Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 4th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.
1, JOHN PERKS, of Commercial Road, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
edge tool manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction and
formation of the eyes of Brazil hoes.
The Brazil hoe consists of a blade having an eye formed at the top thereof for the
purpose of inserting a handle. On the front face of the eye and on either side there
are two projections known in the trade as checks. These are for the purpose of
securing the hoe and preventing it being withdrawn from off the handle. The handle
is first driven into the eye from the front face or rib side of the hoe, then the cheeks
on each side are hammered close into the wooden handle. This mode of securing the
handle is defective for the following reasons:-Any upward or downward pressure on
the handle tends to heave open or widen the cheeks thereby destroying the security
they give, and because that part of the eye underneath the pole is too narrow to be
effectual in resisting the movements caused by the strain on the handle.
To remove these defects I construct the eye with the cheeks at right angles to their
present position i.e. one check to cover a portion of the upper side of the handle and
one the lower. The cheeks are to be made of either the usual strength, or I may
make that cheek covering the upper side of the handle stronger than the lower and
further may stiffen it by means of a rib extending from the point of the cheek to the
top of the pole or thereabouts to prevent it from bending. The lower check to be
made of about the usual strength for the purpose of being bent or hammered into the
underside of the handle.
Additional advantages of placing the cheeks in this position are that in securing the
handle there is only one cheek to he opened or closed, and that this cheek is in the
position least affected by the leverage of the handle.
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Improvements in Brazil Hoes.
I, JOHN PERKS, of Commercial Road, Wolverhampton; in the County of Stafford,
Edge tool manufacturer, 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 reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say) :-
:-
This invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction and
formation of the eyes of Brazil hoes. The Brazil hoe consists of a blade having an
eye formed at the top thereof for the purpose of inserting a handle. On the front
face of the eye and on either side there are two projections known in the trade as
cheeks. These are for the purpose of securing the hoe and preventing it being with-
drawn from off the handle. The handle is first driven into the eye from the front
face or rib side of the hoe, then the cheeks on each side are hammered close into the
wooden handle. This mode of securing the handle is defective for the following
reasons: Any upward or downward pressure on the handle tends to heave open or
widen the cheeks thereby destroying the security they give and because that part of
the eye underneath the pole is too narrow to be effectual in resisting the movements
caused by the strain on the handle.
To remove these defects 1 construct the eye with the cheeks at right angles to their
present position i.c. one check to cover a portion of the upper side of the handle and
one the lower. The cheeks are to be made of either the usual strength or I may
make that cheek covering the upper side of the handle stronger than the lower and
further may stiffen it by means of a rib extending from the point of the cheek to the
top of the pole or thereabouts to prevent it from bending.
The lower cheek may be made of about the usual strength for the purpose of being
bent or hammered into the underside of the handle.
Additional advantages of placing the cheeks in this position are that in securing
the handle there is only one cheek to be opened or closed, and that this cheek is in
the position least affected by the leverage of the handle.
This invention will be clearly understood on reference to the accompanying drawings
of which figure 1 is a front view of a Brazil hoe constructed according to this
invention. Figure 2 is a section taken on line of figure 1. Figure 3 is a side
elevation shewing the handle in position ready for fixing, and figure 4 a side elevation
shewing the handle fixed. a is the upper check and b the lower check. The lower
check b is formed outwards from the upper as shewn so as to readily admit of the
insertion of the handle. After the handle is placed in position as shown by figure 3
the lower cheek b is bent or hammered into the handle as shewn by figure 4.
I make the lower cheek of the usual strength or stiffness, but I preferably
strengthen the upper cheek, and may further stiffen it by means of a rib extending
from the point to about the top of the pole as shewn by the broken line figure 2; or
by any convenient means.

page_text: Placing the cheeks in this position does not prevent side cheeks being formed on
the same eye.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
1. In the manufacture of Brazil hoos, forming the checks in the position shown by
the drawings, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In the manufacture of Brazil hoes, strengthening the upper cheek, substantially
as and for the purpose herein described and shewn by the drawings.
3. In the manufacture of Brazil hoes, making the one cheek, preferably the lower,
so that it may be readily opened or closed, substantially as and for the purpose
described.