IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO HANDLES OR HOLDERS FOR FARRIERS', CARPENTERS, AND OTHER TOOLS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, and
Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO HANDLES OR HOLDERS FOR FARRIERS',
CARPENTERS, AND OTHER TOOLS AND THE LIKE." A communication from
abroad by Abel Dudley Tyler, of Brockton, and William Howard Nash, of
Abington, both in Massachusetts, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April 1880.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO HANDLES
OR HOLDERS FOR FARRIERS', CARPENTERS', AND OTHER TOOLS AND THE LIKE." A
communication from abroad by Abel Dudley Tyler, of Brockton, and William
Howard Nash, of Abington, both in Massachusetts, United States of America.
This Invention relates to improvements in handles or holders chiefly designed
for tools of various kinds.
It comprises, first, a holder or handle made of india-rubber in any of its elastic
compounds moulded and vulcanized about the tang of a tool, which tang is suitably
constructed to secure the interlocking with it of the india-rubber compound as it
is moulded and vulcanized about the same; secondly, a holder or handle made of
india-rubber in any of its elastic compounds moulded and vulcanized with an
opening to afterward receive the shank of the tool which it is to carry, and in such
a manner as to ensure an elastic and compressive action and gripe of the india-
rubber about and on the tang of the tool so inserted in said opening; thirdly, a
handle or holder made of india-rubber in any of its elastic compounds moulded and
vulcanized with an opening to afterward receive the shank of the tool which it is
to carry, and with a metal sheathing to such opening all in a manner to ensure an
elastic and compressive action and gripe of the said metal sheathing about and on
the shank of the tool so inserted in such metal sheathed opening; fourthly, con-
structing the said metal sheathing in such manner as to interlock with the said
india-rubber handle or holder; and making the shank of the tool and said metal
sheathing in such a manner as to secure the interlocking of the shank with the
sheathing, all substantially as hereinafter described.

page_text: In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my
improved tool holder or handle with the tool, and its tang in face view illustrating
the first feature of the said Invention.
Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line v, v, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of my improved tool holder or handle shewing
it as moulded and vulcanized in accordance with this Invention, with an opening
to afterward receive the tang of a tool.
Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line w, w, Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of my improved tool holder or handle having a
metal sheathing to the opening, which with the tool is shewn in face view.
Figure 6 is a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 5.
Figures 7 and 8 are similar views to Figures 5 and 6, but shewing the metal
sheathing constructed for interlocking with the india-rubber handle, and for
interlocking with the tang of the tool when the tang is inserted, one side of the
handle in Figure 8 being removed.
The remaining Figures are hereinafter described.
A, Figures 1 and 2, represents a tool handle or holder composed of india-rubber in
any of its elastic compounds which is moulded and vulcanized of the desired external
shape and size about the tang a of the tool B which is made with a hook or crook b
to secure an interlock between the india-rubber and the tang under the moulding
and vulcanizing of the india-rubber, and thus effect a secure attachment and
fastening of the two together, that is to say, of the tang and holder.
The tool holder or handle A shewn in Figures 3 and 4 is made of india-rubber
in any of its elastic compounds moulded and vulcanized of the desired shape and
size externally, and with an opening c in it running in the proper direction
relatively to the shape of the handle for the after reception of the tang of the tool
which it is to carry, said tang being driven into said opening, and said opening
being in relation to said tang of such size as to secure an elastic and compressive
gripe of the india-rubber upon the said tang so driven, and thereby obtain a proper
and secure bold and grasp of the tang by the holder, preventing the accidental
escape of the tool from its holder, while at the same time by pulling outwardly on
the tool it can be adjusted as it wears away (as for instance, if the tool be a knife
blade) or be wholly detached and another one be inserted in the same holder.
In Figures 5 and 6 the tool-holder A therein shewn is similar in construction
and manufacture to that shewn in Figures 3 and 4, but in addition thereto has an
opening d sheathed with metal f, which metal is in two parts or sections in its
length so that the same may open and give or yield with the india-rubber as the
tang of the tool is driven into the opening sheathed with said metal. This metal
sheathing also in Figures 7 and 8 is shewn as provided with ear-pieces g, g, (one or
more to each section or part) which ear-pieces project into the body of the india-
rubber handle and thus secure an interlock of the sheathing with the handle. This
interlock of the sheathing and rubber obviously may be secured by perforations in
the metal, causing the india-rubber to project into the sheathing instead of the
sheathing into it.
The metal sheathing shewn in Figures 7 and 8 makes at the inner end h of one
of its parts an abutment or stop for the hook near the inner end m of the tang n
to catch upon when the tang is inserted, and secure an interlock between the tang
and the handle within the handle when the tang is driven in.
The manufacture of a handle or holder in either of the several forms herein
described is effected by the moulding and vulcanizing of the india-rubber as
ordinarily practised, and when the same is made for the after attachment of the
tool thereto, as herein described, a suitable core is employed to give the opening c
in the handle desired, about which core if a metal sheathing is to be provided to
the said opening c, such sheathing is placed before moulding and vulcanizing the
india-rubber, and in all cases where a core is used as above stated, such core is
removed after the moulding and vulcanizing are completed.
Instead of the hook or crook b shewn in Figures 1 and 2, perforations may be

page_text: made in the tang or ribs formed on it to secure its interlocking with the moulded
india-rubber handle.
A tool holder or handle made in accordance with this Invention is obviously
suitable for a variety of tools, such as screw drivers, knife blarles, awls, or the like,
also for the handle bars of bicycles, and it is especially adapted to be used for
farriers' knives.
Figures 9, 10, 11, and 12, represent one of the said improved handles adapted
for application to the handle bar of a bicycle; Figure 9 being a longitudinal
section of an improved handle made according to this Invention, and applied to the
end of the handle bar, the bar being in face view; Figure 10, a transverse section
on the line, z, Figure 9; Figure 11, a longitudina! sectional view of the improved
handle applied to a shank which is adapted to be secured to the end of the handle
bar, and Figure 12 a transverse section on the line w, w, Figure 11.
In these Figures A represents the india-rubber handle, and a the tang or end of
the handle bar C. This tang or end a of the handle bar C has longitudinal ribs D
by which is secured an interlock between the india-rubber and the tang or end a
of the handle bar C.
In Figures 11 and 12 the india rubber is moulded to a shank or core E which is
screwed, as shewn at F, to the end of the bar C. This shank E has along its length
ribs D by which an interlock between the shank and the india-rubber is secured.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents and the manner of performing the same, I wish it under-
stood that I claim,―
First. A tool holder or handle made of india-rubber in any of its elastic
compounds, vulcanized on the tang of the tool or implement, which tang is shaped
to interlock with the india-rubber, all substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
Second. A holder composed of india-rubber in any of its elastic compounds
vulcanized and provided with an opening to receive the tang, and adapted to hold
the same with an elastic and compressive gripe, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Third. The combination with a holder composed of india-rubber in any of its
elastic compounds vulcanized and provided with an opening of a metal sheathing
for said opening in parts or sections, all substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Fourth. The metal sheathing constructed to interlock with an india-rubber
holder which is moulded and vulcanized, substantially as described for the purpose
specified.
Fiftb. The elastic india-rubber handle having an opening which is sheathed with
metal in parts, and is adapted to interlock with the tang inserted in said opening
substantially as described for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.