An Improved Pick.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Pick.
1, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn and Son of 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
a communication to me from William Wilson of Pine Grove in the County of
Esmeralda and State of Nevada United States of America Inventor to be as
follows:-
My invention is an improved pick and the object of my invention is to provide
a simple form of head in which the pick proper may be securely held, the head in
turn being secured to the handle.
In carrying my invention into practice the handle of the pick at its lower end
is preferably made tapering and is adapted to be forced into a tapering socket, this
socket is open at one end to receive the handle of the pick, and this opening
extends entirely through the socket except at the sides where overlapping edges
are left and these edges serve as a bearing for the support of the wedge and for
the end of the pitch-handle and to prevent the handle in its insertion in the socket
from being forced through beyond this point. Extending from the side walls of
the socket is a loop of less width than the socket proper, this loop having an
opening through the same to receive the pick and its locking means. The closed
end of the loop on its inner face is preferably formed slightly concave so as to
receive the corresponding face of the pick, as ordinarily the rear face of the pick
is made on a curve.
Between the inner face of the pick and the line of the socket
proper a wedge is inserted, this wedge resting upon the shoulder of the socket
proper formed by reducing the width of the loop extension. By forcing this
wedge into place the pick is held securely, though capable of ready removal by
displacing the wedge. In order to complete the fastening of the parts, the loop
and the pick engage each other, the one having a projection and the other a socket
to receive the same.
This takes up the strain, while the wedge, besides assisting in doing this, also
serves to keep the projection firmly in the socket.
It very often happens that the pick handle will become broken or worn or for
some other reason it is found necessary to remove it from its socket, and as it is
driven into place without wedges of any kind it would be difficult to remove it
unless pressure could be applied thereto from its bottom end. With this in view
extend the opening in the socket entirely through the same to the reduced width
of the loop extension, so that when the handle is to be removed I have only to
loosen the wedge and remove the pick, when the bottom of the handle will be
exposed and may be driven out from the socket very easily.
Dated this 9th day of January 1892.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Pick.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn & Son of 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
a communication to me from William Wilson of Pine Grove County of Esmeralda
5 State of Nevada United States of America Inventor and in what manner the same
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page_text: s to be performed, to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My invention is an improvement in picks, and I aim to provide by it a simple
form of head in which the pick proper may be securely held, the head in turn
being secured to the handle."
I have shown my invention in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pick socket.
Fig. 2 shows the same in section with the pick in place.
In the drawings the handle of the pick is shown at A. Its lower end is
preferably made tapering and is adapted to be forced into the tapering socket B.
This socket is open at one end to receive the handle of the pick and this
opening extends entirely through the socket, except at the sides, where overlapping
edges 1. are left and these edges serve as a bearing for the support of the wedge
and for the end of the pick-handle and to prevent the handle in its insertion in the
socket from being forced through beyond this point. Extending from the side
walls of the socket is a loop C of less width than the socket proper this loop
having an opening through the same to receive the pick D and its locking means.
The closed end of the loop on its inner face is preferably formed slightly concave
so as to receive the corresponding face of the pick, as ordinarily the rear face
of the pick is made on a curve. Between the inner face of the pick and the line
of the socket proper a wedge is inserted as at E, this wedge resting upon the
shoulders a of the socket proper formed by reducing the width of the loop
extension. By forcing this wedge into place the pick is held securely, though
capable of ready removal by displacing the wedge. In order to complete the
fastening of the parts the loop and pick engage each other the ore having a
projection and the other a socket y to receive the same. This takes up the
strain while the wedge, besides assisting in doing this, also serves to keep the
projection firmly in socket.
It very often happens that the pick handle will become broken or worn or for
some other reason it is found necessary to remove it from its socket, and as it is
driven into place without wedges of any kind it would be difficult to remove it
unless pressure could be applied thereto from its bottom end. With this in view
I extend the opening in the socket entirely through the same to the reduced width
of the loop extension so that when the handle is to be removed I have only to
loosen the wedge and remove the pick, when the bottom of the handle will be
exposed and may be driven out from the socket very easily.
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
The combination of a socket having an opening extending entirely through the
same and having a loop extension of less width than the opening in the socket, the
extension opening communicating with the said socket opening, the shoulders a a
at the ends of the socket projecting inward toward the loop extension to support
the wedge the pick and the wedge substantially as described.
Dated this 8th day of October 1892.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.