Improvements in Forks and Shovels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Forks and Shovels.
I, HEINRICH KEMPGENS, Manufacturer, of Kettwig, Rhenish Prussia, in the
German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to forks or shovels suitable for handling coke, stones,
vegetables, hay and similar goods. Instead of making the tines or prongs of
one piece with their base to which the handle is attached, I make each tine or
prong of a separate piece or pin fixed to a common cross bar, on which is formed
a sleeve or socket piece for inserting the handle.
The said cross bar which carries a series of parallel prongs mounted at right
angles to the same may have various shapes.
It may be an angle iron of unequal sides, the long side being parallel to the
tines and provided with a socket for the handle, while the short side is situated
in front at a right angle to the tines, and provided with a series of holes or
recesses for the insertion of the same.
After its insertion through the said hole, each tine may be fixed to the long
side of the angle iron by a rivet or bolt.
Instead of an angle iron, a channel iron may be used, the two flanges being
at right angles to the tines and provided with perforations, and the line of
rivets being situated midway between the flanges.
Or the cross bar may be a plate provided with a series of grooves or corruga-
tions for inserting the ends of the prongs, and this plate may be covered with
another plate likewise provided with grooves or corrugations, which plate is laid
across the ends of the prongs and then rivetted or otherwise fixed to the first
plate.
Instead of forming separate pins, the prongs may be arranged in pairs, by
bending a piece of iron or steel into a U shape, and then fixed to a cross-bar.
The principal advantages of such a fork are facility of manufacture and of
repair, as broken or bent tines can be easily replaced.
In handling coke, stones, or other hard material, such a fork acts as a shovel
which allows dust and grit to pass between the prongs.
Dated this 28th day of March 1898.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to forks or shovels suitable for handling coke, stones,
vegetables, hay and similar goods. Instead of making the tines or prongs of
one piece with their base to which the handle is attached, I make each tine or
prong of a separate piece or pin fixed to a common cross bar, on which is formed
a sleeve or socket piece for inserting the handle.
The said cross-bar which carries a series of parallel prongs mounted at right
angles to the same may have various shapes, some of which are represented by
the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a plan of a shovel embodying my
invention Fig. is a section along line A-B of Fig. 1; Figs. 4 and 5 are
longitudinal sections showing different forms of cross-bars; Fig. 6 is a section
along line C-D of Fig. 5.
In Fig. 1 the cross-bar is an angle-iron of unequal sides, the long side being
parallel to the tines and provided with a socket for the handle, while the short
side is situated in front at a right angle to the tines, and provided with a series
of holes or recesses for the insertion of the same.
After its insertion through the corresponding hole, each tine may be fixed
to the long side of the angle iron by a rivet or bolt.
Instead of an angle iron, a channel iron may be used, as shown by Fig. 4,
the two flanges being at right angles to the tines and provided with perforations,
and the line of rivets being situated midway between the flanges.
Or the cross-bar may be a plate provided with a series of grooves or corruga-
tions for inserting the ends of the prongs as represented by Figs. 5 and 6, and
this plate may be covered with another plate either flat or likewise provided
with grooves or corrugations, which plate is laid across the ends of the prongs
and then rivetted or otherwise fixed to the first plate.
Instead of forming separate pins, the prongs may be arranged in pairs by
bending a piece of iron or steel into a U shape, and then fixed to a cross-bar.
The principal advantages of such a fork are facility of manufacture and of
repair, as broken or bent tines can be easily replaced.
In handling coke, stones, or other hard material, such a fork acts as a shovel
which allows dust and grit to pass between the prongs.
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 fork or shovel having tines or teeth which are fixed to a cross-bar provided
with a sleeve or socket piece or similar attachment for the handle, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
2. In a fork or shovel of the type specified, the combination of a cross-bar
formed of perforated angle iron or channel iron, with tines or teeth fitted into
the holes of the said cross-bar, substantially as described and shown.
3. In a fork or shovel of the type specified, a cross-bar having corrugations
or grooves adapted to receive the tines or teeth, and the combination of a corru-
gated or grooved cross-bar with a cover plate laid across the tines, substantially
as described.
Dated this 92nd day at
1000
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.