IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING THE HANDLES OF CROSS CUT SAWS AND OF OTHER ANALAGous ARTICLES, AND IN APPLIANCES THEREFOR."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Joseph Drury and Robert Francis Drury, both
of Sheffield, in the County of York, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SECURING THE HANDLES OF CROSS CUT SAWS AND OF OTHER ANALAGous
ARTICLES, AND IN APPLIANCES THEREFOR."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Joseph Drury and
Robert Francis Drury at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
15th February 1881.
"
ARTHUR JOSEPH DRURY and ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY, both of Sheffield, in the
County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING THE HANDLES OF CROSS CUT
SAWS AND OF OTHER ANALAGOUS ARTICLES, AND IN APPLIANCES THEREFOR."
Our Invention relates to improvements in securing handles of cross cut saws,
hay knives, and of other analagous articles in an economical, novel, and effective
inanner.
.
The most simple modification of our Invention, as applied to a cross cut saw for
example, may be described as follows:-
We provide a ring or ferrule, and for the purpose of illustration, say one and a
half inches in diameter, one inch deep, and one eighth of an inch in thickness; we
form in the saw a corresponding hole where the handle is to be attached, so that
the ring or ferrule may fit without play when it is half way through, that is, when
there is an equal portion of the ring or ferrule on each side of the saw.
The end of the handle is tapered and corresponds in diameter to the inside of the
ring or ferrule.
A slit or sawgate is made lengthwise through the centre of the
tapered end of the handle to enable it to be passed over the back of the saw, and
be driven into the ring or ferrule, thus gripping the saw with great power and
binding the several parts together.
The ring or ferrule may be round, oblong, square, or of other suitable shape.
For some purposes the ring may have a screw thread internally to engage with a

page_text: similar thread on the handle, or if the handle is entirely of wood, the thread on the
ring might be sufficient.
Another modification of our Invention is to form a ring or ferrule with tabs and
an opening, so that it can be passed on to the end of the saw blade and be secured
by screws, the saw blade thus dividing the ring or ferrule in two parts; the
tapered and split or sawgated handle, as before described, is driven in the ring
or ferrule, being much more secure than in the old fashioned tang. It is obvious
that more than one ring may be used for the purpose described, and that the rings
may be provided with small ears on their equivalents, to abut against the side or
sides of the saw.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Arthur Joseph Drury and Robert Francis Drury in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 13th August 1881.
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ARTHUR JOSEPH DRURY and ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY, both of Sheffield, in the
County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING THE HANDLES OF CROSS CUT
SAWS AND OF OTHER ANALAGOUS ARTICLES, AND IN APPLIANCES THEREFOR."
Our said Invention relates to improvements in securing the handles of crosscut
saws and of other analagous articles (such as hayknives and hoes, for example) in
an economical, novel, and effective manner, and in the appliances used to accomplish
that purpose.
In the application of our Invention to crosscut saws (for example), we provide a
ring or ferrule of any suitable metal, and corresponding in diameter with the size
of the intended handle, a suitable depth being three quarters of an inch, and about
one eighth of an inch in thickness. In the end of the saw blade where the handle
is to be attached we form by punching or other equivalent means an oblong hole,
of such a suitable size that the ring or ferrule will fit tightly when about halfway
through. The end of the handle which is slightly tapered so that it may fit tightly
in the ring is provided with a slot or sawgate made lengthwise through the centre.
of the tapered end, so that the back of the saw may pass into the said slot when the
handle is driven into the ring, one half of which will project on either side of
the saw.
When the handle is so driven down it will grip the saw with great power. The
rings or ferrules may be round, oval, oblong, square, or of other suitable shape, and
if preferred, more than one ring may be used either separately or connected. The
rings may also have ears so that they can be secured permanently to the saw blade,
or shallow slots cut in the sides of the rings to engage with the saw may be used
for the same purpose. For some purposes the rings may be made stronger and
have an internal screw thread, the handle being provided with a corresponding
thread, so that on turning round the ring the handle will be drawn down and
secured.
And in order that our said Invention may be more fully understood, we will now
refer to the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 represents the end of a cross cut saw with the handle attached by the
use of one ring or ferrule according to our Invention.
Fig. 2 represents the parts when detached; A is the saw; B is the handle;
C, the ring or ferrule; D, the oblong hole.
Fig. 3 represents a handle secured by the use of two rings.
Figs. 4 and 5 are modifications in the shape of the rings or ferrule.
Fig. 6 shows a ring with ears rivetted to the saw blade; E, E, are the ears.
Fig. 7 shows a ring with slots F, F; the ring is intended to be forced into the
hole in the saw till the slots engage with the edges of the saw blade.
Fig. 8 represents a combined double ring.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which it may be carried into practice, we wish it to
be understood that what we consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim
as the Invention secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent
is, the use of one or more rings or ferrules arranged to pass partly through a
correspondingly shaped hole in a saw blade, or in other analagous articles, in com-

page_text: bination with a handle having a slit or sawgate for the purpose of securing the said
handle to the saw or other article, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
In witness whereof, we, the said Arthur Joseph Drury and Robert Francis
Drury, have hereunto set our hands, and seals, this Tenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
AKTHUR J. DRURY.
(L.S.)
ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY: (L.S.)