Improvements in Pliers for Hosiery-needles and other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1889-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pliers for Hosiery-needles and other Purposes.
1 ARTHUR PAGET Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor Loughborough in the County
of Leicester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the production of pliers of improved construction
suitable for all purposes for which pliers are required and especially for pliering
Hosiery-needles and other similar purposes where good wearing, light, and strong
pliers are desirable.
"
The first part of my invention consists of the construction and use of pliers the two
halves (or limbs or members) of which are jointed together in such a manner that
they work side by side. The parts in moving contact being sufficiently large to form
a good wearing surface & the two jaws being bent or cranked in such a manner that
they over lap each other for the greater part of their length from the points to the
joint and the two halves are held together by a large tubular rivet and two large
washers in such a manner that any wear or
*shake
in the joint can at once be
taken out with an ordinary hammer or with a suitable "punch" such as an ordinary
centre-punch. The second part of my invention consists of the construction & use of
pliers having a bent or bent and partially coiled wire spring between or along side of
the handles arranged in such a manner that the said spring will open the pliers directly
the "grip" of the user is released. The third part of my invention consists of the
construction and use of pliers as in the former parts of this invention in combination
with an arrangement for cutting wire formed by deepening the jaws near the joint in
such a manner that a short portion of the jaws slide side by side and form a con-
venient cutter or "snip."
ARTHUR PAGET.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pliers for Hosiery-needles and other Purposes.
I ARTHUR PAGET Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor Loughborough in the County
of Leicester, 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 :-
The object of this invention is the production of pliers of improved construction
suitable for all purposes for which pliers are required and specially for pliering
Hosiery-needles and other similar purposes where good wearing, light and strong
pliers are desirable.
The first part of my invention which I will describe consists of the construction and
use of pliers the two halves (or limbs or members) of which are jointed together in
such a manner that they work side by side. The parts in moving contact being
sufficiently large to form a good wearing surface and the two jaws being bent or
cranked in such a manner that they over lap each other for the greater part of their
length from the points to the joint and the two halves are held together by a large
tubular rivet and two large washers in such a manner that any wear or
"shake" in
the joint can at once be taken out with an ordinary hammer or with a suitable "punch "
such as an ordinary centre-punch.
Figs. 1 to 3 sheet 1 show such a pair of pliers.
Fig. 1 is an edge view. Fig. 2 a front view and Fig. 3 is a section as indicated.
It will be seen that the two halves (or limbs or members) A and B are jointed
together so that they work side by side as shown in Fig. 3. The two jaws A 1 B 1

page_text: are bent or cranked as shown so that they over lap each other for the greater part of
their length from the points to the joint and the two halves are held together by a
large tubular rivet C and two large washers D and D1 in such a manner that any
. wear or shake in the joint can at once be taken out with an ordinary hammer or with
a suitable punch such as an ordinary centre punch.
The second part of my invention which I will describe consists of the construction
and use of pliers having a bent or bent and partially coiled wire spring between or
along side of the handles arranged in such a manner that the said spring will open the
pliers directly the "grip" of the user is released.
E Figs. 1 to 3 sheet one is a spring such as herein referred to. It is fastened with
solder or by other suitable means to the handle A at E 1, the other end E2 of the
spring E is put into a suitable hole or holes or recess or recesses in the handle Bas
shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and another slightly varied method which it is not necessary to
describe as it is self evident from an inspection of the drawings (as shewn in
Figs. 4 to 6).
The third part of my invention which I will describe consists of the construction
and use of pliers as in the former parts of this invention in combination with an
arrangement for cutting wire formed by deepening the jaws near the joint in such a
manner that a short portion of the jaws slide side by side and form a convenient
cutter or "snip."
Figs. 4 to 6 show this arrangement.
Fig. 4 is an edge view. Fig. 5 is a front view and Fig. 6 is a section as
indicated.
It will be seen that the jaw B1 is deepened at F in such a manner that the part F
of the jaw B1 will slide by a part of the jaw A1 when the pliers are closed and thus
form a convenient cutter or "snip."
It will be evident that when desired both jaws A1 and B1 may be slightly
deepened . SO as to form the cutting or shearing edge instead of only one as
shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I desire it to be understood that
I do not confine myself to the exact details herein set forth as such may be varied
and modified without departing from the principle thereof but what I claim as my
improvements in Pliers for Hosiery needles and other purposes are:-
First. The construction and use of pliers the two halves (or limbs or members) of
which are jointed together in such a manner that they work side by side. The parts
in moving contact being sufficiently large to form a good wearing surface and the
two jaws being bent or cranked in such a manner that they over lap each other for the
greater part of their length from the points to the joint and the two halves are held
together by a large tubular rivet and two large washers in such a manner that any wear
or shake in the joint can at once be taken out with an ordinary hammer or with a
suitable "punch" such as an ordinary centre-punch, substantially as herein before
described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.
"
Second. The construction and use of pliers having a bent or bent and partially coiled
wire spring between or along side of the handles arranged in such a manner that
the said spring will open the pliers directly the "grip" of the user is released
substantially as herein before described with reference to Figs. 1 to 6.
Third. The construction and use of pliers as in the former parts of this invention
in combination with an arrangement for cutting wire formed by deepening the jaws
near the joint in such a manner that a short portion of the jaws slide side by side
and form a convenient cutter or "snip" substantially as herein before described with
reference to Figs. 4 to 6.
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