 and 30 are a plan and elevation and Figure 3.1 is a section taken on the
line XY of Figure 30 of another form of my combination tool wherein the
handles C and D are connected to the projecting parts ab as follows:-Each part a
and b is formed with a tapering pin or projection upon which a tapered eve or
socket formed on each of the handles C and D respectively fit and upon which the
handles can be turned into the desired position for operating either part of the
combination tool as desired. The handles are fixed in position by the milled nuts c³ ³
which are screwed down upon the ends of the handles.
Figures 32 and 33 represent respectively in plan and in elevation another form of
my combination tool in which the projections a and b of the parts A and B are each
provided with a tapered pin e² d² on which the handles C and D can be turned. The
handles are fixed in their adjusted positions by nuts c³ d³. Figures 34 and 35 are a
plan and an elevation of the part A or B 62 being the recess for the accommodation of
the projection a of the part A. Figure 36 shews in plan and elevation one of the
handles separately.
After the
Figures 37 and 38 represent in plan and elevation respectively another form of my
combination tool. According to this arrangement one side of the part B projects
beyond the part A and this projecting part 6 has a taper stud fixed to it.
part A is put into its position the projecting part b is bent over to a right angle so
that the stud c comes directly over the centre of the tool. The projecting part a
of the part A is extended beyond the part B and is provided with a tapering stud
situated directly under the centre of the tool. The handles are secured to these
studs c and d by milled nuts as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 29
and 30. Figures 39 and 40 shew the part B separately and Figure 41 is a section of
the part B taken on the line X Y of Figure 40—Figures 42 and 43 shew the part A

page_text: separately Figures 44 and 45 shew another mode of making the part B the stud c
being provided at the bottom with a plate ea having a slot on each side through
which pass the projections of the part B which projections are rivetted on to the
flange after the part A is placed in position.
Figures 46 and 47 represent in plan and elevation respectively another form of my
combination tool consisting of shears or cutting instruments constituted by the parts A
and B each of which forms a portion of each of the cutting instruments & and y.
One
end of the part A forms a top part to one tool and the other end forms a bottom part
to another tool.
Also one end of the part B forms a bottom part to one tool and the other end forms
a top part to the other tool.
The two parts A and B (one of which is shewn detached in Figure 49) are carried
on a common centre pin c and are each on the outer side formed with a projecting
boss having a number of radial corrugations or teeth cut therein with which engage
corresponding radial corrugations or teeth on similar bosses on the handles C and D)
one of which is shewn separately in Figure 50.
The bosses are maintained in engagement with each other by the spring clip /
(shewn separately in Figure 51) having discs 2 which press against the boss ends of
the handles (and 1). The centre pin c extends through from one disc to the other
disc of the clip this pin c is only fastened to one disc, the outer disc is free to work
on the pin c so that when the handles C and D required to be changed in position so
as to bring the other tool into operation, the corrugations on the bosses spring past
one another the spring clip giving a little at one end. The position of the handles
may he reversed so as to suit either of the cutting instruments by turning the handles C
and D. Figure 47 shews the position when one cutting instrument is in use and
Figure 48 the position when the other cutting instrument is in use.
Figures 52, 53 and 54 are views of a combination tool of the same type as that
last described but in which the bandles are connected to the bosses on the parts A B
by pins d² which are each rivetted to projections f³ from each of the said bosses,
each of the handles having fixed thereto a spring which enters a groove in the
projection and thereby the handles are held in their proper positions.
The position of the handles may be reversed to suit either part of the tool by with-
drawing the springs turning the handles round on the pins e² d² the springs fixing
the handles in the new position.
Figure 53 shews the position with one instrument in use and Figure 54 shews the
position with the other instrument in use. Figures 55 and 56 illustrate a form of my
combination tool in which the two cutting instruments are combined by making the
cutting edges a and 65 of the parts A B of the tool back to back the handles Cand D
being made in one with the cutting parts A and B and both turning on the centre c.
The parts are held together by the spring clip h. Suppose the instrument to be in the
position shewn in Figure 55 with the cutting edges in position for use and it is
desired to bring the cutting edges as into use the handles C and D are turned past
each other the centre pin c passes entirely through the two discs but is only fastened
to one as hereinbefore described in Figures 46, 47 and 48.
Figures 57 and 58 shew in plan and elevation respectively another form of my
combination tool wherein nipping jaws are employed. The parts A and B of the tool
are each formed with a square projection through which passes the centre pin con
which the parts A and B turn a screwed stud projecting from each square to receive
a nut to hold the handles C and D which have each a square hole to fit on each of
the square projections and are secured in position thereon by the milled nut c³ screwed
on to the studs 2. Figure 59 shows a plan and elevation of the part A separately.
The handles are reversed by removing the nnts c³ and handles and replacing the latter
on the projections in the reverse position and replacing the nuts c³.
Figures 60 and 61 illustrate another method of connecting the handles to a com-
bination tool like that last, described. The ends of the handles Cand D are formed
oblong or square and are cach fitted between two projections formed on each of
the parts A and B and the said handles are held in the position by the milled nuts c³

page_text: the centre pin c being prolonged beyond the projections & and screwed to receive the
said nuts. The handles are reversed in position by removing the nuts and with-
drawing the handles and reinserting them from the other end of the slot between
the projections k.
The part of the centre pin c on which the two parts A and B work is of a larger
diameter than the rest of the pins, the outer edges of the part which has a larger
diameter is rivetted over so as to keep the two parts A and B together.
Figure 62 shews in plan and elevation the part A separately.
I do not limit myself to the particular form of the operating tools which I have
illustrated at either end of the parts A and B.
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-A combination tool consisting of parts turning on a common centre and each
provided with one part of two pairs of tools there being one pair of handles which
can be reversed in position and be secured or retained in position so as to serve for
operating either pair of tools substantially as herein before described.
2-A combination tool consisting of parts turning on a common centre and each
provided at either end with one part of a pair of tools so that there are two pairs of
tools there being one pair of handles which can be turned over or reversed and be
secured or retained in position so as to serve for operating either pair of tools
substantially as herein before described.
3. The several combination tools hereinbefore described and severally illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Datad this Kirst day of June 1888