improvements 111 папотеs or ситета ана орrings гот DUTCH Hooks, Knife Blades, and other Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: improvements 111 папотеs or ситета ана орrings гот DUTCH
Hooks, Knife Blades, and other Articles.
We, WILLIAM BOWN of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
and GEORGE CAPEWELL of Aston near Birmingham aforesaid, Machinist do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OR SHIELDS,
AND SPRINGS FOR BUTTON HOOKS, KNIFE BLADES, AND OTHER ARTICLES, to be
as follows:-
Our improvements relate to Shields or handles, and Springs, which are connected
to Button Hooks, Penknife blades or such like purposes for the pocket; and consist
in making the sides forming the shield, handle or holder of one piece of steel or
other metal bent or shaped into the required form. A small projection or
projections is or are formed on the joint end of one side which forms a stop for
the hook, blade, or other article when opened for use, or a stud or rivet may be
used for this purpose.
The spring is preferably-cut out from sheet steel with suitable projections,
ears, or lugs on its sides which projections take into corresponding holes in the
sides of the shield or handle, the hook, blade, or other article bearing against the
end of such spring-which gives the necessary spring action in opening or closing
the article. Lugs may be formed out of the sides of the shield providing the joint
pin, and to secure the spring in position.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Hooks, Knife Blades, and other Articles.
We WILLIAM BOWN of Birmingham in the county of Warwick Manufacturer
and GEORGE CAPEWELL of Aston near Birmingham aforesaid Machinist do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OR SHIELDS
AND SPRINGS FOR BUTTON HOOKS KNIFE BLADES AND OTHER ARTICLES," and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our improvements relate to shields or handles and springs which are connected
to button hooks knife blades or such like purposes for the pocket and consist in
making the sides forming the shield, handle or holder of one piece of steel or other
metal bent or shaped into the required form by suitable tools and appliances-A
sipall projection or projections is or are formed on the joint end of one side which
forms a stop for the hook blade or other article when opened for use or a stud or
rivet may be used for this purpose-The spring is cut out by preference from sheet
steel with suitable projections ears or lugs on its sides which projections take into
corresponding holes in the sides of the shield or handle, the hook blade or other
article bearing against the end of such spring which gives the necessary spring
action in opening or closing the article-or lugs may be formed out of the sides of
the shield providing the joint pin, and to secure the spring in position.
But in order that we may be well understood as to the nature of our invention
we will describe the same in connection with the drawings hereunto annexed
reference being made to the figures and letters marked thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1. represents our improved handle shield or cover applied to a button
hook, but of course it will be obvious that it may be applied to Knife blades or
other articles-Figure 2 is an edge view of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a flat view of
the blank of sheet metal cut out by suitable tools and pierced in the positions
shown; this blank is afterwards bent into the form as seen in section at Figure 4.
forming the handle shield or cover-The spring shown detached at Figure 5 is
inserted between the sides of the shield the projections A. A. B. B. fitting into the
holes C. C. and D. D. in the shield the outer end E of the spring bearing against
the end of the button look or other article which is pivotted or jointed at F.
Figure 4. thus giving the spring action required when opening or closing the hook
knife blade or other article, the projection G. forming a stop for the hook, blade or
other article when opened for use-It will be obvious that lugs may be formed out
of the sides of the shield to form the joint pin and also to secure the spring in
position instead of the mode herein described and exhibited.

page_text: Having described our improvements and the manner of carrying the same into
effect we wish it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details
herein described and exhibited but what we claim and wish protected by letters
patent is
The construction and combination of handles shields or covers and springs for
button hooks knife blades and other like articles substantially as herein described
and exhibited.