IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HANDLES OF TROWELS, SPADES, FORKS AND " OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: other Articles.
I, JOSEPH EDWARD VAUGHAN of Cromwell Street, Birmingham, in the County.
of Warwick Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HANDLES OF TROWELS, SPADES, FORKS AND
"
OTHER
ARTICLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to that class of handles which are secured or connected to
an object by means of side or end shanks or stems, and between the upper ends of
which, the handle proper is situated and secured; and my said invention has for;
its object the securing or affixing of the handle to the shanks, or the shanks to the
handle, in a simple and efficient way.
According to my improvements, the upper or terminal ends of the shanks or
supporting stems are provided on their inner faces, with spikes, teeth or other
protuberances in the form of straight or annular ribs or rings, which are driven or
forced into the handle ends, on the rivetting of the end or ends of a central or
axial rod passing through the said handle. The protuberances upon the inside
faces of the stems or shanks, keep the handle in a determinate position.
Figure 1 represents a handle (applied to a plasterer's trowel) constructed
according to my invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the
same. Figure 3 is an edge view of one of the shanks or stems. Figure 4 is an
underside view of the same.
a is the handle b b are stems or shanks having upon their inner faces spikes b³,
which are driven or forced into the ends of the wooden handle a, and which said
spikes or pins prevent the said handle from rotating. c is a central stay rod
rivetted at its outer end cd is a trowel plate, to which the lower or foot end b b
of the stems are rivetted. Thus in the making up of a handle, the handle a is
placed centrally with respect to the widened out parts of the shanks, so that the
holes in the ends of the said shanks and the holes in the stem are coincident; the
central stay rod cis then threaded through the parts and afterwards rivetted at
its end or ends, forcing the pins 6 into the wood, and thereby preventing the
handle from rotating. Figure 5 represents the fixing pins in the form of a serrated
or toothed edge, which are driven into the ends of the handle exactly in the same
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page_text: manner as already described with respect to figures 1 and 2. The teeth or
serrations are marked b³, while the shank is marked b. Figure 6 is a side elevation
of the shank, and figure 7 a plan of the inner face.
Figure 8 shows the same applied to a tubular metal handle. The serrated ends
of the handle take into like recesses formed in the edge of the top of the shank.
The affixing being effected, by slightly drawing over the metal of the end.
Figure 9 shows a modification of figures 1 and 2 in which the handle holding
expedient is made rib like, which are driven or let into the ends of the handle, in
order to prevent the handle from rotating and affixing the parts in position.
b is the shank and b the ribs, which are equivalents of pins, standing out from
the inside face of the shanks. Figure 10 is an edge view of the said shanks and
figure 11 is a front view. Figure 12 is also a modification of the means of holding
and preventing the handle from rotating.
a is the handle and bb are the shanks, having upon their inner faces excentric
ring like protuberance e", which are equivalent to a series of pins or pegs arranged
side by side; so that on the annular ring or rib on the inside face of each shank
being driven into the ends of the handle, the said handle is prevented from
rotating. Figure 13 is a plan of the inner face of the shank showing the ring like
character of the holder.
Figure 14 shows the application of my invention to a spade or fork handle.
The application of my invention to other handles differs in no essential respect
from those already described.
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
Improvements in securing and fixing the handles of plasterers' trowels and other
articles by means of affixing or securing pegs, teeth, straight or annular ribs and
other like protuberances formed upon the inside faces of the shanks or handle
supports, which said pegs or other protuberances or holding expedients are driven
or forced into the ends of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and illustrated in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12;
also the modification described in figure 8.