emones of panners.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 18th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Dec., 1887
emones of panners.
I JOHN KEMP STARLEY of the Meteor Works Coventry in the county of Warwick
Cycle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows :-
My invention relates to the manufacture of adjustable wrenches or spanners in a
simple and cheap manner whereby I dispense with machining part of the same and
am enabled thereby to produce them economically.
I press the body or socket of the spanner from (preferably) sheet steel in such
a manner that I can bend up one or both sides of the pressed blank so as to form a
groove or guide for the sliding portion of the wrench or spanner.
The fixed jaw of the spanner can be also pressed or it may be pressed separately,
bent to shape and then brazed to the body or socket.
For large wrenches or spanners I can used solid fixed jaws brazed on or by strips
going over or on them and also brazed to the body or socket or I may braze such
jaws to the body or socket in other suitable manner.
The adjusting half of the jaws may form the slide and move outside the other
portion of the wrench.
Suitable ends can be brazed to the body or socket say for instance a piece to
engage with a nut or for use as a pipe wrench.
It will be readily understood that this method of construction will be suitable for
almost any kind of wrench and I am able thus to construct such wrenches or spanners
cheaply they being also strong and light.
Dated this 19th day of February 1887.
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
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page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Wrenches or Spanners.
I JOHN KEMP STARLEY of the Meteor Works Coventry in the County of Warwick
Cycle 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 :-
My invention relates to the manufacture of adjustable wrenches or spanners in a
simple and cheap manner whereby I dispense with machining part of the same and am
enabled thereby to produce them economically.
I press the body or socket of the spanner from (preferably) sheet steel in such a
manner that I can bend up one or both sides of the pressed blank so as to form
a groove or guide for the sliding portion of the wrench or spanner.
The fixed jaw of the spanner can be also pressed or it may be pressed separately,
bent to shape and then brazed to the body or socket.
For large wrenches or spanners I can use solid fixed jaws brazed on or by strips
going over or on them and also brazed to the body or socket or I may braze such
jaws to the body or socket in other suitable manner.
The adjusting half of the jaws may form the slide and move outside the other
portion of the wrench.
Suitable ends can be brazed to the body or socket say for instance a piece to
engage with with a nut or for use as a pipe wrench.
It will be readily understood that this method of construction will be suitable for
almost any kind of wrench and I am able thus to construct such wrenches or
spanners cheaply they being also strong and light.
To further ascertain the nature of my said invention and the way in which the
same is to be performed I will now refer to the accompanying drawings and to the
figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a small spanner or wrench constructed in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2, a top plan of the case guide or handle for the sliding portion of the
spanner or wrench to work in (as shown) or with a sleeve to work on it as an
alternative plan.
Figure 3, a transverse section on line a-b Figure 1.
Figure 4, a plan of the blank of sheet steel or other suitable metal as pressed out
flat before bending.
In these views A is the body of the case guide or handle B the hole for the
operating nut to move the screw C operating the sliding jaw D which may solid with
the screw C, or be pressed, bent, and then brazed thereto.
The lugs EE on the blank when the blank is bent to shape-see Figures 1. 2
and 3 serve to confine the operating nut F formed with a female thread to receive the
screw C.
G in the blank is the fixed jaw which when turned over and brazed (or it can have
a solid core or thickening piece inserted and be then brazed) is shewn in position in
Figure 1.
The extension of the sliding jaw D and its screw C thus fits and works in the case
guide or handle B formed as before described..

page_text: I may braze a solid end into the case guide or handle A such as at H as shewn
I have adapted a screw driver, or a piece for use with nuts or as a pipe wrench or
other tool could be used.
Figure 5 shews an elevation of another method of constructing my spanner or
wrench and in which I form the case, guide or handle of two blanks pressed out of
metal turned over and brazed at their ends.
Figure 6 is a top plan of the case guide or handle for the sliding portion of the
spanner or wrench to work in (as shewn) or on it as an alternative plan.
Figure 7 is a transverse section on line c-d Figure 5.
Figure 8 a plan of one of the blanks of sheet steel or other suitable metal as pressed
out flat before bending and brazing.
Figure 9 is a plan of constructing the fixed jaw and with reference to Figure 8.
A' is the blank forming each half of the case guide or handle, its ends being bent
over as seen in Figures 5. 6. 7 and 9.
B₁ the hole for the operating nut to move the screw C¹ for the sliding jaw D' which
may be formed as with reference to Figures 1 to 4 or in other suitable manner. F¹ is
the operating nut the part of the blank for forming the fixed jaw may be made as
shewn in G, G so that when G2 is turned over G the two parts G2 on each half of
the wrench or spanner may be brazed together to form the jaw as in Figures 8 and 9.
or I could omit the part G2 and insert a solid plug G³ brazed to each part G as in
Figure 6. Referring to Figure 8 the dotted line shews where G² is to be bent over.
His the solid end which may be brazed in as before.
Referring to Figures 10 and 11 I shew a side elevation of a large hammer-headed
wrench or spanner and a plan of the upper jaw. The construction can be of either of
the plans shewn in the preceding figures but I have shewn the sliding jaw D² as
supposed to be solid and brazed to the bent sheet portion D³ carrying the adjusting
screw.
The fixed jaw could be also solid and secured to the case guide or handle as before
mentioned.
It will be easily seen that the portion carrying the moving jaw could slide on as
well as in the case guide or handle.
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 wrench or spanner having its case guide or handle in or on which the moving
jaw or grip slides made from one or more pieces of metal pressed to shape, bent and
then brazed to form such case, guide or handle substantially as described.
2. A wrench or spanner having its case, guide or handle and fixed jaw made from
one or more pieces of metal pressed to shape and then brazed to form such case, guide
or handle and fixed jaw substantially as described.
3. A wrench or spanner having its case, guide or handle made from one or more
pieces of metal pressed to shape and then bent and having solid or other independent
jaws brazed respectively to the case guide or handle and to the sliding portion
substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of November 1887
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings,
Agents for the Applicant.