Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th June, 1889
We WILLIAM HENRY SWINCIPR and FREDERICK HENRY AIrry, both of Excel All
Works, Stanhope Street Birmingham in the county of Warwich, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention consists of the following urangement of parts forming a combination
tool, suitable for use as a hammer, a railway cirige key, a lock-iction key, screw-
driver, and a measuring rule
In carrying out our invention we provide a hammer head of suitable configuration,
through which is pierced the usual eye to receive the hindle We next provide i
handle which may he formed of solid wood or other solid material, or which may ho
made hollow, out of metal or other material, the front end of the handle would be
formed of suitable shape to enter the eye of hammer head The back end of the handle
would be formed with a socket we next provide a tool similar to short screw
driver but tapered to an angle suitable to slide into and fit into two corners of the
rectangular slot provided in a rulway-carri ige door loch, the bach end of this tool
would be formed of suitable shape to fit into the socket provided in the back end
of handle
We also provide a carpet-stretcher, a cork-screw and other useful tools, suitable to
be used in conjunction with the hammer-head for a cross bar
We next provide screwed thumble or ferrule, we place the back end of the screw-
driver in the handle-socket, and pass the thimble over the front end of screw-driver,
and then screw the thimble on to the end of hammer, thus effectually fastening the
screw-driver in position We mark the inches of measuring rule on the hindle, or
provide a separate piece of miterial on which is marked the inches and fix the
material to the handle
We provide second screwed thimble the end of which would be covered thereby
forming a cap, this cap would he provided with an internal sciew-tbread, in some
cases we screw the cap over the thread formed on ferrule and thereby cover the
tool fixed in the back end of handle

page_text: In some cases we put the whole of the tools inside the hollow handle and remove
them for use when wanted, in other cases we supply separate receptacle in which to
store the tools in either case
The combination tool so constructed can be used as a hammer in the ordiniry
manner, it can also be used for opening railway carriage doors, or for passing into the
rectangular spindle hole of ordinary door-locks when the usual knob spindle has been
removed for any purpose, the extreme end of the screw-driver can be used to drive
wood-screws The utilization of a hammer heid cross bar for leverage in combination
with the tools hereinbefore described is a new manufacture and as such we claim it
as our invention
The measuring rule marked on the hammer handle will be a great convenience to
the person using the combination tool, because whenever he can find the hammer he
will also find the ule

page_text: We WILLIAM HENRY SWINGLER and FREDERICK HENRY AIREY both of Excel-All
Works Stanhope Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers 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
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This invention consists of the following arrange nent of parts forining a combination
tool suitable for use as a hammer, 1 railway carriage-key, a lock-action key a screw
driver, and a mensuring rule
In carrying out our invention we provide a hummer head of suitable configuration
through which is pierced the usual eye to receive the handle We next provide a
handle which may be formed of solid wood or other solid material, or which may be
made hollow, out of metal or other material the front end of the handle would be
formed of suitable shape to enter the eye of hammer heid The bach end of the
hundle would be formed with a socket, we next provide a tool similar to a short screw-
driver but tapered to an angle suitable to slide into and fit into two corners of the
rectangular slot provided in railway carriage door lock, the back end of this tool
would be formed of suitable shape to fit into the socket provided in the back end
of the handle
We also provide a carpet stretcher, a cork screw, and other useful tools suitable to
be used in conjunction with the hammer head for a cross bar
We next provide a screwed thimble or ferrule, we place the back end of the screw
driver in the handle sochet ind pass the thimble over the front end of screw-driver,
ind then screw the thimble on to the end of hammer, thus effectually fastening the
screw driver in position We mark the inches of a measuring rule on the handle or
provide a separate piece of material on which is marked the inches and fix the
material to the handle
We provide a second screwed thimble the end of which would be covered thereby
forming a cap, this cap would be provided with an intern il screw thread, in some
cases we screw the cap over the thread formed on ferrule and thereby cover the tool
fixed in the back end of handle
In some cases we put the whole of the tools inside the hollow handle and remove
them for use when required, in other cases we supply a separate receptacle in which
to store the tools, in either case
The combination tool so constructed can be used as a hammer in the ordinary
manner, it can also be used for opening railway carriage doors or for passing into the
rectangular spindle hole of ordinary door locks when the usual knob spindle has been
removed for any purpose, the extreme end of the screw driver can be used to drive
wood screws
The utilization of a hammer head as a cross bar for leverige in, com-
bination with the tools herein before described is a new inanufacture

page_text: tools being formed at the crown of the hammer head
Figure 2 represents view of hammer hindle partly in section and partly in
elevation shewing suitable method of connecting the tool holder to the end of
handle
Figure 3 represents a hammer-head with handle complete and also with tool
connections
Figure 4 represents sectional view of figure 3
Figure 5 represents a section of the handle of figure 3
Figure 6 represents transverse section of figure 7
Figure 7 represents a hammer head with wood handle and metal tool holder
connections
Figure 8 represents a sectional view of tool holder connections
Figure 9 represents an elevation of the tool holder connections shewn at figure 8
Figure 10 represents a plan of the tool-holder connections represented at figure 2
shewing a plin of the lever action
In carrying out our invention we provide any suitable shaped hammer a we
next provide a piece of metal tubing of any suitable transverse section, by preference
of the section shewn at figure 5, it that end of the handle tube intended to be
passed into the eye of hammer we pierce, saw or otherwise produce the longitudinal
cut b, the shink end of the handle so cut or pierced is passed into the eye of hammer
It will be readily understood without further illustrated drawings that a wedge of
wood or other suitable mitel driven into the extreme end c of handle would expand
the cut band consequently tighten or wedge the tubular handle in a most rigid manner
against the internal surfices of the hammer eye
"In some cases we can form the tool holdu end d of figure 3 by compressing the
tubular material constituting the handle between suitable dies, in other cases, we
stamp, cast, or otherwise produce the tool-holder end d and braze it at, or about the
line e, e or connect it to the tubular hammer by welding, or by other suitable
mechanical me ins
We next provide screw-diver, carpet stretcher, a cork screw, and other useful
tools all of which would be formed with a shank f suit ible to pass into the socket 9,
the shank fand the socket g would by preference be of the transverse section represented,
but in some cases we may make the shank of a hexagonal transverse section or of
other suitable transverse section, cach of the tools would be provided with a collar h
We next provide a screwed locking thimble or ferrule and pass the thunble or
ferrule over the front end of the screw driver and then screw the thimble, on to
the end of hammer thus effectually fastening the tool in position as represented
We next provide second screwed thinible or ferrule k, this thumble or ferrule k
would be provided with an internal screw thread and would be threaded on to the
thimble or ferrule in the manner illustrated
We mark the inches of measuring rule on the handle as represented or we mark
chem to commence from the end c, the hammer head would in that case be marked as
the commencement of the measure, the lines being continued regularly from the end c
to any desired distance on the handle, extending in some cases to the extreme end of
the cap so that measurement can be taken from c to m
When using the hammer made in the manner represented at figure 3, we should
supply a sepirate recept icle in which to store the tools
We will now proceed to describe the modifications forming the handle into a tool-
holder In some cases we form the hammer and tool-holder connections in the manner
herein before described in reference to figure 3 but instead of blocking the top end c
with a wood wedge, we provide a metal wedge n the transverse section of which would

page_text: correspond with the transverse section of the handle the wedge n would not be solid
but would be provided with a thre ided inlet hole of larger diameter than the collar h
of the tools We next provide plug o, the metal wedge n would be brazed or
otherwise secured inside the end of hindle as represented at figure 1 the wedge n
would expand or open the tubular handle at the cut 6 is herembefore described in
reference to figure 3
It will be observed that the arrangement shewn at figure 3 provided with the
wedge n ind plug o shewn at figure 1 would form a tool receptacle, the nick or slot p
formed in the plug o, is provided for the purpose of screwing and unscrewing the
plug o with a knife i coin, or any ready article, the transverse section of the projecting
part may be squire hex igonal or other convenient shape
Instead of forming the opening for tools at c we in some cases form it at a a, in such
cases the ovil or other shaped tube would be capinded on mundril or otherwise
shaped into a perfect circle it 2, the tool holder end d would in such cases be provided
with a male thread at s to enter the femile thread t
When the tool holder end d is unscrewed cleu opening or pissage will be presented
in which to place the tools
In order to prevent the tool holder end from unscrewing by the tortion action
exerted in using the tool, we provide the stud u actuated by the lever v, the depression
of the end of lever v would r use the stud u out of connection with the tool-holder, the
action of the spring w under the lever v will pass the stud u continually in 1 locking
position
In heu of the lever the stud u and the male and female threads s and t we in some
cases dispense with the threads s and tand form a shanked stud ✗ projecting from the
outer surface of the rounded shink end of the tubular handle and then make the tool-
holder end large enough to pass over instead of under the end of handle
We provide a T shaped slot as represented at y, the tool-holder end being passed
over the end of hummer the vertical part of slot y would slide over the shank of the
stad X, any tortion pressure exerted either to the right or to the left would cause
the tool holder end to travel round the end of the handle until the stud X pressed
against the transverse end of the slot y
In utilizing our invention in combination with a hammer hend with a wood handle
as representel at figure 7, we form the tool holder end in the minner represented, out
of metal and screw it or otherwise secure it to the wood handle, we mark the lines
of a measuring rule from the end c continuously towards the end m either the whole
of the distance, or part of the distance, although we have represented separate
metal rule screwed in the handle we may in some cases engrave stamp or otherwise
form the lines on the material constituting the head, handle ind tool connections
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st The making of a bammer with a handle formed out of wood, or other solid
material, the back end of such handle being formed or provided with a tool holder in
the manner represented at figure 7, the lines of a measuring rule being marked on
the material constituting the hammer handle, also on the tool holder and also on the
hammer head, or marked on a separate piece of material and afterwards fastened
on to the hammer in the manner represented, such combination tool being used by
means of the hammer-head as a cross har for leverage
2nd The making of a hammer with a hollow or tubular handle fixed to the hammer
bead by means of an expanding wedge, the end of such tubular handle being formed
into a tool-holder, a measuring rule being marked on the hammer handle, also on the
tool-holder, and also on the hammer-head, the hammer-heid of such combination being
used as a cross-bar for leverage in operating the tools connected to the tool holder
combined therewith
3rd The making of a combination-tool, consisting of hammer-head, a tubular
handle and a tool holder, the tool-holder being made attachable and detachable in the

page_text: manner described in reference to figure 2, such combination tool being used and
operated by means of the hammer-head as a cross var for leverage
4th The making of a combination tool consisting of a hammer head, hollow
handle and a tool holder, the tools being passed into the hollow-handle chamber for
storage through the eye of hammer-head as represented at figure 1
5th In a combination hammer tool the utilization of the stud X in combination
with the bayonet-joint y to secure the tool holder to the end of hollow handle, as
represented at figures 8 and 9