Improvements in Army Trenching Tools and other Combined Picks and Spades, or Hoes and Forks, or other Implements.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Army Trenching Tools and other Combined Picks
and Spades, or Hoes and Forks, or other Implements.
I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 38 Lindore Road Wandsworth in the county of
Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to combined picks and spades or hoes and forks or other
implements such for example as combined spuds and rakes or hammers and short
picks or the like such as are suitable for use by gardeners geologists surveyors and
others and that are especially useful as trenching tools for army purposes and it has
for its object the construction of these tools in a very simple and cheap and yet
extremely convenient and efficient manner so that the tool can quickly and easily be
so arranged as to be capable of being used in one of its offices and as quickly
and easily be re-arranged to be capable of being used in another of its offices and in
every arrangement the tool will be very rigid and secure and not at all likely to get
out of order or to become incapacitated for duty.
I will describe my invention as applied to a combined pick and spade.
The pick and the spade both of which may be of any desired size and shape are
formed with or attached to opposite ends of one and the same shaft wherein in the
desired position centrally or thereabouts is made a socket or head preferably
elliptical or oval in shape in manner as are the sockets or heads of ordinary picks
and this socket or head is preferably somewhat tapered or that is to say it is somewhat
larger on one face of the shaft than on the other face.
I form an handle for this tool of wood or other material and of the desired length
on the central part of which handle the socket or head of the combined pick and
spade can move freely.
One end of this handle is gradually increased in dimensions and is so enlarged that
the socket or head of the combined pick and spade cannot pass thereover but can be
jammed thereon and he thus secured in position close to the end of the handle as are
ordinary picks with the combined pick and spade at right angles or thereabouts to the
line of the handle and this tool is then ready for use as a pick.
The other end of this handle is so cut away and formed that on one side of the
same a shoulder is created which shoulder in plan view and in line or thereabouts
with the handle is of the same shape as and a very little smaller than the socket or
bead of the combined pick and spade which can in the usual manner be forced down
from the position aforesaid where it is jammed on the other end of the handle
and be passed down and turned round on this end of the handle until the socket
or head surrounds this shoulder where on a flange or other stop prevents it passing off
the same and one part of the combined pick and spade it may be the pick lies
along in a recess formed therefor in the handle and the spade is in continuation of
the line of the handle or thereabouts when a ring or band loosely mounted round
the handle may be passed over the end of the pick and this tool is then ready for use
as a spade or it may be the spade is made to lie along the handle and the pick is in
continuation of the line of the handle or thereabouts and the ring or band has a
clip or projection that may engage over the edge of the spade and this tool is then
ready for use in this arrangement for its desired purpose.
To ensure that this end of the handle whereon is the shoulder shall not in continued
use unduly wear away and lose its desired shape I preferably cover the same by
a metal cap or it may be form the same entirely of metal and secure this metal
cap or metal end to the handle in any convenient manner.
In the same manner also
I can if I should desire so to do treat the other the enlarged end of the handle
or I can secure thereon only strips of metal to preserve its shape and size,

page_text: The handle for part of its length is in cross section preferably oval for convenience
of handling and for part of its length is so formed that the socket or head of the
combined pick and spade can turn round thereon so that either the pick or the spade
can be made as aforesaid to lie along the handle and the handle also is preferably
so proportioned that the ring or band cannot move thereon very far away from the
position in which it is used as aforesaid.
I should proceed in the same manner when hoes and forks or spuds and rakes or
hammers and short picks or other combined tools are to be constructed in all cases
forming a socket or head in the shaft of the combined tools which will as aforesaid
fit on the ends of the handle in the desired positions.
It may sometimes be advisable or even necessary that the ring or band aforesaid
should not be used in which cases I can fit instead thereof any clip or button or stop
or other usual and suitable appliance or device that may be convenient.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Army Trenching Tools and other Combined Picks
and Spades, or Hoes and Forks, or other Implements.
I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 38 Landore Road Wandsworth in the county of
Surrey Gentleman 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 combined picks and spades or hoes and forks or other
implements such for example as combined spuds and rakes or hammers and short
picks or the like such as are suitable for use by gardeners geologists surveyors
and others and that are more especially useful as trenching tools for army purposes
and it has for its object the construction of these tools in a very simple and cheap and
yet extremely convenient and efficient manner so that the tool can quickly and
easily be so arranged as to be, ready for being used in one of its offices and as
quickly and easily be so re-arranged as to be ready for being used in another of its
offices and at the same time in each and every arrangement the tool will be very
secure and rigid and not at all likely to get out of order, or, become incapacitated
for duty.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein 1, have shewn
the invention as applied to and with a combined, pick, and spade and, this tool is
shewn in its several arrangements as will hereinafter, be described.
A is a pick and B is a spade both of which may be made of any, suitable metal, or
material and of any desired size and shape and they are, formed with or attached to
opposite ends of one and the same central shaft C which is common to both, the
pick A and the spade B and wherein in the desired position centrally, or, thereabouts
is made a socket or eye D preferably elliptical or oval in shape. in, manner, as are
the sockets or eyes of ordinary picks and this, socket or eye. D. is most, conveniently
somewhat tapered or that is to say it is somewhat larger, on the one face of the shaft
than on the other face thereof.
E is an handle for this tool which may be made of wood or other, suitable, material
and, of any desired length on and along the central part of which handle E the socket.or
eye D of the combined pick and spade can move freely.
One end of this handle E is gradually increased in dimensions and, is,so.enlarged
and made of such a similar shape in cross section that the socket or eye D of the
combined pick and spade cannot pass thereover, or thereoff but can be jammed thereon
in the manner as used with ordinary picks and thus be secured in position close to this
end F of the handle with the combined pick and spade at right angles to the line of
the handle E or thereabouts as is shown in Figure 1 and this tool is then ready for
being used as a pick.

page_text: To ensure that this end F of the handle E and especially when the handle as is
perhaps preferable is made of wood shall not in continued use unduly wear away and
fose its desired and necessary size and shape I may cover the same by a metal cap.G
or it may be surround the same by a metal band or place strips of metal longitudinally
on this end which metal cap or metal band or metal strips would be secured on or to
the handle at this end in any usual or convenient manner.
The other end H of this handle E is so cut away and formed that on one side of the
same a shoulder K is created which shoulder K in plan view and in line with the
handle E or thereabouts is of the same shape as and a very little smaller than
the socket or eye D of the combined pick and spade and a flange M is made on the
edge of this shoulder K either all round the same or only partially round the same
which flange M is larger than the socket or eye D of the combined pick and spade and
therefore can act as a stop thereto and therefor. This socket or eye D of the combined
pick and spade can in the manner as used with ordinary picks be forced down, from.
the position shewn in Figure 1 where it is jammed on the end F of the handle E and,
can be passed along the handle E and turned round on this end F thereof until the
socket.or eye D surrounds this shoulder K being prevented passing thereoff by the
flange M and the pick A lies against and along the handle E it may be in a recess
formed therefor when a ring or band N mounted loosely round the handle E and over
which the socket or eye D can pass can be passed over the end of the pick A and the
spade B therefore is secured in position in continuation of the line of the handle E or
thereabouts as is shewn in Figures 2 and 3 and this tool is then ready for being used
as a spade.
To ensure that this end H also of the handle E and especially when the handle as is
perhaps preferable is made of wood shall not in continued use unduly wear away and
lose its desired and necessary size and shape I may cover the same by a metal cap L
or it may be form the same entirely of metal or place strips of metal longitudinally on
this end and round the shoulder thereon and form the flange by a plate of metal which
metal cap or metal end or metal strips and metal plate would be secured on or to the
handle at this end in any usual or convenient manner.
According to another arrangement of this tool when the socket or eye D of the
combined pick and spade is being passed along the handle E from the end E. thereof
as hereinbefore described it can also be so turned round on the end H thereof that
when as aforesaid this socket or eye D surrounds the shoulder K the spade B lies
against and along the handle E it may be in a recess formed therefor when a clip or
projection P or other device on the ring or band N can engage the edge of the spade B
and the pick A therefore is secured in position in continuation of the line of the
handle E or thereabouts as is shown in Figure 4 and this tool is then ready for being
used in this arrangement for its desired purpose.
In all these arrangements of this tool as herein before described and as shewn in the
drawing it is obvious that the tool is very secure and rigid and not at all likely to get
out of order or become incapacitated for duty as is desired while it is also obvious that
this tool can be shifted or altered from the arrangement shewn in Figure 1 to that
shewn in Figures 2 and 3 or to that shewn in Figure 4 or vice versa or otherwise
from any one arrangement to any other arrangement very quickly and easily
as also is desired.
The handle E for part of its length that is to say towards the end F thereof is in
cross section preferably oval for convenience of handling and for part of its length
that is to say towards the end H thereof is in cross section preferably circular or very
nearly circular not only for convenience of handling but also and chiefly that the
socket or eye D of the combined pick and spade can easily be turned round thereon
so that either the pick or the spade can lie against and along the handle as is herein-
before described. The handle E also is preferably so formed and proportioned that the
ring or band N cannot move thereon very far away from the position in which and
where it is used as herein before described.
It may sometimes be advisable or even necessary that the ring or band N herein-
before described should not be used and should be dispensed with in which cases I can

page_text: fit on the handles of the tools instead thereof in the desired positions any clips or
buttons or stops or other usual and suitable appliances or devices that may be
convenient but I may state that as a general rule I consider that the ring or hand
hereinbefore described is the most convenient and efficient and effective appliance that
can be used.
In the same manner I should proceed to construct and fit the tool when hoes and
forks or spuds and rakes or hammers and short picks or other implements are to be
combined in all cases forming an handle for the tool with one enlarged end and with
a flanged shoulder on the side of the other end and forming a socket or oye in the
shaft of the combined implements which will as is hereinbefore described fit on the
ends of the handle in the desired positions and no further description or explanation
is or can be needed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
.1. A pick and a spade or other two implements a central shaft common to both
implements and a socket or eye in the shaft in combination with an handle for the
tool having one enlarged end and on the side of the other end a shoulder provided
with a flange substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
declared.
2. In a tool the combination with an handle having one englarged end and on the
Bide of the other end a shoulder provided with a flange of a combined pick and spade
or other two implements having a central socket or eye which surrounds the handle
and a ring or band mounted loosely on the handle substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. The tool substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying
drawing.
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