A New or Improved Device for Equally Dividing Off Spaces.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1896-Accepted. 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Equally Dividing Off Spaces.
I, GEORGE KEY, of 6 Brook Street, Rugeley, in the County of Stafford, Tailor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved device for equally dividing off
spaces for various purposes, such for instance as the marking off divisions for the
sewing on of buttons or the marking of button holes, hooks and eyes or other
similar articles or for analogous purposes.
It consists of a number of levers arranged on what is known as the lazy tong principle.
The length and number of the levers is determined by the length of space it has to
deal with. Along the row of either one of the outer points of these levers provision is
made to accommodate a rod so that as the tongs are opened and closed such joints
are made to travel along this rod, the end joint being either fixed or fixable by
screw or otherwise to the rod. Similar fastenings if desired may be provided upon
other of the said joints, so that their adjusted position may be fixed when desirable.
These said joints may be furnished with points for marking off, or they may be
furnished with holes through which the marks may be otherwise made upon the
material which is being divided off. In some cases I may provide a transverse
adjustment instead of the longitudinal rod, by which the elongation of the whole
may be adjusted and then fixed, by means of a screw pin, or a sliding rod connected
at one end to one of the outside joints, and thence passing through or over the
joint opposite thereto, where there is a fixing screw or other device by which the
adjusted length of the apparatus may be rigidly fixed.
Thus by these means distances (within the scope of the instrument) may be
readily divided and marked off.
$11000
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
A New or Improved Device for Equally Dividing Off Spaces.
I, GEORGE KEY, of 6 Brook Street, Rugeley, in the County of Stafford, Tailor,
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 :-
This invention relates to a new or improved device for equally dividing off
spaces for various purposes, such for instance as the marking off divisions for the
sewing on of buttons or the marking of button holes, hooks, eyes or other similar
articles or for analogous purposes.

page_text: In order to more clearly explain this my invention I have appended hereunto an
illustrative drawing upon which;
Fig. 1, is a general view of the invention.
Fig. 2, is a detached part view of the fastening device by which the levers
may be fixed-when adjusted.
Fig. 3, is a sectional view in elevation on line A-B.
It consists of a number of levers 4, arranged on what is known as the lazy tong
principle, that is, they are movably jointed to each other at 5, 6 & 7. The length
and number of these levers is determined by the length of space it is intended to
deal with. The outer joints 5 and 7 may be either furnished with points 8 for
marking off or they may be furnished with holes such as 9 see Fig. 2 through
which marks may be made upon the material which is being divided off. These
points, or these holes, as the case may be, may be numbered or lettered as may be
.desired.
In some cases I may further provide a fastening device which shall secure it in
any given position, this I have shown at Figs. 2 & 3.
At the joints 7 I may provide slide blocks 10 whose shanks will form the
rivets. These blocks are capable of a swivel action, and have a hole through which
the rod 11 may pass; also a set pin 12, or its equivalent, by which the rod may
be fixed therein. These set pins may only be placed in the end joints, or others in
.addition if desired. Thus it will be seen that when it is desired to divide the
distance between two given points into so many parts, it is only necessary to stretch
the device until the two points answering to that number reach the said distance
"when the intervening points will indicate the points of division which may then be
.marked off.
In cases where the same divisions are required for repeat operations, the fastening
.device of the rod 11.&c. is useful, but for general use I prefer the device to be made
without such fastenings as seen in Fig. 1.
It will be readily seen that instead of the rod 11 lying longitudinally, it may
pass from a joint 5 to a joint 7 in a similar manner, but would not be so good.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An article such as that illustrated on the drawings comprising a series of
levers jointed together as shown and having indicating projections for marking off
equal spaces substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.
2. The combination with the series of levers 4 of the indicating points 8
substantially as set forth and shown and for the purposes specified.
3. The combination with the series of levers 4 of the indicating holes 9
substantially as set forth and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 28th day of December 1896.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.