Improvements in Scythes.
Year: 1892

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HIST Tordig ApplicatioT (HE outh June, 100
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 10th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 10th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
Improvements in Scythes.
I, JOHANN BADERTSCHER, Merchant, of Langnau, Canton de Berne, in the
Republic of Switzerland, 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 for improvements in scythes has for its object to connect a
scythe blade to its stock in such manner that the said blade can readily be adjusted
and fixed at any desired angle to the stock; and consists essentially in connecting
a scythe blade to its stock by a ball and socket joint.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
:-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a ball and socket joint constructed according to
this invention and shown attached to the scythe stock, and Figure 2 is a plan and
Figure 3 a longitudinal section of the same, the scythe blade being shown fixed in
position in Figure 3.
The base 6 of the ball and socket joint is adapted to be secured to the stock a
by means of the screws f and is formed with a spherical cup or socket g. The
clamp or holder h, to which the scythe blade i is attached by means of the bars
and screws m, is formed with an external spherical surface or part ball c adapted to
fit the cup or socket g and with a spherical cup or socket n. The ball c and socket g
are rigidly fixed together by means of an axial bolt e and spherical washer d
adapted to fit the socket n and adapted to be forced therein by the bolt e and so
firmly clamp the socket 9 and ball together. In order to adjust the scythe
blade the nut of the bolt is loosened and the ball c can then be adjusted as
desired in the socket g without moving the socket g, the washer d, or the bolt
be again clamped in the new position by tightening up the bolt.
and
With this arrangement of ball and socket joints for fixing scythe blades to their
stocks, the angle of the scythe blade does not require to be specially formed and all
kinds of blades can be fixed to the same stock.
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 device for fixing a scythe blade to its stock consisting of a ball and
socket joint substantially as described.
2. The device for fixing a scythe blade to its stock consisting of the base b
adapted to be fixed on the stock and formed with a socket y, of the clamp h adapted
to hold the scythe blade and formed with its part hollow ball c fitting in the
socket 9 of the washer d fitting in the hollow bali c, and of a nut e adapted to
secure the whole together, substantially as described.

page_text: 3. The improvements in scythes substantially as described with reference to the
drawings.
Dated this 10th day of December 1892,
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.