Improvements in the Handles of Clippers, Shears, and other Tools.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Handles of Clippers, Shears, and other Tools.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 528 Oxford Street W.,. in the County of Middlesex,
Horse Clipper Manufacturer, 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 :-
The main object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of
attaching the handles to clippers or shears, used in clipping or shearing horses and
other animals, but my said invention is also applicable to other tools, having
separate handles, such as chisels, files, &c.
In the ordinary way heretofore employed, the said handles are made of wood and
have a hole bored at one end, and are simply driven on to the pointed end or tang
of the tool. By this method of construction the handles in course of time
frequently give trouble by working loose.
According to my invention, I form a screw thread upon the end or tang of the
tool and screw the handle thereon.
This forms a perfectly secure mode of attachment, and also enables the handles
to be adjusted for length, as desired, by partially screwing or unscrewing them,
while new handles can readily be fitted when required.
As an illustration of my invention I shew, in the accompanying drawing, a
pair of hand horse clippers, of the usual construction, with the handles attached
thereto in accordance with my invention.
A is the rod or lever carrying the fixed cutting blade B, and C is the lever
working on the pivot D, and operating the moving cutting blade E.
The end of the lever C has a screw thread F formed upon it, and the handle H
is screwed directly thereon, as shown. The screw F is preferably cut with a
"wood" screw thread, and forms its own thread in the wooden handle by the
operation of screwing therein.
A modified arrangement is shewn in connection with the other lever A; in
this case a "metal thread J is employed, which screws into a long tubular
metal nut K, inserted and fixed firmly by any suitable means within the wooden
handle H.
In place of using wood, I may employ tubular metal handles, in which case the
internal screw thread may be formed in the handle itself.
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 combination with hand clippers, or shears, chisels, files and other
similar tools, of handles fitted to screw upon the tangs or ends of the said tools,
substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with hand clippers or shears chisels, files, and other similar
tools, of tangs or ends C, formed with "wood" screw threads F and wooden
handles H screwed upon the said tangs or ends, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination with hand clippers, or shears, chisels, files, and other
similar tools, of tangs or ends A formed with "metal" screw threads J and
handles H', having tubular metal nuts K fixed therein, to screw upon the said
|tangs or ends, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4. The combination with hand clippers or shears chisels, files and other similar
tools, of screwed ends or tangs, and tubular metal handles screwed upon the said
tangs or ends, substantially as set forth.
Dated this Eighth day of April 1891.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W., Agent for the Applicant.