Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
1, ANDREW ALTMAN, of 1161 East Broad Street, Elizabeth, in the County of
Union and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Grocer, 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:-
My invention relates to combination tools. My object is to provide a combination
tool of cheap and improved construction, which will also be adapted to act as a
tool holder for tools of different varieties.
Having this object in view, the invention consists of a combination tool and tool
holder comprising certain improved features and novel combinations of parts
appearing more fully in the accompanying drawing.
In the drawing,
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a screw-driver and can opener secured by
the holder, and a spur also connected thereto.
Figure 2, a longitudinal section.
Figure 3, a detail view showing the improved spring catch, and
Figure 4, detail views of different tools.
The numeral 1 designates the handle or tool holder and this is formed near one
end into a spur 2. Back of this spur the holder or handle has a pocket 3, and
another pocket 4 is made in the end of the holder. The numerals 5 and 6
designate the locking pins, each of which has an annular groove 7. At 8 is shown
a double catch made from a piece of flat spring metal secured at its middle point 9
to the holder and having its free ends 10 and 11 adapted for reception in the
grooves of the locking pin, whereby to retain the same in position. In the present
instance I have shown a removable can opener 12 in the rear pocket, and a
removable screw-driver blade in the pocket at the end of the holder. The shank
of each tool is provided with an opening 15, through which the locking pin passes
and secures the tool in the holder when placed in position therein.
In Figure 4 I have shown a corkscrew, a gimlet, a chisel blade and an awl,
adapted for use in connection with my improved holder. The shanks of the gimlet
and corkscrew are adapted to be received in the rear pocket after the can opener
has been removed therefrom, and the chisel is adapted for reception in the end
pocket after the screw-driver has been removed therefrom. The locking pins can
be removed whenever desirable, although when placed once in position, the double
spring catches hold them in place. The advantage of placing the corkscrew,
gimlet and can opener blade in the rear pocket is that the tool holder serves the
purpose of a handle. The spur is provided with a sharpened end so that it can be
pressed through the can top and act as a pivot on which the holder can be turned
to cause the can opening blade to cut the top of the can. The other tools are used
in the ordinary manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In a combination tool, the combination with a holder provided with a pocket,

page_text: of a tool having a shank located in said pocket, a locking pin passing through the
shank and the holder, and means for securing the locking pin in position.
2. In a combination tool, the combination with a holder having a pocket, of a
tool having a shank received in said pocket, a locking pin passing through the
holder and the shank of the tool, and a spring catch engaging with said pin and
serving to keep the same in position.
3. In a combination tool, the combination with a holder having a pocket, of a
tool having a shank received in said pocket, a looking pin having a notch which
locking pin passes through the holder and the shank of the tool, and a piece of
spring metal secured at one end and having its other end free and in engagement
with the notch of the pin, substantially as described.
4. In a combination tool, the combination with a holder having a pocket made
in its end, and another pocket made in its side, of tools located in said pockets,
locking pins provided with grooves and passing through the holder and the
respective tools, and a single piece of spring metal connected to the holder at a
point intermediate its ends and having said ends in engagement with the respective
pins, whereby the same are held in position.
Dated this Wirst der of Behr 1807
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.