Improvements in Combination Tools for the Use of Cyclists and others.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897
Improvements in Combination Tools for the Use of Cyclists
and others.
I GILBERT ROY, of 17 Whitelow Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Oil Refiner, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tools for use by cyclists and others the object of the
invention being to make a tool compact in form and useful for two or more
purposes.
The main part of the tool is a spanner with an outer sliding jaw actuated by a
screw and a suitable milled nut, and at the end of the handle projecting at right
angles to the fixed jaw of the spanner is a prolongation or projection which is of
such length and so beveled at its end as to form a screw-driver."
Near the end of the screw driver I may form on the outer side of the projection
a ratchet tooth or teeth or transverse rib or ribs to facilitate the removal of an
ordinary "Dunlop" pneumatic tyre cover from the rim of the wheel by the
insertion of the end of the screw driver beneath the wired edge of the said tyre
cover. The outer surface of the aforesaid projection may be made into or
provided with a file instead of or in addition to the ratchet teeth before named.
The inner side of the projection is close to the back of the movable jaw of the
spanner and being at right angles to the fixed jaw will support the movable jaw as
it opens and materially strengthen the spanner besides being available as a screw.
driver and for other purposes.
I propose to stamp the handle the fixed jaw and the screw driver in one piece
leaving a recess on one side for the insertion of the moving jaw and a suitable slot
for the insertion of the milled nut and the passage of the screwed end of the
moving jaw, and I cover the above named recess by a plate rivetted to the
handle.
By this construction the tool is very cheaply manufactured.
1000
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Combination Tools for the Use of Cyclists
and others.
I GILBERT ROY, of 17 Whitelow Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Oil Refiner, 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 tools for use by cyclists and others the object of the

page_text: invention being to make a tool compact in form and useful for two or more
purposes.
And the invention will be 'rea dily understood from the following description
thereof on reference to the accompanying drawings of which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a tool made according to my invention.
Fig. 2 shews a cover plate to be fitted and rivetted to the handle and fixed jaw,
seen at Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 is a section through about the line A-B on Fig. 1.
The main part of the tool is a spanner with an outer sliding jaw a actuated by a
screw a¹ and a suitable milled nut a', and at the end of the handle b', projecting at
right angles to the fixed jaw b of the spanner, is a prolongation or projection 6
which is of such length and so beveled at its end as to form a screw-driver if
desired.
Near the end of the screw driver I may form. on the outer side of the
projection a ratchet tooth or teeth, or transverse rib or ribs bx, to facilitate the
removal of an ordinary "Dunlop " pneumatic tyre cover from the rim of
the wheel by the insertion of the end of the screw driver & beneath the wired
edge of the said tyre cover. The outer surface say from 6x to 6** of the aforesaid
projection may be made into or provided with a file instead of or in addition to
the ratchet teeth or ribs 6x before named.
The inner side of the projection 62 is close to the back of the movable jaw a of
the spanner and being at right angles to the fixed jaw b, or parallel with the line
of motion of the movable jaw a, will support the said movable jaw a as it opens
(see dotted lines Fig. 1) and materially strengthen the spanner besides being
available as a screw driver and for other purposes if desired.
It will be evident that the tyre cover remover or file or both may be applied or
made upon a projection similar to but not in the form of a screw driver.
I propose to stamp the handle b' the fixed jaw b and the projection or screw
driver in one piece (see Fig. 3) leaving a recess on one side for the insertion of
the moving jaw a, and a suitable slot for the insertion of the milled nut a²
and the passage of the screwed end a' of the moving jaw a, and I cover the
above named recess by a plate 6 (shewu detached at Fig. 2) rivetted to the
handle b'.
By this construction the tool is very cheaply manufactured.
When the jaws a and b are close together the tool may be used as a light hammer
if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the moving jaw of a spanner, of a fixed jaw provided
with a projection, the inner surface of which is at right angles thereto or parallel
with the line of motion of the moving jaw so as to support the back of the latter,
and the outer surface being beveled to be available for a screw driver if desired,
or provided with a tyre cover remover or a file or both substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
2. A combined spanner and screw driver formed substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the annexed drawings.
3. A combined spanner and screw driver with tyre cover remover or file (or
both) substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 18th day of January 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.