Improvements in Toy and other spades.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
Improvements in Toy and other spades.
I, JOSEPH LEE, of 171, Moseley Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention has for its object improvements in toy and other spades by
which they are made stronger and stiffer, at that portion, at the sides of the
root of the socket which are generally the weakest especially when they are made
from sheet metal.
At each side of the root of the socket which receives the shaft I stamp, press
or make diagonal or diagonally curved corrugations or ribs or depressions which
start at or near the top edge upon which the foot usually presses in digging
and they serve in some cases as an enlargement of the surface for the boot or
shoe. I may however combine with these diagonal or curved corrugations ribs
or depressions a flange by bending or curving the metal backwards or forwards
in such a manner that it either dies into the corrugations or is above the part
where the corrugations commence. These corrugations may sometimes run
almost horizontally but I never make them entirely vertical as corrugations in
such direction would not stiffen the blade of the spade at the right position.
تيمم
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Januar 1808
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.
Improvements in Toy and other Spades.
I, JOSEPH LEE, of 171, Moseley Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in toy and other spades by
which they are made stronger and stiffer at that portion at the sides of the
root of the socket which are generally the weakest especially when they are made
from sheet metal.
At each side of the root of the socket which receives the shaft I stamp press
or make diagonal or diagonally curved corrugations or ribs or depressions which
start at or near the top edge upon which the foot usually presses in digging
and they serve in some cases as an enlargement of the surface for the boot or
shoe. I may however combine with these diagonal or curved corrugations ribs

page_text: or depressions a flange by bending or curving the metal backwards or forwards
in such a manner that it either dies into the corrugations or is above the part
where the corrugations commence. These corrugations may sometimes run
almost horizontally but I never make them entirely vertical as corrugations in
such direction would not stiffen the blade of the spade at the right position.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect the same is illustrated upon the acompanying sheet of
drawings to which reference is now made.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a broken off view of a spade made according
to this invention.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 are modifications in front elevation of the same invention.
Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 1-2.
Figure 6 is a side view of Figure 1.
The toy or other spade A is made from a sheet or piece of iron steel or other
metal. At the upper portion of the blade diagonal corrugations are formed or
raised out of or in the metal as shewn at the several views at a', a¹.. The top
part of the blade may be bent back as shewn at Figure 6 at F so as to broaden
the tread for the foot. This treatment is calculated to strengthen and stiffen the
blade at the weak part and also improved its appearance.
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:
CLAIM.
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The improvements in toy and other spades consisting of the spade blade A
having the upper portion stamped or formed or raised with diagonal corruga-
tions such as a¹ thereon and either with or without the broaded tread ;F
substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Dated this 10th day of September 1898.
:
By George Barker,
JOSEPH LEE.
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.