IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED PIPE WRENCH AND CUTTER
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Buckley, of No. 8, Tower St., Hyde, in
the County of Chester, Tool Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Buckley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th January 1873.
I, SAMUEL BUCKLEY, of No. 8, Tower St., Hyde, in the County of
Chester, Tool Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED PIPE WRENCH AND
CUTTER," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of
a combined pipe wrench and cutter in one tool, with an extra claw when
used as a three-wheeled or circular knife pipe cutter. For this purpose
I use a cylindrical barrel bored and tapped and so constructed with a
jaw projecting from it at the enlarged end, this jaw forming the segment
of a circle cut with teeth for fastening upon or gripping the pipe when
used as a wrench. This jaw is drilled near its base to receive a set screw,

page_text: bolt, pin, or rivet, which connects it with the upper claw or claws,
through the slot or groove of which claw or claws it works. This
teethed jaw is also drilled to receive a pin or peg when used as a one-
knived or a three-knived or wheel cutter to prevent the claw or claws
falling back at the preasure of the circular knife when cutting the pipe,
but which pin or peg is not required when used as a wrench, as in this
case the claw is required to fall back to enable the teethed jaw to grip
the various sizes of pipes. The enlarged end of the cylinder or barrel
is slotted in addition to being bored so as to receive the circular knife to
be out of the way when being used as a wrench.
The handle is chased to fit the cylinder or barrel so as to cut the
various sizes of piping required, and is bored to receive a stud. This
stud is fastened into the handle by means of a small screw screwed near
the bottom of the bored part of the handle, the end of this small screw
working into a grove turned into the stud near the end. This stud is
kept into its place or prevented revolving by means of a flat being made
on it and a hole drilled through the enlarged part of the cylinder or
barrel to receive a wire pin or peg that fits against the flat part of the
stud. This stud has also a slot cut into the end to receive the circular
knife, which knife works or revolves upon a pivot or set screw.
The claw used as one knife cutter and wrench is slotted sufficiently
deep so as to allow the end of the teethed jaw to work through in order to
grip the smallest size pipe required. The claw used when cutting with
three circular knives at the same time is grooved to receive two circular
knives, and drilled and slotted so as to connect it with the teethed jaw
in the same manner as the claw used as one knife cutter and wrench.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Buckley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL 3
BUCKLEY, of No. 8, Tower Street, Hyde, in the County of Chester,
Tool Maker, send greeting.

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
in the thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Buckley, Her
special licence that I, the said Samuel Buckley, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Buckley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercisc,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED PIPE WRENCH AND CUTTER," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Buckley, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain tho
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE that I, the said Samuel Buckley, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This Invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of
a combined pipe wrench and cutter in one tool, having an extra claw for
use when employed as a three-wheeled or circular knife pipe cutter. The
improvements may be explained as follows, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawing:-I use a cylindrical barrel a, bored and tapped
and constructed with a jaw 6 projecting from it at the enlarged end, this
jaw forming the segment of a circle cut with teeth for fastening upon
or griping the pipe when used as a wrench. This jaw is drilled near its
base to receive a set screw, bolt, pin, or rivet c, which connects it with
the claw or claws h, through the slot or groove of which claw or claws
said jaw works. This teethed jaw is also drilled to receive a pin or peg
when used as a one-knived or a three-knived or wheel cutter. To prevent
the claw or claws falling back at the pressure of the circular knife e
when cutting the pipe, but which pin or peg is not required when used
as a wrench, as in this case the claw is required to fall back to enable
the teethed jaw to grip the various sizes of pipes. The enlarged end of
d

page_text: the cylinder or barrel is slotted, in addition to being bored, so as to
receive the circular knife e to be out of the way when being used as a
wrench.
"
The handle is chased to fit the cylinder or barrel so as to cut the
various sizes of piping required, and is bored to receive a stud as shown.
This stud is fastened into the handle by means of a small screw screwed
near the bottom of the bored part of the handle, the end of this small
screw working into a groove turned into the stud near the end. This
stud is kept in its place or prevented from revolving by means of a flat
being made on it and a hole drilled through the enlarged part of the
cylinder or barrel, receiving a wire, pin, or peg 7 that fits against the
flat part of the stud. This stud has also a slot cut into the end to
receive the circular knife e, which knife works or revolves upon a pivot
or set screw.
.
The claw used as one knife cutter and wrench is slotted sufficiently
deep to allow the end of the teethed jaw to work through in order to
grip the smallest size pipe required. The claw h, used when cutting
with three circular knives at the same time is grooved to receive two
circular knives, and drilled and slotted so as to connect it with the
teethed jaw in the same manner as the claw used as one knife cutter and
wrench.
In witness whereof. I. the said Samuel Bucklev. have hereunto