An Improved Method of Attaching the Handles of Hoes, Rakes, Brooms, and other Implements and Tools.
Year: 1896

page_text: An Improved Method of Attaching the Handles of Hoes, Rakes,
Brooms, and other Implements and Tools.
1, SAMUEL WATTS, of 9 Keyford Street, Frome, in the County of Somerset,
Cycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
To provide a means whereby the handles of Hoes, Rakes, Brooms, and other
implements and tools may be more readily attached or detached, or adjusted to the
said implements and tools.
The general principle of this my said invention is set forth in part in my
Specification No. 14085 of 1894, and is there described for the attachment, detach-
ment, and adjustment of the handle of a hand plough, and the object of this
invention is to adapt the methods therein described, or other methods similar
thereto, to other implements and tools to which the methods are applicable.
To adapt the method of handle fixing and adjusting described in the before-
mentioned specification to hoes, rakes, and other implements and tools the handles
of which are usually fixed by being driven into a socket or on to a
tang. I provide in place of the socket or
a part hereinafter
and for the purposes of this specification called a holder, this holder
is hollowed out in semicircular form to receive the handle, and also further hollowed
out and provided with a hole to receive the handle fastener, this fastener is a ring
into which the handle may fit loosely, one side of the ring I may make wide to
give a good bearing to the handle, the other side being narrowed and provided with
a screwed shank to fit into the holder aforesaid, the screwed shank of the
fastener is provided with a nut, the whole being so arranged that the fastener
being put on the handle and the shank of the fastener being put through the hole
ine holder, and the nut screwed up against the outside surface of the holder, the
handle is tightly gripped between the wide surface of the fastener and the holder,
thus securely fixing the handle.
I may make the holder as part of the implement or tool to which the handle is
to be attached, or make the same as a separate part and attach it to the implement
or tool by any suitable means such as welding, brazing, riveting, screwing, or the
like.
Or the holder may be attached to the implement or tool in such a manner so
as to be adjustable with regard to the angle formed by the implement or tool and
the handle, the means to accomplish this being an adjustable hinge or joint, or
other suitable means, and the same may be provided with serrations, or a series
of Loles and a stud, or other like means to prevent the joint from slipping, and the
joint may be fixed by a screw or bolt or other suitable means.

page_text: Or I may make the holder as a separate part and attach the same to a curved
and slotted tang projecting from the implement or tool and made as part of or
attached to the said implement or tool, the nut of the fastener serving to secure
the same at the desired angle as set forth in the beforementioned specification,
or in other suitable manner.
I may make the holder and fastener in other form than that beforementioned,
the holder being made as a tang and either part of, or attached to the implement
or tool, the said tang being hollowed out to receive the handle, and the fastener
being in this case in the form of a grip the same being arranged so that it may be
cansed to bind the handle and holder securely together by means of a set screw or
bolt or other suitable means, the handle being made adjustable as aforesaid, or
fixed as desired.
In the case of brooms and the like I may attach the holder to the head in any
suitable manner and make the same to be fixed or adjustable as desired, or I may
make an adjusting joint with sufficient movement so that the handle may be used
on either side of the broom, thus allowing either side of the same to be brought
into use as desired.
Or I may make a frame of suitable form to grip the head, the holder being part
of, or attached to the same, and I may cause the frame to grip the head either by
the nut, bolt, screw, or other means which secures the handle, or I may provide
a bolt, set screw, or other suitable means for that purpose as desired, and I may
make the same to be adjustable either as regards the handle as aforesaid, or as to
the size of head which the frame may be made to grip as desired, the whole being
arranged to bring about the object of this part of my invention viz:-The provision
of a means whereby the handles of brooms and the like may be readily attached,
detached, or adjusted as to height, and also that the heads of the said brooms
may be readily changed about with regard to the handle, thus bringing both sides
of the same into equal use, and further, that the head may be readily removed and
replaced.
I may make the fastener or grip, or the holder, of any suitable form, and attach
the same to the implements or tools in any convenient manner, and I may apply
the methods of handle fastening and adjusting beforementioned to any implements
or tools to which the same may be applicable.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1896.
SAMUEL WATTS,
Applicant.
An Improved Method of Attaching the Handles of Hoes, Rakes,
Brooms, and other Implements and Tools.
I, SAMUEL WATTS, of 9 Keyford Street, Frome, in the County of Somerset,
Cycle Maker, 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:-
The nature of this invention is to provide a means whereby the handles of Hoes,
Rakes, Brooms, and other implements and tools may be more readily attached,
detached, or adjusted to the said implements and tools.
The general principle of this my invention is set forth in part in my Specification
No. 14085 of 1894, and is there described for attachment, detachment, and
adjustment of the handle of a hand plough, and the object of this invention is to

page_text: adapt the methods therein described or other methods similar thereto to other
tools and implements to which the said methods may be applicable.
In the performance of one part of this my invention I make the holder and
fastener as described in the beforementioned specification and shewn in Figs. 1
4 5 6 & 9 in the drawings accompanying the same, and also described in my
Provisional Specification preceding this.
I may make the holder either as part of the implement or tool to which the
handle is to be attached, or as a separate part and attach the same by any suitable
means such as welding brazing, riveting or the like.
:
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 & 4 shews the holder made as part of
the tool as in the case of a rake and a hoe, Fig. 2 shews the holder as a separate
part riveted on; Figs. 3 & 5 shews the holder as a separate part attached to a
slotted tang B being the fastener, L. the holder, R the slotted tang, A the washer
to fit the same, and G the nut; the slotted tang as there shewn is made of round or
other suitable section rod bent to form the slot, the ends being shaped to suit the
tool or implement to which it is to be attached, Fig. 5 shewing the same adapted to a
Dutch hoe; the tang may be curved to allow of adjustment as to the angle formed
by the tool and the handle, or straight as in Fig. 3.
According to another part of this my invention I make the holder and fastener
as shewn in Figs. 6 & 6 or similar thereto, in this case the holder is made as a tang
hollowed out to receive the handle, the tang being either made as part of the tool
or implement, or attached thereto, the said tang being either straight as shewn
at or curved as at 7 to allow of adjustment as to angle formed by the tool and
the handle; the fastener A Fig. 6 is provided with a set screw or bolt C which
being screwed up against the tang A grips the handle.
A modification of the foregoing. is shewn at Figs. 7 and 7, the sides of the
tang A being tapered off so as to form a section of a cone and the fastener being
shaped to fit the same, the handle is gripped by screwing up the bolt D.
The bolt D may be of any suitable form.
In the case of Brooms and the like, I may attach the holder or tang to the head
in any suitable manner such as by a plate to screw on to the head, the said plate
being made as part of or secured to the holder or tang, or by screwing or driving
the holder or tang into the head, or the like; and I may use any of the before-
described methods of attaching, detaching, or adjusting the handle.
Or I may make a frame of suitable form to grip the head, such as that shewn in
Figs. 8 & 8 or similar thereto; as there shewn the frame is made to clip under
the head, the same being gripped by tightening the set screw at the top of the
frame.
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I may make the frame to hold the head of any other convenient form, and I
may use any of the before-described methods of handle fixing therewith; or fix
the handles to the frame in other convenient manner to bring about the object of
this part of my invention viz:-the provision of a means whereby the hanes of
brooms and the like may be attached or detached or adjusted as to height, also that
the heads of the said brooms may be readily changed about with regard to the
handle and further that the heads may be easily removed and replaced.
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
The methods of attaching, detaching, or adjusting handles as described and
shewn in my Specification No. 14085 of 1894, the same being applied and adapted
to Tools and Implements to which the same may be applicable other than those
described in the beforementioned specification, as set forth in the foregoing
specification.
(2) The method and modifications of attaching, detaching, or adjusting handles
as set forth and described in the foregoing specification.
(3) The methods of attaching, detaching, and adjusting handles as aforesaid

page_text: the same being applied to brooms and the like, provision being made for removing,
adjusting, or replacing the heads of the said brooms and the like as set forth and
described in the foregoing specification.
SAMUEL WATTS,
Applicant.