Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
We, SAMUEL SNELL of Skinner Lane Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and ALBERT WILLIAM SANDERSON of Woodfield Villas St. Pauls Road
Birmingham, aforesaid, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
To obviate the necessity of employing two independent or separate instruments, or
tools as aforesaid, for purposes to which they may be designed, we combine the said tools
in one instrument; that is, we construct an instrument, that contains within itself, an
all nut bar spanner, and a pair of pliers, with either plain, gas, nipping or
cutting jaws.
The kind of spanner referred to, is one in which graduated holes for the taking
upon varying sized nuts, are arranged contiguous to each other, and in the longer
direction of a flat narrow bar.
Our invention consists in making the said spanner of the kind as afore stated, in
two parts, divided longitudinally about its middle, and jointed near its upper end,
while its lower end, which when the instrument is in use as a spanner, is secured by
a ring, and screwed head or nut; that is, the combined instrument is separated or
divided down its middle, from its lower end, to near its upper end, and jointed near
its said upper end; while its screwed extension of the said lower end, may be secured
by a ring or collar, fitting upon a shoulder, and a screwed head or nut, screwing upon
the extreme end; so as to bind and hold the divided and jointed half parts together.
That part of the instrument which is disposed above the joint pin, forms plier, or
other like jaws, which may be either cutting, gripping or wrenching.
The joint as afore stated, is made like that of an ordinary pair of pliers, cranked to
the reverse side of its handle part. Thus, the lower halves of the instrument (when
used as a pair of pliers) forms the handle, while the upper parts constitute the jaws ;
and by the crossing of the said upper parts, the jaws are made to lie on the reverse
sides to the handles, to which they are connected.
To use the instrument as a pair of pliers or wrench, remove the screwed head or
nut and ring from the screwed peg extension; then open out the lower divided part of

page_text: the instrument, when the open upper jaws above the joint, can be used for the gripping,
holding or cutting of any object.
To convert the instrument into a spanner, close the lower divided parts, so as to
bring the inside faces into juxta position, making as it were a flat bar, with varying
sized nut holes running longitudinally from near the joint, to the lower part.
The jointed halves are secured together, by a ring, collar, or the like, and a screwed
head or nut, fitting upon a peg extension.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Spanner and Pliers.
We, SAMUEL SNELL of Skinner Lane, Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and ALBERT WILLIAM SANDERSON of Woodfield Villas, St. Pauls
Road, Birmingham, aforesaid, Foreman, 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:-
To obviate the necessity of employing two independent or separate instruments, or
tools as aforesaid, for purposes to which they may be designed, we combine the said
tools in one instrument; that is, we construct an instrument, that contains within
itself, an all-nut bar spanner, and a pair of pliers, with either plain, gas, nipping or
cutting jaws.
The kind of spanner referred to, is one in which graduated holes for the taking
upon varying sized nuts, are arranged contiguous to each other, and in the longer
direction of a flat and narrow bar.
Our invention consists in making the said spanner of the kind, as afore stated, in
two parts, divided longitudinally about its middle, and jointed near its upper end,
while its lower end, which when the instrument is in use, as a spanner, is secured by
a jointed loop, or other like fastener.
Thus the combined instrument is separated or divided down its middle. from its
lower end, to near its upper jointed end.
That part of the instrument which is disposed above the joint pin, forms plier, or
other like jaws, which may be either for cutting, gripping or wrenching.
The joint as afore stated, is made like that of an ordinary pair of pliers, cranked to
the reverse side of its handle part.
The lower halves of the instrument (when used as a pair of pliers) forms the handle,
while the upper parts constitute the jaws; and by the crossing of the said upper
parts, the jaws are made to lie on the reverse sides to the handles, to which they are
connected.
To use the apparatus or instrument as a pair of pliers, or as a wrench, remove the
loop from the lower end of one side, then open out the lower divided part of the
instrument, when the open upper jaws above the joint, can be used for the gripping,
holding, or cutting of an object.
To convert the instrument into a spanner, close the lower divided parts, so as to
bring the inside faces into juxta position, a flat bar, with varying sized nut holes,
running longitudinally from near the joint, to the lower part.
The jointed halves are secured together, by the loop as aforesaid.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, our new or improved combined all-nut
spanner and gripping pliers, provided with cutting nippers. Figure 2 is an underside
view of the same. Figure 3 is an edge view, and figure 4 is a front_view of the said

page_text: Combined apparatus, with the jaws and arms opened out. Figure 5 is an edge view
of figure 4, and figure 6 is a longitudinal vertical section on the dotted lines A B
figure 1.
a, a is the handle and spanner part, which when closed, forms an all-nut spanner,
with hexagonal shaped holes a², for the taking upon varying sized nuts, when the
combined apparatus is required to be used as a spanner.
The half handle parts, or arms a, a, are kept in their closed positions, by a jointed
loop or clip b, jointed at 62, and having a hole 63 through it, which takes upon a
corresponding shaped extended end a³, of the opposite half.
c, c, are the jaws of the plier part, which are extensions of the half handle parts ;
and which said parts are connected together, by a joint pin d.
The junctions at, of the plier parts, with the spanner or handle parts, are
respectively provided with cutting notches e, for the cutting or shearing of wire.
When the apparatus is used as an all-nut spanner, the parts take the positions as
represented in figure 1; but when used as a pair of pliers, cutters, or the like, the
parts take the positions as in figure 4.
It will be seen that on the opening out of the handle parts, that the cutter gaps e
become coincident, and on the closing of the said handle parts, a wire or the like
placed within the gaps, is sheared or cut.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is―
First. A combined all-nut spanner and pliers, or wrench, constructed substantially
as described and set forth.
Secondly. A combined all-nut spanner and pliers, with cutting or shearing gaps e,
at the joint part thereof, substantially as set forth.
Thirdly. The combination with an all-nut spanner and pliers, or wrench, of a
securing loop or fastener b, 62, 63, for the taking upon an extended part a³, for the
purpose substantially as set forth.
Doted this Fourteenth day of January 1888